"Mark Watson" wrote in message
...
Hi

Faced with a bill of £1500 squids to open up a hearth and rebuild a
chimney stack, I'm wondering about a flueless gas fire.

Any comments on how good they are? We've got a rad in the front room,
so there would be some extra warmth in the room which should prevent
any condensation problems which I understand they may have.

And can anyone clarify what a powaflue is - I've seen an nice looking
model which says that whilst it doesn't need a chimney, it does have a
twin walled flue, so I'm wondering where the twin walled flue actually
goes!


A good few years ago when I bought a "Cannon Coalridge" balanced flue fire,
there was another model with a "Power Flue". This was for fitting in places
not against an outside wall.

The "power flue" was a rather chunky-looking ISTR white painted probably
metal "skirting board-shaped" pipe that could be run around the room at
floor level just like a rather ugly skirting board. Presumably it eventually
reached a place where it could pop outside. I think there was a fan in the
fire to make it work.

Things may have move on from that - it was a good few years ago.

Regards,
Simon.