With fifteen years experience, Carlton Chivers of The Stove Room in Barry can certainly help. There’s not much Carlton hasn’t seen over the years when it comes to log fires so when Penarth personal trainers John and Tanya Bruno were looking for their ideal log burner, guess who they called? Vale Life chats to John at his lovely Penarth home. How did you hear about The Stove Room? We had driven past their showroom numerous times on Cardiff Road in Barry and noticed their window display. Why did you choose The Stove Room for your fire? We arranged an appointment for Carlton to look at the feasibility of having a log burner in our loft apartment and for him to give us a quote. On meeting Carlton, I realised he knew exactly what he was talking about; questions asked were answered with expertise and knowledge.
“ Carlton asked the right questions to make sure that we had the best stove fitted.”
Did you get quotes from any other fire company? When we first purchased our loft apartment, we initially had a quote from a different company but at the time we decided to put this on hold. The quote from Carlton was much more competitive with a better quality stove. What did you think of the service The Stove Room provided? They advised our builder on the regulations and materials needed to ensure that the fire would be safe. With each step of the way from the initial survey to advice on the stove and the installation of the flue and fire, they were excellent. Highly recommended. Did they help you in choosing which fire you wanted? Carlton was quite enthused about the TermaTech TT20RS fitted with almost 80kilos of rounded soapstone on the sides and top plate. Apart from looking ultra modern, the heat is fantastic and when the fire dies down you still get a tremendous heat from the soapstone for hours. After doing lots of research online, there is so much choice and easy to get confused and make a costly wrong decision. Carlton asked the right questions to make sure that we had the best stove fitted for our lifestyle and budget. 63
What difference has it made to the way in which you live? The fire is situated in a very large room with vaulted ceilings and having the fire installed has made this a far cosier room. Would you recommend The Stove Room to others? Absolutely. We have already recommended numerous clients with four already having them installed. We’re looking forward to having them back to install a second fire.
“ Questions asked were answered with expertise and knowledge.” The Stove Room 21-22 Cardiff Road Barry CF63 2QY 01446 720408 info@chiversrestoration.com www.chiversrestoration.com Follow on Twitter @StoveRoom John Bruno Total Training 87 Glebe Street, Penarth Cardiff CF64 1EF www.johnbrunototaltraining.com Follow on Twitter