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Notes From the Showroom
The questions we answer all day, in a form you can read at midnight—old chimneys, honest prices, and the case for a warm room in a gray city.
The Notes
What is Convection Heat? What is Radiant Heat? Nearly all of us have experienced convection heat. Car dashboard heaters, baseboard heaters, and even your hairdryer function…
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Contemporary Designs In contemporary design, sleek rules. Soft curves, clean lines, and industrial finishes can be seen all throughout modern homes. When looking for a fireplace…
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Find the right barbecue for you, just in time for BBQ season! It’s as simple as “What do I like to cook?” and “What do I want to…
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Find the right barbecue for you, just in time for BBQ season! It’s as simple as “What do I like to cook?” and “What do I want to…
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Introducing the Sutter blog By way of introduction to the first “official” Sutter Blog, a little history seems in order. I’ll try to keep it brief and edit out the juicy parts for…
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What the notes cover, who writes them, and where to go from here.
See More Common QuestionsPlain answers about fireplaces, old Seattle chimneys, grills, and keeping warm in the beautiful gray, written from the showroom: convection versus radiant heat, fitting a modern fireplace into a modern wall, charcoal versus gas, grilling season, and the shop's own history since 1979.
The shop does. The notes are written from the showroom floor, and the first one, from February 2023, was written by Mike Duval, who opened the shop in 1979. The notes are the shop's own, not outside content.
The FAQ page, which collects the questions every Seattle fireplace project runs into, prices included; the category pages, where every fireplace, insert, and stove carries a free estimate; or the showroom in Ballard, where the fire is burning and the questions get better in person.
Treat the notes as background, not a price list. Products and prices change, so the estimate on any unit's page and the free in-home visit are where today's number lives; the notes explain the why behind the choices.
The Whole Point
Be confident that the details of your project are covered—the permit, the venting, the schedule, the trim that honors your hundred-year-old tile. Then enjoy your home every day of the year.
A consultation is a working session, not a sales pitch. Leave the details and a real person calls to set the time.
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