Pivot is a family owned and opporated Business

Same Location / Same Family Run Business

Established back in 1876; originally manufacturing Wood Stoves,

132Years and 5 Generations on -

Pivot are Australia's Leading Supplier of Heating Appliances & Wood Stoves


Pivot can arrange delivery of any of our extensive range of products
anywhere in Australia and New Zealand


-- Our Philosophy is not just to sell a heater; but to find the right heater for you.. --

Greg (Licensed Plumber & Installer and 5th Generation) & Tammie have been in the Heating industry for over 18 year and together they can offer knowledge, advice and understanding of the customer needs

We are open 5 1/2 days a week so contact with us is simple. You will find all our details in our Inquires section.




Pivot Melbourne ...

Cr South Link & South Gippsland H/Way - Dandenong South
Melways 95J6

Shane Moodie - 5th Generation Pivot family; offers professional advise and understanding of the customers needs. With a back ground in Heater repairs, Shane will ensure that you purchase the right heater for your home

Pivot Melbourne is one of Melbourns major show rooms with over 30working model Gas Log Fires /
60+ Wood Heaters / 12+ Wood Stoves / 30+Electric Flame Heaters / interactive displays -

Pivot Melbourne offers Supply Only or Supply & Installation
Our professional installation team can arrange full installation of any of our extensive range of
Gas Log Fires - Wood Heaters - Wood Stoves and Air Conditioners




Pivot Geelong

234 - 238 Moorabool Street - Geelong
Melways 452 B5
We are situated in a busy part of Geelong CBD with easy parking - 50min from Melbourne CBD.

With a large range of Working Model Gas Log Fires, 30+ Wood Heaters and Wood Stoves - Electric Flame heaters and the latest with LG Air Conditioners on display

Pivot Geelong offers Supply Only or Supply & Installation
Our professional installation team can arrange full installation of any of our extensive range of
Gas Log Fires - Wood Heaters - Wood Stoves and Air Conditioners



Pivot Web is designed to offer you the benefits of Australia's Leading Heating Supplier
in the comfort of your home
Pivot Web Supply & Delivery anywhere in Australia at very competitive prices
Pivot specialize in offering custom made packages to suit the customer and shipment any where in Australia

Pivot Web offers Supply Only anywhere in Australia and New Zealand



Monday 8:30 am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30 am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30 am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30 am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30 am - 5:30pm
Saturday
Geelong 8:30 - 1Pm - Melbourne 9:00 - 4Pm
Sunday - Closed




The Full History Of Pivot

The Parker family's venture into stove making began with John James Parker, a bricklayer from Kent who arrived in Port Phillip with his family onboard the Grand Trianon in 1857. An enterprising man, John James Parker brought with him sufficient expertise in foundry Work which enabled him to immediately set to work establishing Parker & Co., manufacturers of Premier cooking ranges, stoves and small items of castings.





The Melbourne business continued to flourish and by 1876 one of the John Parker's sons, James Alexander Parker, had moved to Geelong where he set up his own manufacturing business, the Pivot Stove Company at 234-238 Moorabool Street.



Image of Pivot Stove in 1889

James Parker was keen to improve on the conventional stove of the day, which had been based on the original colonial oven, Pivot improved on this design by building a steel case around the box and fitting a cast iron top and flue pipe.


This brand new design described as a one fire, self-setting oven was patented as the Pivot Stove and by 1905 was making its mark in the industry.

Image of Pivot Stove in 1958

Ovens weren't the only product to emerge from Pivot's industrious foundry; the beautiful cast iron fence which still today graces the boundaries of St Mary's Church, Yarra Street, remain a tribute to the company's early expertise.



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1st generation – James Alexander Parker

2nd Generation – Charles John Parker

3rd Generation – Lindsay Parker

4th Generation – Merril (Daughter of Lindsay) Parker-Hill

Photo of Peter Parker-Hill back in 1969

1970

Photo of Lindsay Parker back in 1970


5th Generation – Greg Parker-Hill

Now, over 130 years later, the business in carried on by Greg with wife Tammie, 5th Generation, it's safe to say we've turned the full circle since the business was established back in 1876, we have gone from wood to oil to gas to wood and now to the latest Gas Log Fires.



Today, one of Pivots strengths is the ability to supply you heaters with the changes to suit your needs. Being a simple change of colour to suit your décor or to adding Cast Fascia’s, Mantels or even a formal Granite Hearth to the heater or fireplace to add ambience to your home, Pivot can provide a full package backed with Geelong’s finest installation team.





2007 - Pivot Opens new Store


Image of Pivot Melbourne new store 2007



In 2008 Pivot Geelong gets a face lift



Image of Pivot Staff 2007
Rear line - left to right
Tammie Parker-Hill (T1)(bosses wife/Accounts)- Murray Carins (Geelong Dispatch)- Christine Pitama (Dandeonong Sales)- Shane Moodie (Dandenong Manager)
Front Line
Greg Parker-Hill (Director) - Tammy Heywood (T2) (Sales & Marketing)