Stovax or Agnews fireplace

arachne

Hello! I'd really appreciate some advice please. We're looking to buy a solid fuel open fireplace and have narrowed our selection down to tiled insert fireplaces by Stovax or Agnews (Cast-Tec). The Stovax will cost about £200 more but I gather the brand is top of the range. I was just wondering if anyone had experience of either brand (or of Gallery which is a third option that costs about the same as Agnews) to give advice on whether it's worth paying the extra money or not.

We have full gas central heating so the fireplace will be more of a decorative feature, which we light occasionallly (maybe once a fortnight over the winter) so I'm thinking the cheaper one should be fine but just don't want to skimp now and then end up paying money out for repairs or replacement in a few years time, costing more in the long run.

Any experiences gratefully received (no pun intended :rotfl:)!