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TV crew visits Hy-Tech
A television camera crew visited Hy-Tech Enamellers to see how a cast iron bath is restored to its former glory.
The crew, from Nick Knowles’ Original Features, filmed the process that is involved in re-enamelling a bath, including the shot blasting that removes the existing enamel and the specialist welding that cares for any damage or heavy rusting.
The UKTV Home programme also witnessed the enamelling process which involved the bath being coated with three layers of vitreous enamel. Each layer is fused to the surface by heating it in a furnace to a temperature greater than 750 degrees centigrade.
Malcolm Stickler, managing director of Hy-Tech Enamellers, said: “It is this genuine vitreous that gives the long life that is expected of a cast iron bath and returns them to their former elegance. It was a pleasure to show the crew around our plant to explain the painstaking process involved in restoring a cast iron bath.”
Hy-Tech Enamellers, based in Highbridge, Somerset, refurbishes a large number of baths each year. It also re-enamels range cookers, stoves and cast iron pots and pans.
Nick Knowles’ Original Features is due to be shown early next year.
30 November 2009
Christmas is coming....
Why not treat someone this year to some fantastic cast iron cookware? Visit our shop and browse through the product range for some great present ideas.
30 November 2009
Cook with a clear conscience with an Eco Cuisinére
Range cooker lovers need not feel the pang of environmental guilt when cooking or heating using their kitchen centrepieces following the invention of the Eco Cuisiniére.
Such guilt was highlighted in an article from The Sunday Telegraph (November 22, 2009) entitled “Are Agas Off The Boil?” in which Sarah Lonsdale debated the environmental threat of range cookers in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide they produce and natural resources they use, weighed against its natural heat production and the flavour of the food cooked in or on it.
The Eco Cuisiniére is a brand new product that enables range cooker lovers to keep hold of their much-loved kitchen centrepieces while also enjoying the benefits this innovative electric element provides.
The advent of the Eco Cuisiniére, invented and produced by the team at Hy-Tech Enamellers and GB Cooker Spares, means range cookers, formerly powered by wood, oil or gas, can be plugged into any 13-amp fused spur, thus removing the need for a flue and eliminating all carbon emissions.
The Eco Cuisiniére can be installed into existing ranges or cookers on site, or can be part-exchanged for like for like reconditioned models with the element installed at Hy-Tech Enamellers’ plant in Highbridge and GB Cookers’ plant in Swindon. As part of this recycling process, Hy-Tech’s engineers can re-enamel range cookers in one of 22 colours, including pink, powder blue and pistachio, or from a range of bespoke shades and designs.
The Eco Cuisiniére team have also improved the efficiency of the new element to reduce the temperature emanating through the exterior of range cookers to make them safer for use in kitchens occupied by families with young children.
Malcolm Stickler, managing director of Hy-Tech Enamellers, said: “We are really excited about this product. We are obviously aware that new electric ranges already exist but Eco Cuisiniére gives range-lovers the opportunity to update their treasured cookers, to part-exchange their current models or to purchase a re-conditioned electric equivalent.
“The Eco Cuisiniére is undoubtedly kinder to the environment but doubly so in that we recycle existing range cookers rather than producing new units, therefore allowing their owners to enjoy them with a completely clear conscience.”
30 November 2009
