Friendly guys did a great job of fitting a stove and new hearth and surround. The stove works great.
Couple of negatives: initially the hearth looked quite blemished with a large visible streak down one slab and also a small chip elsewhere. The guys came back and smoothed everything down and it now looks perfect, and I'm delighted with it.
I wasn't given any heads up that I'd end up with a load of bricks and rubble and the old surround dumped in front of my house. I'd just assumed (naively) that the rubbish would be taken away, or a skip used, or whatever. You live and learn!
Finally, my drive had loads of muck strewn down it during the work. I didn't have a hose but they kindly came back some days later to hose it down, but even after that and some heavy rain it's still not clean. I've not raised this again as I'm done with it all now. I'll have to take a broom to it!
James and Ben couldn't be nicer and worked quickly and efficiently. All in all, I'd recommend them.