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Hi, was wondering if anyone has any experience with flueless gas fires. We have moved into a house with no fireplace/chimney and was thinkiing of getting a fire installed. They are not cheap to buy and any advice or recommendations would be great. Ta!! :/

TRY B&Q GOT MINE FOR A BOUT £200 (REAL COAL EFFECT AND ALL THAT)
CRAGGA

You will need a flue to the outside wall in a house that does not have one at present.

There are flue systems available that minimise installation that run horizontally to the outside wall made of of hollow blocks or steel tubes that are well sealed against exhaust gases escaping into the house.

They are short runs so the fire has to be (if I remember) within 4 Meters from an outside wall.

Some systems use a fan to force the exhaust gasses out.

Best to seek advice from a Gas or real fire Showroom.

Unless you have a very good reason to want a gas fire,I would suss out an electric fire.
We just installed a fire and surround straight onto a flat wall ( no drilling ),and it looks superb.
There are some very attractive electric fires out there now.
They`re barely distinguishable from gas ones and certainly not like the twin bar monstrosities your granny used to have ! :o ;)

I forgot to say.
Our electric fire is remote control and you can change the colour of the flame effect.
Very cool. 8)

This item was edited on Friday, 22nd April 2005, 09:54

We had an electric fire many years ago, it was great, looked fine, :)

BUT, it was Oh So expensive :( our leccy bills were so high we sold the fire and went
on to gas.

Are the new modern fires cheaper to run these days???

Thanks for all the advice. Our next door neighbour has an electric fire but I haven`t seen it in operation. I`ll admit it isn`t my first choice, I remember the old elctric fires from when I was young - not nice!! Also the cost of running it, the reason I want a fire is so I don`t have to have the central heating on throughout the house. Maybe I`ll look into it
more though. There are completely flueless - i.e no ventilation through outside wall, these work on a catalytic exchange.

Yes you can buy flueless gas fires. They will be more expensive to buy than regular gas fires, but are cheaper to run. This is because they are completely sealed and run at almost 100% effiecency(sp).

There is no comparison between gas and electric fires - gas gets my vote every time. Its the `real` thing and its much cheaper to run than electric.

flueless gas fires are ace they burn a lot more cleanly than a convential fire also id say 90% more effective in energy savings as a convential fire looses most of its heat via flue/chimney anyway.Some people cant get there heads round use a flueless fire but they are safer than standard fires you have electronic sensors on them that will shut the gas off if the oxygen level falls below a certain percentage i fitted a beautiful fire for a friend smack bang in the middles of his living room with a glass surround and open coals it the mutts nutts defo the way to go .. only downside is more bits on em to go wrong pcb/s sensors switched but isnt everything newer more fiddilier

There are completely flueless - i.e no ventilation through outside wall, these work on a catalytic exchange

Safe :/ mmmh, I would advise fittinf a Carbon monoxide detector alarm next to it.

Better still make it two detectors, and leave the door open and dont go to sleep ;)

:) Maybe you`re right, I`m willing to take the chance!!! Does anyone have an idea of installation costs/time? I have absolutely NO idea how much it might cost the gas man to install the fire - any rough estimates? then at least I can get saving!!

This item was edited on Saturday, 23rd April 2005, 14:23