Can I fit a flueless gas fire in my conservatory

tweenies2

Wanting to fit flueless gas fire in my conservatory, it is 5m by 5m. Wondering if there will be any problems anyone out there knows about
thanks

EliteHeat

I would doubt it very much. Even if you could and could find an RGI to fit it, it will be unable to heat it properly.

John_3:16

Not sure about it legaly? But if you do you will have to have a vent airbrick etc. And it can increase condensation as they produce alot of moisture. If it is for occasional use go with eletric, Or fit a rad in there. Not sure why it would be unable to heat they put out about 3kw. I would have said heating it was not the problem

EliteHeat

John_3:16 wrote: »

I would have said heating it was not the problem

I would, unless you know something about the "U" values of conservatories that I don't (which is quite likely).

However, you will have as much luck in heating the conservatory on a cold, cloudy day as you would be trying to warm up the back garden.

Pssst

Flueless gas fires?-of limited use. I suspect they will fade away at some future point.

sunshinetours

Conservatories unless very highly specced will not keep in heat very well at all. Your one at 5 x5 m is also pretty big so will require a fair bit of heating to make it feel warm. We use a 2.5kw oil radiator on a timer/thermostat for ours and that works pretty well but we only heat it for an hour or two in the mornings when the kids come down to play and also for a couple of hours in the late afternoon before they go to bed. In the winter on real cold days it rreally doesn't stay very warm compared to the rest of the house even if the radiator is left on

We are stuck with it for now but will replace eventually with a proper brick extension when funds permit (or a garden room with at least a proper insulated roof)

Condensation will certainly be an issue for a flueless gas fire and it will take you years to recover the additional cost of buying/installing compared to a heat-as-you-need type solution above

allan673

get a rad plumbed in imo.

tweenies2

Thanks for all the replies. We already have a radiator in there and I was hoping that as gas in cheaperto run that electricity that the heating costs would be lower than the fan heater that we are currently running as we only need the central heating on for an hour a day to heat up the house

richardc1983

An air source heat pump or air conditioning is what you need, cheap form of heat.

GO to the heating section of the forum top sticky post for full info .