My name is Paddy McKeown, I am a retired police officer (Detective Sergeant – Metropolitan Police), turned chimney sweep. I have completed training with ‘The Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps’, and Rod Tech UK (Power Sweeping).
Barbas are not the most common of stoves in the area, but I do see a number of them around, this is an example of a Barbas Bellfires Box 20 52 Wood-Burning Stove that I recently swept in Water End Ashdon. To be perfectly honest and from the chimney sweeps perspective I don’t like Barbas Stoves, in that they are mostly very difficult to dismantle, making the sweeps job rather time consuming and difficult. In my view they are over engineered and rather like a World War Two German Panza Tank works perfectly and is very efficient but is over engineered and difficult to repair and maintain. This is born out by the comments made by the customers, who love their Barbas Stoves, and who say that they do operate very efficiently.
Barbas Bellfire are based in Holland and Belgium, they employ over 160 staff and produce 120 different models of stove. So, they are a large concern on the continent and have been manufacturing stoves since 1976. They manufacture wood-burning stoves as well as gas fires. Some of their wood-burning stove models include the Evolux 100-45 range, and the Box range. The box is what it says on the tin a box stove in various sizes.
Barbas Bellfire
Hallenstraat 17
5531 AB,
Bladel,
Holland
T: (0)49 733 9200
https://barbasbellfires.com/uk/inspiration/?inspiration-category=woodfireplaces
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