We had the new fire in our kitchen refitted today. Two months short of 2 years after our house were flooded… and just in time for summer too!
We’re ecstatic and relieved too. Building regulations have changed since the waterlogged fire was fitted. So the new one couldn’t be installed without a flue liner being fed down the chimney – all 40 feet of it!
One of the other casualties of the flood was our coal scuttle. It was a beautiful, vintage Mallod bentwood coal scuttle that was ruined when it was submerged in water. Now that the fire’s in, we’re in search of a new coal scuttle. There are lovely antique copper ones, brand new galvanised steel ones. Ones shaped like buckets, ones shaped like cones… even one shaped like a shell!
- Antique coal scuttle: £44.99, HomesDirect 365
- Buckley coal hod – black/pewter – 540: £48, The Fireside Shop
- Fireside coal bucket with brass handle: £24.98, Amazon
- Hamlett coal scuttle: £74.99-£129.99, Black Country Metalworks
- Vintage German folk art hand painted coal scuttle: £55.07, Etsy