Something like this?
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Anyone got anything? Issues, recommendations, dos and dont's?
The new gaf needs a fire/stove.
I was staunchly against another woodburner after 10+ years of foraging, cutting, splitting and burning my own fuel. BUT after 1 false start to get a gas fire fitted, I ventured into a stove shop today and was reminded of the attractiveness of a real fire.
So I'm thinking that a gas fire that looks like a wood burner may be the best middle ground.
Whaddya think?
Oooh that Rais stuff is nice!
Stovax stuff is nice as well, they do a contemporary and trad range
Nice. Can;t decipher what sort of flue you need but would assume its kind of like a boiler vent ? If so could be the solution I need as we can run a vent out the wall but not a flue all the way up the house.
like a boiler vent ?
I *think* that sounds correct for the balanced flue models - which are more efficient than the conventional glue equivalents anyway.
Has anyone got a balanced flue gas fire?
I want to replace a flueless gas fire in my lounge (there's a great big hole for ventilation which makes the room cold and but safe for CO) and they look like a good idea to me
We have this:
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https://www.portwaystoves.com/products/portway-1-gas-stove
Best thing we bought. Instant, controllable heat. No buying wood, chopping logs or stink and mess.
Ours has a wood burner spec stainless chimney liner, but you can put it straight out the back.
Its not balanced flue like a boiler.
No need for air brick vent either as the room is big enough for the output. You only need air bricks when you e.g. have a back boiler that has massive output AFAIK.
I'e a Morso one, it's OK, but I find I don't use it TBH.
I had a balanced flue gas stove in my previous house. I went down that route because the floor was not strong enough to hold a proper stove.
The fumes go out of the back and the flue pipe went into a fake flue/chimney breast. It looked OK when it was off, but didn't in anyway replicate actually having a woodburner and every time I used it I wished it was a real woodburner 😀
Oh yeah I had great difficulty finding someone to fit it.
The place I bought the stove from wanted over a grand to fit.
Is it a stove? or a gas fire? Did not compute. Do you need a gas fitter with a stove ticket or a stove fitter with a gas ticket?
We've had a Jotul fitted. I didn't want it (or a woodburner) but it seems everyone else in the house has ice for blood 🙂
It gives out some heat and looks nice (IMO), but I dread to think how much gas it uses!
Balanced flue.
http://jotul.com/uk/products/gas-stoves/Jotul-gf-373-bf
Yep, funking ridiculous. Still, she paid for it so no skin off my nose (other than the gas bill!) 🙂