Here at Janotas & Simões whilst we have invested heavily in state of the art machinery we still have not forgotten the art of the stone mason. No matter how much technology is poured into production it is of supreme importance to have items hand finished by skilled craftsmen. This is most relevant when finishing the focal point to any home - the fireplace.
We make fireplaces to customers specifications for markets world wide, we say that if you give us good clear instructions we can produce a range for you on time and within budget, our in house crate making facilities (Pop up window) mean that the fireplaces can go from us to you and from you to your customers without need from unpacking and repacking and without damage.
We tend to caution against making fireplaces from glued up slab, generally it is less secure, and in the long run less cost effective, we know from years of experience that your customers want the solid feel of solid stone. Unusually we also caution against the use of stone with directional lines in it such as Moca Crème as we find that your customer complaints are reduced by use of a non directional homogenous stone such as White Molianos or Sintra.
The Malham (Branco do Mar) The Clifton (White Molianos)
Our customers are typically wholesalers who will use integrated pallet transport systems within their own markets where the crate may be moved up to six times after it has arrived at our customers warehouse.
Please note that the fireplaces shown below are of designs belonging to existing customers who have kindly allowed us to include them in our website, we would be happy to quote you on your designs but cannot sell existing customers designs without their agreement.
The Marmont (White Molianos)
Given specific instructions and good lead times we are also happy to produce one off chimney pieces for projects and special commissions we would be happy to discuss this type of work with you.
