http://www.renaissancelondon.com/view Based in London, Renaissance are specialist suppliers of antique fireplaces, mantles and fire surrounds in a variety of finishes such as marble or stone. Contact us to find out more about our great range of fireplaces. Wed, 28 February 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://www.renaissancelondon.com/view We have a vast selection of antique fireplaces in many types of finish and style, with many original designs. Wed, 28 February 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://www.renaissancelondon.com/view/getProducts/cat/3 Choose from a large selection of original radiators in various pattern. Our radiators are finished to either a sandblasted, polished or painted style. Wed, 28 February 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://www.renaissancelondon.com/view/articles/id/2 Fireplace, hearth, grate, roaring, smouldering, halcyon-glowing. Call it what you will and describe it as you wish, where would a country inn or Georgian townhouse be without its fireplace? Not to mention the elderly dogs with nowhere to lie and the children with nowhere to hang their stockings at Christmas time. Fireplaces are such an integral part of any period interior, surely the fireplace is as old as the house? Far from it. Wed, 28 February 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://www.renaissancelondon.com/view/articles/id/3 The vocabulary of the modern heating engineer is, on the face of it, an odd one. If he were an estate agent, someone would surely shop him to Trading Standards. He clutters your rooms with radiators that convect, he drills holes in your walls to install plumbing made from copper (plumbum: Latin for lead), and then you lose all the cupboard space in the kitchen to a thing called a “boiler” that doesn’t boil (you hope). Such looseness of terminology is a symptom of the historic development of the modern central heating system, at a time when pipes were made from lead and boilers all too often did. Wed, 28 February 2007 11:00:00 GMT