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Fireplace Remodel New Year's Resolution!
2012 is the year you promised to your change old fireplace and mantel out and bring in the industry's best!
While California Mantel can't help you with your workouts, your carbs, or the promise to call your mother more, we can help you give your old fireplace and fireplace mantel a facelift to allow more time to have a relaxing focal point of your home.
Give us a call to let us help you keep one of those resolutions!
Northern California Fireplaces & Fireplace Mantels Package
A California Mantel fireplace mantel with a Heatilator fireplace or Heat & Glo fireplace is the premier fireplace package, providing the best value and unsurpassed quality in every home.
Fireplaces remain among the most popular home features. Despite their popularity, obtaining the right fireplace has traditionally not been easy. Many retail fireplace centers inadequately display fireplaces, rarely showing them with all the related products that create a full hearth and even more rarely show these in a room setting. This makes it difficult for homebuilders and homeowners to visualize how fireplaces will look in their home. To complicate matters further, retail centers often subcontract out work to multiple independent contractors to handle installation, select finishes, choose furnishings and provide after-the-sale service.
As the world’s largest fireplace manufacturer, Hearth & Home Technologies believes a fireplace and hearth retail experience should inspire, not frustrate: that's why California Mantel makes the fireplace buying process an educational and enjoyable experience.
In addition, California Mantel supports the entire buying process: by taking full responsibility for the delivery, professional installation and after-the-sale service, California Mantel saves you time and money. California Mantel offers the fireplace industry's leading fireplace brands, Heat & Glo fireplaces and Heatilator fireplaces to satisfy the full range of homebuilder or homeowners fireplace needs.
Contact California Mantel today for the fireplace industry's premier and most trusted fireplace and fireplace mantel package.
"Win and Go Home" With A Fireplace Mantel
Our annual NBA Playoff Fireplace Sale! If your team is in the NBA Playoffs, you qualify for 10% off your fireplace mantel!
Los Angeles fireplace mantels, Dallas fireplace mantels, Oklahoma City fireplace mantels, Memphis fireplace mantels, Chicago fireplace mantels, Miami fireplace mantels, Boston fireplace mantels, Atlanta fireplace mantels, Portland fireplace mantels, San Antonio fireplace mantels, New Orleans fireplace mantels, Indiana fireplace mantels, Orlando fireplace mantels, New York fireplace mantels, Denver fireplace mantels, and Philadelphia fireplace mantels all automatically qualify for the discount.
Housing Market Still Slow, but Mantel Company is Heating Up
Sacramento Business Journal highlights California Mantel's acquisition of Fireside Hearth & Home in March edition.
HOUSING MARKET STILL SLOW, BUT MANTEL COMPANY IS HEATING UP.
Premium content from Sacramento Business Journal - by Kelly Johnson, Staff writer
Date: Friday, March 18, 2011
A local maker of fireplace mantels is expanding by buying part of a larger company.
California Mantel Inc. acquired the Northern California portion of the Fireside division of Hearth & Home Technologies, effective last month. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Minneapolis-based Fireside sells gas, woodburning and electric fireplaces; wood, electric and pellet stoves; gas and wood inserts; and outdoor fireplaces and grills.
Sacramento-based California Mantel retained all eight of Fireside’s installers and technicians. The workers transferred from West Sacramento to California Mantel’s 50,000-square-foot warehouse on North Freeway Boulevard.
California Mantel employed about 150 people in the boom times, supplying mantels to homebuilders. With the housing market drying up, the company has scaled back to 38 workers in Sacramento, said Stephen Casey, who started California Mantel 25 years ago with his wife, Carla. Their children, Cory and Melanie Casey, now help run the business.
The company expanded to Southern California about six months ago, where its 20,000-square-foot plant will soon start manufacturing with a staff of 15.
The deal with Fireside allows California Mantel to diversify by selling, in Northern California, the Fireside brands of Heat & Glo, Heatilator and others.
The “process of manufacturing mantels goes hand-in-hand with the installation of fireplaces,” Casey said.
Hearth & Home Technologies, one of the nation’s top three fireplace manufacturers, sold off its Northern and Southern California portions of its Fireside division partially for economic reasons, said Gary Reuter, a district sales manager who overseas the Western United States.
It also was a good opportunity to sell the retail piece of the business in Northern California to a company with related business, he added.
