Fireplaces Essex: Mantels, Eco Stoves, Fires, Media Walls & More
With over 40 years of experience in the fireplace industry, Something Different can make your vision a reality, covering fireplaces, fires, media walls and stoves.
Fireplace Showroom Essex
One of the most extensive fireplace showrooms across Essex
Whether you live in the heart of Harlow, Chigwell, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, Epping or Brentwood, our showroom is ideally situated, giving you access to the most stunning fireplaces, fires and stoves from leading brands. We have handcrafted natural stone and marble surrounds, roaring log burners, sleek gas fires, luxury media wall features and so much more.
With well over 40 years of experience in the fireplace industry, we’ve evolved to become one of the most reliable and trusted fireplace retailers throughout Essex and London. From helping you explore ideas that are a perfect fit for your home and lifestyle, to supplying the right products and carrying out an expert installation, we handle everything with meticulous attention to detail and care. You’ve probably spotted that there’s no appointment button on our website, and that’s because we’d much rather you pop by whenever you please. Let’s help you take the first steps in making your fireplace vision a reality.
Eco Stoves Across Essex
Are they a good fit for your home?
It’s difficult to say without getting to know you, your location, needs and budget. But we’re huge fans of eco stoves because they’ve been carefully designed to produce 80% less emissions than your average 10-year-old stove. They also deliver 90% less harmful emissions than an open fire, such as those found in cast iron combinations and fire baskets.
If you’ve taken a look at some of the articles on our website, you’ll see we’ve provided a detailed into the common misconception that stoves are slowly being phased out in London and surrounding areas such as Essex. That’s simply not the case and the UK government even went as far as including wood burning stoves in their Clean Air Strategy (back in 2019). One point we really want to make clear is that this strategy was essentially the start of the ‘Ecodesign Ready Label’, ensuring manufacturers produce stoves that comply with the most recent emissions standards.
For a stove to be adorned with that all-important ‘eco’ label, it must meet the rigorous emissions criteria, with a significant reduction in the release of pollutants like particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides. For residents that live in smoke control areas in and around London, it is mandatory to use only an Eco or DEFRA-approved wood-burning stove. When you walk through the doors of our showroom, you’ll see that we have you well and truly covered with the best models from leading brands such as Gazco, Stovax, Clearview, AGA, Charnwood, Chesneys, Charlton & Jenrick, Hunter and many more.
So, if you’re considering upgrading your existing fireplace, elevating your home’s personality, or adding some much-needed period charm, we’d love to welcome you to our showroom, where we can answer your questions and offer honest, unbiased advice.
Electric Media Wall Fires in Essex
Eager to elevate your home with electric media wall fires in Essex?
There’s something special about dreaming up your ideal electric media wall fire! Space is not necessarily an issue as even the smallest of rooms can facilitate a media wall (depending on the type you require), but it’s a made-to-measure service, so the design, build and installation can be truly tailored to your space – and what’s best all you need are standard electric sockets. If you’re looking to create a media wall in Harlow, Chigwell, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, Epping, Brentwood or any other area of Essex, we’re here to help. When you walk through the doors of our showroom you’ll discover a vast range of designs, including those with built-in flat-screen TVs, LED lighting shelving and more. Most media wall electric fires are fully ErP compliant and can operate for as little as 3p per hour, which marks a significant saving compared to a traditional space heater.
Most of our customers love the combination of digital entertainment with the warmth of a fireplace and controllable lighting yet you also have the freedom to add speakers or choose the finish of the wall. We’ve built media walls with plaster and speciality paints through to tiles, decorative wall boards, chic wallpaper and paint. But perhaps most importantly, even with all of the features you could ever dream of, it’s possible to produce a media wall that’s minimal with all wires neatly concealed within the stud wall – bliss!
Here at Something Different, we’ve already assisted a wide variety of clients throughout Essex, so whether you favour more of those ‘Netflix and chill’ nights, want a feature wall that makes Saturday’s football even more impressive or a simpler design that’s entirely focused on the realism of the flames, we can build your dream media wall, aligning with your needs, budget and lifestyle.
Fireplace Mantels Essex
Elegant, Timeless & Handcrafted Fireplace Mantels
It’s fair to say that fireplace mantels have long been in demand, making the whole fireplace and surrounding space more cohesive, perhaps delivering more of a personal statement to the room. Whether you’re looking for a fireplace mantel that’s minimal, square, grand, elaborate, ornate or rustic, we can help you define the right look for your home.
Many of the areas we cover in Essex include Edwardian, Georgian and Victorian properties, so whether you’re looking for a mantel that’s truly reflective of your home’s era, or you want to add character to a room that’s seen its period features stripped away over time, we have a wide range of contemporary and traditional mantels available. Our experienced team also also offer a bespoke design service to cater to your exact requirements, working closely with you to understand your vision and make it a reality. If you’d like to learn more about us and our collection of mantels, please don’t hesitate to send us a message, give us a call or better yet, pop into our showroom.
Fireplace Installation Essex
Our Commitment to Exceptional Customer Service
At Something Different, we’re entirely focused on ensuring every customer who walks through our doors, gives us a call or pops us an email has top-notch service from start to finish. No matter the type of fireplace you require, we would always recommend visiting our showroom so we can better understand your needs, and with well over 150 live fires on display, you have some time to just explore – and really take in the options available to you, and shape your ideas.
If or when you place an order with us, we will do our very best to quickly accommodate a suitable date and time to fit your new fireplace. All our in-house fitters are Gas Safe and HETAS registered so every installation is completed to the highest standards.
