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disappointedSouth East Queensland, QLD
Very disappointing service and guarantee of their product
my wife and i save for years to buy an esse stove which we did and paid over $8000 for our wood fired stove from mr stoves in Brisbane. we loved it. whilst we loved the stove we noticed a fault with the black ceramic top where it started to crack just outside the anniversary of the warranty. we were blamed for dropping something on it that caused a chip but we didn't. We believed and still believe it was a product defect to the enamel top. Disappointing when I tried to get a representative to come out and see it for themselves, they would not b...Read more
ut simply said I should pay to replace the top. Very disappointed with such an expensive stove. Today the stove continues to crack on top and we have to keep using touch up paint to try and maintain the stove.1 comment
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Never again
Never again would I install another pivot heater in a new build, the first one made our wall soo hot I was worried it would catch fire and the second one just has a mind of its own, every time we try to contact them they are no help what so ever disgraceful service and even worse appliances NEVERAGAIN
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Hi Donald
We understand why you gave us a 1 star review
The Regency Montrose you had installed was originally not installed with the correct wall cladding by your plasterer, this was then made worse... Read more
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Esse pop up restaurant
Greg Parker-Hill and the EcoHouse team in Albany WA (furthest dealership from Esse manufacturers in the UK) organised a pop up restaurant for those of us interested to learn about Esse wood stoves. Greg produced an awesome four course Esse menu. Now ready to cook in/on our Esse Bakeheart.
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Best investment EVER & best customer service EVER!!!
Thank you wonderful Pivot team!! Throughout the process of choosing and buying my wood fire/heater you were all so helpful! Nothing was a problem!! I was blown away by the customer service and care taken!! I will continue to recommend you and rave about you!! Particular thanks to the lovely Suzanne!!
Thank you so much team Pivot!!!
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BarbaraSouthwest, VIC
A great staff member
Earlier this year I purchased a Pacific Energy gas log fire. I had a number of issues following installation including a remote control that would not engage with the fire meaning that fire could not be switched on or one night not being able to be switched off! Also the plaster surrounding the fire cracked a number of times.
Very patiently Tammy worked through our issues, updating me constantly along the way and I now have a functioning fire. She did a terrific job, understood my frustration and liaised with the installer. She must be a real bonus to your team.
We liked Nick too who sold us the unit.
Thanks again to Tammy who sorted through our issues – and who put up with me when I got a bit grumpy!!
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Sonia and RobynSouthwest, VIC
Congratulations! Smooth purchase from go to whoa!
The service from Pivot has never faltered - from the quotation to the installation. Every stage of my purchase went smoothly with friendly and helpful staff members. Pivot do business in a way many others could follow.
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Thank you for the lovely review and we hope you are keeping toasty this Winter!
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the fan saved my winter
the staff at PIVOT STOVE & HEATING know there products and helped me out with my blown heater fan ' Highly recommend PIVOT for anyone looking to buy a new heater or spare parts 10 out 10
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Thank you for the lovely review T!
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Jill CMetropolitan Adelaide, SA
- 3 reviews
Perfect transaction
I ordered flues and spare parts for maintenance on the phone and I couldnt ask for better service. Staff were very helpful and the items were well packaged not to mention the very fast dispatch. Very happy thanks.
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We are so glad you received your flue all safe :)
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Heatmaster enviro freestanding
We have a large house with 4.2 metre raking ceilings. The enviro freestanding unit distributes heat to all corners of our house. After replacing a wood fire with the enviro unit I was sceptical it would heat such a large area, but this winter has been great. We set the temperature to 18 degrees and the unit cycles through to 21 degrees before it shuts down. It is a little frustrating that the temperature fluctuation is so much, but we have adapted to it nicely. The guys at Pivot Geelong were great to deal with too.
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VeeeeGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC
- 8 reviews
Esse 990 Wood Cooker Stove - Pivot Fantastic Service
I cannot fault this company and their passion for Esse Stoves. The Esse 990 is the ultimate in hand crafted wood stoves from UK and as such, it was an expensive purchase but well worth the goal of having one. Pivot Stove Co assisted me with an achievable payment arrangement over my nominated time frame. Pivot Stove co has been going since the 1800's. I can assure you that their customer service is genuine old fashioned good quality integrity. Recipes and all. I have complete confidence in my purchase and of this company who provide ongoing assistance.
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MichelleNortheast, VIC
Fantastic quick service
I ordered a new fan for my fireplace and received it the next day. Very fast service and very appreciated as we live in the mountains with snow all around us, a working fireplace is a necessity.
