A nice surprise for St.Valentine's Day!

Send a St.Valentine's Balloon to your Special Person: it is more uplifting than a card! At Towler & Staines Ltd. we have an excellent choice of heart shaped foil helium filled balloons either plain in a rich red colour or with a heartfelt message for the one you love.

Visit us at either our Bradford or Keighley shop to view the wide range of attractive helium balloons we have available, at affordable prices. Balloons will brighten not just St. Valentine's Day but all your special occasions.

We even have balloons which sing to you as well!
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Another new product from Towler & Staines: the Sievert Portabraze kit.

Towler & Staines the Keighley based Calor Gas dealers are now stocking another new product: the Sievert Portable Brazing Kit. The new PortaBraze kit is designed to provide engineers, contractors and hobbyists with quality equipment that is specially designed to deliver reliable heat, constant temperature and a quality flame every time. Each kit features a Harris gas regulator, a Harris air/fuel torch handle, brazing/soldering tips and additional accessories.

Industrial components for professional use include: torch handle with twin tube construction for safety and longer service life; oxy/mapp twin hose 3 metres long and fitted with Flash Back Arrestors; 2L refillable oxygen cylinder with standard oxygen connection; a 340g refillable UltraMapp cylinder with 1 inch UNEF thread; safety welding goggles and instruction manual.

The whole kit can be carried in a heavy duty weather proof and flame retardent carry bag which is included. The bag has a double stitched shoulder strap with metal clasp for easy carrying and a high impact lightweight weather proof polycarbonate frame.

Owing to it's excellent portability it is an ideal kit for people who have to work high off the ground or a long way away from a vehicle. 

The price is £499.99 including VAT.

http://www.towler-staines.co.uk/shop/127-propane-torch-kits

Lots of useful appliances for hire!

In over 100 blogs I have never mentioned an important aspect of the Towler & Staines business, we hire out a large variety of Calor Gas appliances.

Blown air industrial heaters are the most popular item. They come in three different sizes depending on the area you need to heat. The main users are customers with industrial and commercial premises.
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We have a Trident (three headed) weed burner available. It is great for burning off weeds in an unruly patch of garden or could also be used for a roofing job.

If lighting beyond the mains is a problem for a special event we hire out Bullfinch Mini Floodlights.

For Scout and Guide camps or other outdoor catering needs we have Dixie 2 large high pressure burners which accomodate very large pans. We can also provide a large single low pressure square burner.

Burco Dean 20litre Water Boilers are another popular item for brewing large quantities of tea or coffee.

On the barbecue front we have large and small Cinders Catering Barbecues and Beefeater and Continental Griddle Barbecues. So if you are planning a barbecue party for a large number of people we have the answer in our hire fleet.

Burco 20 litre Boiler

Why Calor Mobile Heaters are amazing value!

In early 1973, Towler & Staines started to sell the very first mobile cabinet heaters powered by Calor Gas. The heater was the Super Ser and it was immediately a huge success, although it was priced at
£109.99 for the heater alone at that time and it was necessary to also hire a 15kg Calor Gas cylinder full of butane gas.

Now 40 years on you can buy a Calor Radiant Mobile Heater for just £65. The heater will burn for 135 hours on the lowest setting using a 15kg Calor cylinder. It has three heat settings with a maximum of 4.2kw. It has a hose and regulator, piezo ignition, a flame failure device and an oxygen depletion system for complete safety in use.
http://www.towler-staines.co.uk/shop/mobile-heaters/368-radiant-heater.html

A number of electronic items have fallen in retail price over the years but there cannot be many items which are as good value as this after 40 years of inflation!

A few last minute ideas for stocking fillers

The innovative new Cadac Magnetic Tongs are a must for the barbecue enthusiast. They are 40cm in length and strongly magnetic so they can be stored attached to any metal surface on the barbecue during the cooking process. They can be used as slightly sprung tongs or separated as spatulas.
They are made of thermally resistant plastic, will not damage a non-stick surface, they remain cool during use and are dishwasher safe.

The tongs are available at £23.99 and the single spatula £9.99

http://www.towler-staines.co.uk/shop/old-carri-chef-/316-cadac-magnetic-tongs.html

Cadac Tapas and Egg Pan Set These non-stick cooking containers are ideal for cooking eggs or tapas on a barbecue or on a domestic cooker. They are a must for the aspiring chef and excellent value at £17.99.

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A stocking filler for the cook and Christmas recipe too!

The Uni-lighter at just £12.99 makes an ideal stocking filler present. It is a butane powered lighter and mini blow torch, with a refillable gas reservoir.

Perhaps the most exciting use in this festive season is for finishing off your leftover Christmas Pudding.
Here is a recipe for a delicious creme brulee (and you can use the left over whites for a Sweet Cranberry Omelette}
                        
                                  CHRISTMAS PUDDING CREME BRULEE

Ingredients                                                                                                                  

500ml full cream milk                                      

500ml double cream

1 teasp vanilla extract

10 egg yolks

120g sugar

brown sugar – as required

leftover Christmas pudding

 

Using either individual ramekins or 2-3 pt ovenproof souffle dish

Method

1. Heat oven to 100c. Pour the milk, cream and vanilla into a saucepan, bring to the boil. Remove from heat and leave to cool for about 10 minutes.
2. Add the sugar to the egg yolks, and whisk thoroughly. Then add the milk and cream mixture and whisk in, but not vigorously in order to avoid foaming.
3. Add a little of the Christmas pudding to the base of each ramekin, or the soufflé dish, and pour the crème brulee mixture over. Put the ramekins into a baking dish of hot water so that the water goes to just about half way up the outside
4. Put in the oven for 45 minutes at 100c. Check through the cooking that they do not boil in the oven and lower the temperature if necessary
5. When firm to touch remove and allow to cool
6. Sprinkle the brown sugar on top and caramelize using your Unilight Mini Blowtorch
7. Can be made ahead of time and kept in fridge

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Another new product: the Zip 100% natural Stove Log

Zip the brand leading UK firelighter manufacturers have launched an innovative new product specifically for stoves which are suitable for real solid fuel fires, it is the Zip 100% natural Stove Log. Towler & Staines are among the first outlets to promote and sell this exciting addition to the range.

The Stove Log provides instant lighting, is clean and easy to use and burns for over 90 minutes!
It is made in Ireland from locally grown willow. A native species, willow is planted and harvested on Irish soil by farmers using the ancient practice of coppicing.

Recent research shows that coppice willow provides one of our most sustainable systems of providing home grown renewable and carbon neutral fuel, while also providing a new business opportunity for the Irish farmers.

This easy to use stove log is designed to with real heat for up to 90 minutes in your log burning stove. It helps you create a warm ambient fire within moments of lighting the wrapper, with minimal mess and time. The Zip Stove Log can be used on it's own or can be topped up with other
fuels such as wood, logs, peat, and coal. At £2.99 per unit it is excellent value.

Zip invented the kerosene firelighter back in 1936, and today their latest high performance products
are designed to make lighting a fire easier than ever.

http://www.towler-staines.co.uk/shop/zip/683-stove-log.html