The Association produces a range of technical information leaflets covering all aspects of the fireplace.  If you want to know more about what is possible or you have a specific problem, these guides are ideal and are written in an easy to understand way.  Please click on a title to access an Order Form.  The titles are as follows:

01 Making the most of Open Fires. Price: 3.00

The leaping flames and glowing coals of an open fire are surely the most appealing focal point of any room. In Northern Europe and Scandinavia, the extreme temperatures forced the development of more efficient, continuous burning closed stoves.

06 Coal and Log effect Gas Fires. Price: 3.00

Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. For many years manufacturers have been trying to make your gas fires look like real coal fires. Look closely at your favourite pre-war hollywood movie: the leaping flames in the fireplace were probably gas. Early attempts,however were extremely crude. Jets of neat gas.

10 Fireplace Surrounds - their construction and installation. Price: 3.00

The fireplace, meaning literally the place where the fire is, be it an open fire, roomheater stove or gas fire, has been extensively covered in previous leaflets in this series. The purpose of this leaflet is to look at the FIREPLACE SURROUND. This is broadly the decorative frame around the fire, which forms a piece of home furnishing, expressing the decorative.

The Fireplace Yearbook Price: 5.00 (Special Offer 4.00 online at www.nfa.org.uk)

Each year the Association publishes a comprehensive guide to all that is best in the world of stoves, fires & fireplaces. Contents include: Gallery - browse the latest exciting fire, stove & fireplace designs. Electric flame effects - some of the best flame-effect fires around. A little slice of history - 400 years of fireplace designs. Seriously sexy and affordable, too! - innovative designs at down-to-earth prices. Gel fires: the new fireplace phenomena - living flames for virtually anywhere. Irons in the fire - an artists radically different fire designs. Fireplace glossary. When is a stove not a stove? When its a cooker! - a look at two new cooking stoves Changing room - out with the old and in with the new. New models, old stone - natural stone fire surrounds in latest styles. Fireplaces online - the best designs at the click of a mouse. Warm-hearted woodburners - soapstone stoves that combine good looks with clever heat storage. From the NFA postbag - NFA experts answer your queries. Full details of all NFA member companies.