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Di R.South-Eastern Region, NSW
Esse 990 WD and Pivot both excellent
We love our Esse 990. When we needed to replace our 40 year old Everhot ( cooking and hot water) I did a lot of research and fell in love with the look of the Esse and the fact it can also produce lots of hot water. Once we installed the Esse we discovered it not only looked good but it cooks so well. I love how I can adjust the air inlets and it springs into life almost instantaneously. We live on the snow line so enjoy waking up to a warm kitchen as the stove is still burning overnight.
We just attended one of the pop up restaurants by ...Read more
Greg from Pivot I highly recommend these events, great food, company and cooking/stove tips. Even though I didn't think I really needed to learn more about the stove I did learn some more tips and am getting even more out of our Esse. Pivot have been excellent to deal with, if I have had any questions I have rung the Geelong warehouse and the lady there (Julie) was so knowledgeable and helpful. I find the website informative and have just purchased the Neo for our new extention. It's not installed yet so cannot review it yet!1 comment
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Thank you for the lovely feedback Di - and we are so glad to hear you have been loving your Esse (and we are sure you will love your Neo just as much!)
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The recency gas log fire
Excellent service we are very happy with the final product
It is heating our rooms on low flame and can level 1 the fire looks very authentic and we love the log combination
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Thank you for the review Carol and we are glad to hear you are keeping toasty :)
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simatSouth West, WA
Long saga with Esse Ironheart
We bought our Esse Ironheart from Pivot ten years ago. The stove they shipped had an black enamel top which is not what we ordered and parts were missing. Pivot shipped the missing parts and we put up with the wrong top as it was going to be too difficult to deinstall a 400kg stove and ship it back to Pivot.
We are very happy with the performance of the stove but what I consider a major flaw in the Ironheart has just shown up.
When I did my yearly thorough clean out of the stove I found to my horror that a duct on the outer side of the oven t...Read more
hat takes the flue gasses from the top to the bottom of the oven had rusted trough along the seam at the top and has nearly rusted out in several other areas. On closer inspection it appears that this steel duct is much thinner that the rest of the stove even though it has the hot flue gases flowing through it! If the duct had been made of stainless steel or had been as thick as the rest of the steel in the stove this problem may not have occurred. To make matters worse this duct is welded to the body of the stove which makes repair difficult. If this was a cheap stove I would have not minded but for a major fault like this to occur in a 'quality' stove after only ten years makes it impossible for me to recommend it to anyone. I emailed Esse about the problem asking if they had any ideas on how to rectify the problem and asking if the design or construction of this duct had been improved and received what I consider a very unsatisfactory reply to my email from Pivot which did not address my problems.4 comments
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We are saddened that you gave a 2 star review to us.
Your stunning esse is 10 years old, and has never let you down.... Read more
The duct you are referring to is just an air duct : not structural to the firebox or the performance of the cooker. We know this did not satisfy your answer, but its the correct answer to give. As you are aware, we have all the parts you will ever need to continue to service your esse cooker, which we offer delivery to your home - you can purchase these at pivotonline.com.auYou obviously don't know how the Ironheart is constructed. When the oven bypass control is closed the 'air duct' as you call it channels ALL the exhaust gases that come from the firebox via the top of... Read more
the oven down the side of the oven. The exhaust gases then go under and up the back of the oven and exit at the flue. If the 'air duct' rusts out the stove becomes a flueless stove dumping the exhaust gases directly into the room where the Ironheart is installed.Pivot S.Pivot Stove & Heating
Its disappointing that you are using your comments to put a one star review to downgrade us over this .
To answer your statement : Esse have consistently made improvements on their cookers - from 10... Read more
years ago to today, there are over 30 changes esse have made - including the air duct.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Promises, Confirmation and No Delivery!
Found the part I needed online. Rang to get confirmation of price and availability. The very friendly woman from the Geelong office confirmed the price of the item and confirmed the part was available. I ordered online and paid for the part and postage. Payment was accepted and then a day later I received two emails. One stated my funds had been returned and another stating the order was cancelled, without explanation, I rang to find they are not in stock and never will be. So I ask. Why is the part 'available' on line and why was it confirmed it was in stock? Wouldn't chance dealing with the company again. I easily sourced the part I needed within a few minutes on line elsewhere so the part is definitely available.
