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gas fire that looks like a woodburner
In a previous life I had two wood burning stoves (one clearview, - far
superior to the other, a morso) and and endless supply of cheap wood with plenty of space to store. Since moving I need a heat source in my living room to replace the useless "living flame " fire. I am considering one of those fires that looks just liike a woodburner, sits on a plinth out from the wall and runs on mains gas. Can anyone tell me anything about them please? Am I likely to need the chimney lined or however it functioned with the living flame be sufficient? |
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On 26 Jan, 19:26, John Weston wrote:
In article d25e6b51-aaf1-4b13-9daa-0c6840dc7532 @n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com, says... In a previous life I had two wood burning stoves (one clearview, - far superior to the other, a morso) and and endless supply of cheap wood with plenty of space to store. Since moving I need a heat source in my living room to replace the useless "living flame " fire. I am considering one of those fires that looks just liike a woodburner, sits on a plinth out from the wall and runs on mains gas. Can anyone tell me anything about them please? Am I likely to need the chimney lined or however it functioned with the living flame be sufficient? You could replace the old open living flame fire with a modern, glass- fronted, efficient version (up to 85% AFAICR). *I did this a few month's ago and it is much better, with no drafts up the chimney and most of the heat coming into the room. It sits back in the normal fireplace recess or could have been be flush mounted, depending on model. Yes, you will need the chimney lining, if the living flame fire was simply installed in the old open fireplace with nothing done to the the chimney. -- John W To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks John, whave not seen those. Does it belt out a good heat? |
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"vbleau" wrote in message ... In a previous life I had two wood burning stoves (one clearview, - far superior to the other, a morso) and and endless supply of cheap wood with plenty of space to store. Since moving I need a heat source in my living room to replace the useless "living flame " fire. I am considering one of those fires that looks just liike a woodburner, sits on a plinth out from the wall and runs on mains gas. Can anyone tell me anything about them please? Am I likely to need the chimney lined or however it functioned with the living flame be sufficient? very inefficient ... burning a lot of gas for effect, and not to obtain heat .... but it's your money. I had looked at putting one of these in my place, in the end I put an electric, flame effect ... only costs a low energy light bulb to run, and we use it instead of a lamp on in the room ... pretty effective. |
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