California Mantel has “got an unbelievable following and track record on (its) mantels,” Reuter said.
While Sacramento’s housing market is lagging behind the rest of the country, the improving national housing industry is buoying sales of fireplaces, mantles and fireplace accessories, according to a trade association.
The industry is valued at about $5 billion, said Leslie Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association in Arlington, Va.
“We are finally seeing the industry pull out. It’s been a tough couple of years,” she said.
“The industry really got hit badly,” in 2008 and 2009, Wheeler said, adding that manufacturers, including Hearth & Home Technologies, consolidated.
Shipments from manufacturers to retailers slipped 38 percent in 2009 and 22 percent in 2008, Wheeler said. In 2010 the industry was flat — an improvement over the previous declines, she noted.
California Mantel, for one, hopes to exceed $5 million in sales this year. The company has expanded to also offer window trim, door trim, columns and stair treatments. In 2007, mantel production alone generated $14 million in sales, Casey said.
Fireside Hearth & Home Acquired by California Mantel
We are pleased to announce California Mantel's acquisition of Fireside Hearth & Home Builder Division in Northern California, effective February 1st, 2011.
California Mantel has been professionally selling to contractors in the Northern CA market since 1987 and boasts a highly experienced sales staff and well-trained service technicians. Now entering its second generation, the company started by Stephen and Carla Casey takes pride in offering quality products and expert service at a competitive price.
What does this mean to you and your business? Our business transfer plan assures you of the following:
• Continued access to the market-leading Heatilator and Heat & Glo brands.
• All existing Fireside Hearth & Home Builder contracts will be honored by California Mantel, including both pricing and scope of work.
• All current hearth installations and service work have been transferred to California Mantel and will be fulfilled as previously scheduled.
• All warranty and non-warranty after market service on products purchased from Fireside Hearth & Home of No CA will be provided by California Mantel.
• All outstanding Accounts Receivable balances will be collected by California Mantel.
Hearth & Home and California Mantel sales representatives will be working together and meeting with customers in the coming weeks.
Super Bowl Sale
Mention this sale to take 20% off of your new fireplace mantel before Super Bowl Sunday.
If you live in Pittsburgh or Green Bay, take an additional 5% off, but hurry and place a deposit--before both your team and your wife are upset!
Now Offering HHT Fireboxes in NorCal
Proudly carrying Hearth & Home's complete line of fireboxes, available in Northern and Central California.
Make your fireplace remodel easy with a one-stop package deal on a firebox and fireplace mantel with the most reputable firebox company in the industry, packaged together with the leader in precast mantels, wood mantels, and wood shelves.
2010% Off Sale
Ring in the new year with a new fireplace mantel and take 10% off your order!
Check out our Hot Deals and double up for even more savings!
Hurry and beat the clock before it ticks down to 2011 and this nationwide sale is a thing of the past!
Building Industry Show
California Mantel and Stillson Fireplaces teamed together for a successful Building Industry Show at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Dog Days of Summer Sale
Flatscreen TVs go above mantels!
Use this break in the sports season to remodel your fireplace and hang that brand new flatscreen HDTV above a brand new mantel in time for MLB pennant races to heat up and NFL season to kick off!
Mention your favorite sports team when ordering to automatically qualify for $100 off retail price of your new fireplace mantel, and check out our Hot Deals for double savings on mantels!
Offer good until College Football kicks off Labor Day weekend!
Hearth & Home Magazine Feature Article on FMI
Look for the July issue of Hearth & Home magazine featuring FMI Products and talking about their exclusive lineup of fireplace mantels supplied by California Mantel.
Hearth & Home's article on FMI: "Fireplace Guys"
Pebble Beach Sale
To celebrate the US Open at Pebble Beach, place an order for any fireplace mantel in the Pebble Beach finish and receive $100 off when you mention this promotion.
Uncle Sam Wants YOU to Upgrade Your Fireplace Mantel!
There's no better way to put that Tax Refund to use than improving your home--starting with your fireplace mantel!
Get into the spring cleaning mode by removing your old fireplace mantel, ugly tile surround or sheetrock popout and upgrade to a new wood mantel or precast mantel from California Mantel.
Fill out the premeasurement form online and give us a call, or come by the shop and take a look at a large selection of inventory fireplace mantels we're practically giving away!
California Mantel Helps Build Sacramento Skate Park
California Mantel, Inc. is proud to support professional skateboarder Omar Salazar in donating the wood to build ramps at Sacramento's 28th & B Skate Park.