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Hi Ron. We are sorry to hear that you have has this service from us and after investigation this afternoon as to what has happened with your order, it appears there has been some major communication i... Read more
ssues. As one of the Geelong store sales people has explained when referring you directly to our supplier to purchase this part – we have had issues with sourcing the quantity of parts that we require in the past which has caused major delays. We refunded you as soon as we could and you should have received an email explaining this (as you did not leave your number to call you directly) This part has also been removed from our site (and all others from this supplier have also been checked) We apologise again for not being able to provide you with the service that we are known for, and we are glad to hear that you have been able to purchase the back plates as needed.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Excellent service from Pivot Stoves
I bought a Esse 990WD from a elsewhere, and the system was incorrectly specified (couldn't get the stove really hot as there was significant pull on the system to the radiators). I ran met Greg at a show and he offered to come and troubleshoot came and spent the afternoon at our house giving us great advice and telling us what we needed to do to make the stove work. We have had the amendments done and the stove is working magnificently. Thank you to Greg and his team (my plumber spoke to some technical staff at Pivot as well). We love our Esse!
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We are so glad you now have your system running as you expected and are loving your ESSE! Greg will be very happy to hear :) Thank you for the lovely feedback
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CocoSouthwest, VIC
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Friendly, helpful and knowledgeable
We bought a log burning fireplace with a modern feel that works great in the room. Pivot was quick to get answers to my questions and organized the install which all went smoothly.
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Thank you for the great feedback - and WOW what a wonderful looking installation :)
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PhilGoulburn Valley, VIC
- 2 reviews
Ironheart
We absolutely Love our beautiful Ironheart! Thanks so much to Greg and the team at Pivot for all their help during the process and since! We are so happy with it!
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We are so pleased to hear you are loving your Ironheart and we would love to see a photo of it warming up your kitchen (maybe when the weather is a little cooler!)
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Jackie and Glenn SSouth East Queensland, QLD
- Verified customer
Loving my Esse and the Pivot team
Just want to thank Greg and staff at Pivot Stoves for their quick response to an issue we had with our new Esse wood burning stove. There was a bit of damage to the fire box door and without any hesitation or issue from the staff at Pivot, they replaced the whole door for us, this was done within a week of contacting re the issue. The amazing thing was we are in Brisbane and this happened so quickly. Greg came to our place, replaced the door and then spent a further hour with us giving us hints and techniques on how to get the best out of our s...Read more
tove. He also shared some of his recipes too, one of which we are trying this weekend. Thanks for the great service, we are so happy with our Esse and your rapid and painless response to our issue. We certainly are happy to recommend Esse and Pivot Stoves for their amazing service and product.1 comment
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We are so pleased to hear that your ESSE 990 is up and cooking the way it should be and THANK YOU so much for leaving us this wonderful review :)
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Big lesson learnt = get Pivot to design system.
We purchased our Esse 990CH through Pivot Dandenong a few years ago while designing & building our own rammed earth home. The pivot team offered to look at our plans & design a system for us but we decided at the time to work through the options with our plumber and solar hot water installer as they both had knowledge about hydronic heating systems. Our house build was slow and it was two years down the track before we lit a fire in the Esse to launch the system. It worked just ok for a few nights then suddenly completely scooted up and blocked...Read more
with creosote. We tried all sorts of things like different wood, cowls, doors slightly ajar you name it but the Esse completely filled the house with black smoke. After months of desperate plans and advice from every man and his dog, I rang Esse to see if they could please help. I was told to contact Greg at the Geelong branch and after explaining everything over the phone to his daughter Felicity who was very helpful, we locked in a date for Greg to come up to Bonnie Doon to see if he could work out what the hell was happening with our stove. Greg arrived and within 2 minutes of inspecting our system found the problem. I was a little taken aback at Greg’s direct appraisal of our design but realised that this guy knew what he was talking about. Not many head honchos of a company will provide direct assistance like Greg. He gets straight to the point and calls a spade a spade but is super passionate about his industry. He is a dudeman. Unfortunately we had plumbed the system incorrectly which was causing the stove sensor to shut the fire down after a small amount of heat was generated. He spent the first hour completely cleaning out all the creosote & replacing all the missing stove components and then sat down with me to explain the steps required to rectify the mistakes made during installation. This included a full step by step guide and written report. He also followed up via email and gave us his direct number if we needed extra advice. After rectifying our errors the system is running like a dream. The $800 spent on new seals, fire bricks and Greg was money well spent. We are ecstatic. Anyway hopefully this saves someone the horror we went through. The Esse 990CH is a superb beast but for gods sake Get pivot to design your entire hydronic system please!1 comment
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Thank you for the wonderful review and feedback Scott - and we are certainly glad your ESSE is firing away as it should be! Greg and Felicity are very happy to see that you are ecstatic too!
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Disappointing that this email was against our company : you purchased this from Mr Stoves in Brisbane - Not us in Geelong
Mr Stoves would be the contact to come out to see what the issue is, if you b... Read more
elieve the chip was not caused by an accidental impact