glass fronted smokeless coal fire

jenny2009

Hi I was discussing the heating arrangment that was in our council house in the sixties and I cannot remember the name of the manufacturer of these fires.

The fire burned smokeless coal, we were in a smokeless zone, and heated the hot water and radiators.

The fire had a primitive thermostat which was a flap that as the water got hot it closed a gap and the fire stopped burning so fiercely.

The fire had a glass fronted door with strips of glass.
Anyone remember these fires and what they were called?

thanks

System

Parkray?

That's what we had. The glass strips could be changed separately if one broke.

jenny2009

It sounds familiar but I don't think so.

Who else made that type of fire in the fifties/sixties and were fitted in new council houses that didn't have gas?

shegar

I believe it was called rayburn ????look like a aga but 10 times smaller???????

spinningsheep

Could be a Rayburn Princess? Same as a Parkray but more angular, came in various colours like sepia, chrome, brown, just google search parkray roomheater, most likely it was one of those. Would LOVE one, but would be a real pain to make my fireplace take it.

Bornagain

There was Parkray or Rayburn and they are still made.