The Stove Fitter

08/03/2026

☘️ Delighted to support the Crosshaven Festivals St. Patricks Day Festival .

20/12/2025

🎄 Wishing you & yours a wonderful Christmas 🌟

Back in 2026

09/12/2025

⚠️ Storm Bram – Weather Warnings for Cork
Met Éireann has issued:
🟠 Status Orange Wind – Tues 9 Dec, 07:00–15:00
🟡 Status Yellow Wind – Tues 9 Dec, 03:00–21:00
🟡 Status Yellow Rain – Mon 8 Dec, 21:00–09:00 Tues

🪾Expect: Fallen trees, flooding, debris, wave overtopping & difficult travel.

Cork County Council crews are out monitoring hotspots, deploying pumps and making sandbags available.
After a week of heavy rain, rivers are high and the ground is saturated – localised flooding is likely.

Please take care:
- 🌊See chart re High Tides.
• Allow extra time for Tuesday morning travel
• Expect poor visibility & surface water
• Avoid coastal areas during high tide
• Stay away from fallen wires – ESB Emergency: 1800 372 999
• Report issues like flooding/trees to 021 4800048 (out of hours)
Check on neighbours and stay updated via Met Éireann & Cork County Council channels.
Stay Back, Stay High, Stay Dry.

Crosshaven Notice Board
Carrigaline Notice Board
Tracton Arts and Community Centre
Ringaskiddy & District Residents Association
Monkstown Tidy Towns
Passage West Discussion Group - Past and Present

30/11/2025

It's essential that carbon monoxide (CO) alarms are installed in the right position and checked regularly. ✔️🚨

The HETAS series of CO safety videos is a great resource to help you understand all you need to know, from the appropriate positioning to the signs and symptoms of CO poisoning.

28/11/2025

24/11/2025

With the temperature dropping and the chilly evening nearly upon us, we're wondering how do you light your fire? 👀

The top-down method ensures the fire will slowly increase, warming the flue gradually, producing less smoke and burning more efficiently. This results in an easier fire to maintain and enjoy throughout the evening, ensuring you stay cosy 🔥

To read our top tips on how to light a fire easily and safely, visit the HETAS Advice Hub 👇

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Lighting a fire can sometimes be difficult and there are countless guides on the internet. We show you how to get it right first time, every time.

27/10/2025

🔥 Woodburning Sove 🔥

16 things you should know, about your woodburning Stove .

You could be risking a fine, the longevity of your stove, or even a house fire if you burn these things in your wood burner.

26/08/2025

🔥 The Stove Fitter Reminder 🔥
Before you relight your stove this season, make sure it’s safe and ready to go! ✅
Have your stove professionally cleaned
Get a safety check for any cracks or breaks in pipes and flues
Stay safe, warm, and worry-free this winter!
A little maintenance goes a long way in keeping your home safe and cozy. 🏡✨

Please feel free to contact me if you are having any issues with your stove or are looking to install one, Hetas certified -
Guy 0872268275

01/04/2025

🔥 How to keep your stove glass clean
Burning quality fuels ensures you will be achieving a cleaner, more efficient burn. Burning wet wood (moisture content higher than 20%) will not only make your stove glass dirty but will also cause a less efficient burn that releases more harmful emissions, such as particulate matter.

🔸️ Ensuring the firewood you burn has a moisture content of 20% or less will provide more heat to your home and keep your stove glass cleaner for longer.

🔸️ Following the manufacturer’s instructions is integral to get the most out of your stove. Each stove has different operating conditions, making it vital that you get to know your stove and understand how to burn optimally.

🔸️ Utilising your airwash in your stove keeps the stove glass looking sparkling clean. Many modern stoves come equipped with an airwash system, wherein a cool flow of air is drawn in from the room, and then continually washed over the glass to keep it clean of any soot and residue.

Use your vents correctly to achieve the optimal burning conditions for your stove – this will make sure you are burning cleanly and efficiently. Incomplete combustion occurs when your fire has insufficient oxygen, causing sooty deposits to form on the stove glass and flue. Incomplete combustion also leads to health risks due to the increased levels of particulate matter and carbon monoxide emissions.

Providing your stove with sufficient oxygen through the correct use of your stove vents will keep your stove glass cleaner and your installation, minimising the build-up of creosote and amount of harmful emissions.

19/01/2025

Winter Stove Safety
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Some of these things are important for safety, so please do go through this stove checklist before your fires start up again.

Also make sure you do these checks on a (very) cold stove – best to do it before any fires are lit. If you left a vent or door open in the stove over the summer, so much the better (that helps keep moisture away and prevent any rust forming).

1. The Chimney

Your chimney and/or its liner need at least yearly sweeping to ensure it doesn’t build up tar and creosote. Not only will this reduce the efficiency of your stove, it poses a real fire risk and also increases the risk of Carbon Monoxide seeping back into the room because of a blocked or partially blocked flue.

2. Stove Door & Rope

A tight fit and a solid seal are essential for the efficiency and safety of your stove. Check the door and especially the glass. This is a good time to clean the glass too, if it still has any smoke on it. You can clean stove glass well using newspaper and wood ash, alternatively specific stove glass cleaning products are available. If the door is removable, this can make it easier to clean. You can also check that you make sure plenty of air is flowing through the fire when you light it. Insufficient air flow causes all sorts of problems including soot build-up inside the stove, difficulty lighting fires, and the risk of Carbon Monoxide escape. Wet or unseasoned wood also causes soot deposits on the glass so make sure you order in good dry wood.

You should also check the stove rope at this point.

The rope is vitally important, both for safety and for efficiency. It creates a smoke seal around the door, ensuring that harmful carbon monoxide and smoke goes up the flue, and not into your space. The rope seal also ensures that the air feeds the fire through the air vents and not from the join between the door and the main body of the stove. This makes your stove much more controllable, and thus more efficient.

If it is obviously split, frayed or damaged at all, replace it immediately. Elcombe supplies stove rope and other parts and accessories and we can advise you on fitting it (you will need some rope adhesive but it is a fairly straightforward job).

22/12/2024

🎈Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄 and a very prosperous new year, for 2025.

10/12/2024

🎅 An Important Message From The North Pole :

🎄" Folks don't forget to leave the Stove on the latch over Christmas.."