Omar Salazar held a large event at the Skate Park to commemorate Nike launching his first signature shoe, the Zoom Omar Salazar SB.
Hearth Patio & Barbecue Expo 2010
California Mantel will display fireplace mantels at the 2010 Hearth Patio & Barbecue Expo March 11-13, in Orlando, FL, supporting our partnership that exclusively matches a wide range of FMI fireboxes.
Visit the FMI Products exhibit to see the newest acid-etched finish fireplace mantels California Mantel offers complementing FMI's Design Dynamics fireboxes for a luxurious high-end finish fireplace.
California Mantel Targets Southern California
Due to increased demand for California Mantel's fireplace mantel designs, California Mantel is now actively bidding jobs, both developer and custom, in the Southern California market.
With last year's acquisition of Sierra Concrete Design in Orange County, California Mantel has incorporated the best and most successful designs of the local market with a stronger quality control, improved turnaround time, and a fresh selection of over 80 unique designs of fireplace mantels.
Fireplace Mantel Stocking Stuffer Promotion
Order a fireplace mantel by Christmas and receive $100 instant rebate on your mantel.
California Mantel, Inc. Acquires Sierra Concrete Design
California Mantel offers the most complete range of fireplace mantels in the United States with the acquisition of Sierra Concrete Design, a leading provider of precast concrete fireplace mantels. With the addition of Sierra Concrete Design’s high-end mantel styles, California Mantel now has one of the largest ranges of mantel selections in the United States.
"This acquisition has placed California Mantel alone as the premier mantel supplier in California and the surrounding states," said Stephen Casey, president of California Mantel. "We're very excited at the prospect of Sierra Concrete's designs joining California Mantel--which instantly gives us the largest selection of high quality fireplace mantels from economic entry-level mantels to high-end luxury mantels. We unequivocally have the ability to meet the demands of the homeowner and our decades of service to the building industry will continue strong with Sierra Concrete coming aboard."
Sierra Concrete Design’s reputation in Southern California provides California Mantel with an exciting opportunity to expand with a strong presence into the Southern California fireplace mantel market.
"Any type of customer—developer, distributor, dealer, or individual—can come to a unified company and find a style of mantel that fits any decor and specification in their home. Joining forces with Sierra Concrete Design enhances our vision of delivering high quality fireplace mantels and better meet the needs of our industry partners," said Josh Casey of California Mantel. "While our current business relationships will continue to grow, we look forward to combining the best applications and personnel of both companies into new markets and areas of opportunity."
Growing each year in sales volume since its inception in 1991, Sierra Concrete Design had become one of California’s most reputable producers of precast and glass fiber reinforced concrete (G.F.R.C.) products, and developed strong relationships with suppliers and the resources to outfit a home or building with a level of craftsmanship beyond comparison.
Privately owned and operated since 1987, California Mantel has served the home industry with dedication by producing high-quality fireplace mantels and delivering award-winning customer service. California Mantel manufactures both wood mantels and precast concrete fireplace mantels and is relied upon by the nation’s largest developers to deliver and install quality products promptly and with outstanding customer service.
California Mantel offers an extensive selection of styles in various finishes and our products accommodate most firebox sizes, custom fitted on-site to ensure accurate installation.
California Mantel maintains an ongoing effort in the research and development area to fine-tune and enhance its product line.
Product Specification Pages
New and updated fireplace mantel line drawings of the every fireplace mantel has been uploaded!
If you are an architect in need of CAD, please contact us directly and we can accomodate your request.
California Mantel, Inc. Launches New Enhanced Website
California Mantel's new website allows you to easily view our extensive line of fireplace mantels.
We make it even easier to help you find the perfect fireplace mantel to turn any room into a warm and inviting focal point...
Enter your firebox size and available wallspace in order to return relevant search results for your fireplace mantel options.
See the intricate detail of the fireplace mantel you're choosing by zooming in on the picture.
Browse by wood fireplace mantel or precast fireplace mantel, price range, fireplace mantel size, or by fireplace mantel style in our collections.
Check our Hot Deals section for special offers on select fireplace mantels.
Request a price or more information by emailing us using the Request A Quote function at the top of any page.
Thank you for visiting California Mantel, the premier fireplace mantel supplier. We hope you find the perfect mantel to fit your home.
