Fireplaces Keep You Healthy In Winter!

Fires & Fireplaces can not only help boost the value of a home, but they can also keep occupants fit and healthy, a newly-published paper suggests.

According to research carried out by the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health on behalf of Friends of the Earth, cold housing is still a major problem, even in 21st-century Britain.

Indeed, the study found that illnesses caused by cold housing cost the NHS £145 million a year, mainly due to the need to treat people for respiratory illnesses and hypothermia.

Furthermore, the institute's head of policy David Kidney has noted that this figure is likely to be just "the tip of the iceberg", with a definitive cost to the health service hard to nail down due to the difficulty of linking cold homes with a wide range of illnesses.

Commenting, Friends of the Earth's warm home campaigner Dave Timms said that it is "shocking" that people still have to put up with homes with cold rooms, suggesting property owners invest in good-quality insulation in order to address the problem.

This comes in the same week that MyHammer's Jim Hustwit advised UK homeowners to invest in improvements such as a new fireplace so as to add value to their properties.

Carron Surrounds

Carron offer a brilliant range of fireplace surrounds in a variety of contemporary and traditional styles and finishes to make sure that there is one that is perfect for your home. Carron have made sure that each fireplace is unique with its original detailing and stylish features to complement the fire that has been chosen.

One of the finest surrounds that Carron offers is the Buckingham cast iron surround which features intricate detailing throughout the header and the legs that show the true quality of the material and the work that has gone into it. The Buckingham is one of the largest surrounds that Carron has to offer with a top shelf of 1730 mm which makes it more suitable for a large room.

Carron have some of the finest materials available with their surrounds such as solid oak, solid pine, cast iron, sheesham and solid acacia. These materials ensure that the surrounds supplied by Carron are amongst the best currently available in the UK.

Some of the more contemporary designs are mainly available in hardwood and come with simple clean designs that would suit any room. One of the best contemporary hard wood surrounds is the Vermont which is made from natural solid sheesham which provides a traditional feel to a contemporary styled surround.

One of the most unique surrounds that Carron has to offer is the Somerset Cast Iron because it is capable of adjusting the legs to change its opening width from anywhere between 940 mm -1020 mm. This feature is extremely useful when selecting a fire because it provides a lot more freedom of choice and also helps when installing the fire so that it fits perfectly into the surround.

All of the surrounds that Carron supply are available with a black granite hearth in a variety of different sizes and also with the options of a tongue and also a slabbed hearth which is required with a solid fuel fire.