Perth Home Of Heating

Next winter feels a long way off, but installers' diaries fill up faster than you would think.

Spring and summer are the right time to book a wood heater upgrade or a new gas install. We have more availability now, the job gets done properly without anyone rushing, and you are ready to go from the first cold night instead of waiting on a queue.

If a new fireplace has been on your mind, get in touch and let us walk you through it.

If you have ever wondered why British Fires costs more than the alternatives, the answer starts a long way back.

It all began in the New Forest, Hampshire, in 1983, and British Fires has built its reputation on getting the flame right. Both the flame effect and the ambient underbed glow came out of genuine research into how a real log fire behaves, not a generic LED effect. Over 40 years, that attention to detail became the New Forest range.

Ask us about the New Forest range and the story behind it.

Some evenings you don't need the heat. You just want the fire.

It is the question everyone asks in spring: what does a fireplace do for the other nine months? A British Fire runs the full flame picture with the heater off, so it stays a feature of the room all year instead of going dark until winter.

Ask us about the New Forest range.

One fire, two rooms, no wall in the way.

The Lopi 4415 ST HO GS2 and ProBuilder 36 CF ST GS2 are both double-sided gas fireplaces, designed to sit between two living spaces and share the flame with both.

Worth deciding early which room you want to favour. The 4415 ST is configured at installation, so the warm air can be weighted toward one room or split evenly. The ProBuilder 36 CF ST is evenly distributed to both sides. Neither is adjustable afterwards.

If you are working on an open-plan layout, come and talk to us about which double-sided model fits.

A wood heater is not an appliance you replace every few years. If you are weighing up price, it is worth knowing what you are actually buying.

Lopi fireboxes use refractory fire bricks of the same grade found in commercial boilers, so they do not wear out through normal use. The Real World warranty backs it: up to 7 years on baffle components and internals, 5 years parts and labour, 2 years on electricals. Industry leading, and a straightforward answer to why it costs more.

Spring is planning season. Come and talk to us about which model suits your home.

The quickest way to choose a British Fire is to compare the fuel beds side by side.

Signature is where the range starts. Ceramic Signature Logs with charred detail, crystal and slate base, mirrored rear glass. A good option when budget is the deciding factor.

Deluxe is the Australian standard: genuine English oak, scorched and charred by hand. It is the single biggest reason people choose British Fires over anything else in the category, and it is not an upgrade here, it comes as standard.

Black Edition is the top of the range. Deluxe Real Logs, Dark Rear Glass behind and Schott anti-reflective glass in front. Worth considering for any room with big windows or a lot of natural light, because the drop in glare is immediately obvious.

Ask us about the three tiers and which one suits your room.

The nights are still cold, but building a fire from scratch can feel like too much effort some evenings.

GreenStart push-button ignition blows 760°C preheated air into the firebox and has kindling alight in under a minute. No newspaper, no matches.

You still lay the kindling or a few small split pieces, GreenStart does the lighting. It will not take hold under a couple of big logs. It is also excellent for reviving a bed of coals after a fire has burned down.

Available on every Lopi freestanding wood heater, plus the Flush Wood Medium and Flush Wood Large inbuilts.

Talk to us about adding GreenStart to your next Lopi.

All the atmosphere of a wood-burning stove, none of the compromise.

The New Forest range gives you a genuine flame picture, hand-charred English oak logs and a flush architectural face, with no flue, no gas line and no fuel to manage. Worth a look if you are weighing up a real fireplace against the work of installing one.

Ask us about the New Forest range.

Open the door on a burning fire and you know the risk, a puff of smoke rolling into the room.

The bypass feature on the Lopi Evergreen, Endeavor, Rockport and Liberty redirects the airflow when you start or reload, so the smoke goes up the flue instead of into your living room.

The lighting benefit is the one worth demonstrating. Bypass sends the draught straight up the flue so that first length heats quickly, the fire establishes faster from cold and starts drawing properly sooner. It makes the most difference on the larger fireboxes.

Ask us which models include the bypass and we can talk you through the difference it makes.

British Fires has received The King's Award for Enterprise, genuine independent recognition of a company that's been building electric fires since 1983 in the New Forest, Hampshire.

If you are weighing up a premium fireplace, that history is worth knowing. This isn't a new player chasing a trend, it's a business with 40 plus years behind it and now an internationally recognised award to go with it.

Ask us about the New Forest range and the story behind it.