Which gas fire is best

make_life_easier

I have had a herald 5 inset stove woodburner for about 3 years now and I am now thinking of going back to getting a gas fire. It looks really nice but it is alot of hard work, cutting and chopping wood, storing of wood and lots of splinters after the dog has had a good chew on a few logs ha ha. I also don't think it is that warm and have to have the heating on to take the chill off the room most nights. But I do love the look of the stove.

Has anyone got any idea's of a nice gas fire with a good heat output, maybe with a convector on to circulate the heat around the room. The family want to me to keep it, and my partner does alot of the choping and cutting but as I work full time i find it very time consuming too. (don't worry i am not shy of the axe) There are more con's than pro's at the moment ( if that is the right way round:D)

Has anyone got any good suggestions of a good looking fire with a good output please

thanx Andrea

I probably have enough wood to last until next December so then I plan to change it so I have plenty of time to do that.

shirlls

Bumping this in the hope someone has some suggestions as I'm looking for a gas log/coal effect stove.
I initially was looking at getting a log burning stove but after careful consideration I think gas will suit me better.
There's lots of advice/reviews on log burners but I haven't found any for gas.

ilikecookies

Are you on mains gas or will you connect it up to a cylinder/bulk tank?

I don't have an answer for you but I'd be keen to hear any experiences as whilst we have stoves if we convert the garage to a room I might go for a gas fire this time as I'd like one room with more instantaneous/no hassle heat.

shirlls

I'm on mains gas

ilikecookies

OK if you're on mains gas then you'll probably get more responses in the "gas and electricity" sub-forum. Good luck!

rustyboy21

I have felt this in my water for over 2 years now and be heck it is happening !

What I mean is that I have been bleating on about there will come a day when people who have had stoves fitted, will become fed up of the hassle and want to swap over for gas !

OK, here is your problem.... If your stove has been installed into an inglenook setting ( a chamber built inside your chimney breast to contain it ), then you will have some difficulty in fitting a normal gas fire, as you will have to rebuild the chimney breast in order to fit one. If this is the case, then you may be better looking at Gas Stoves. You can get top or rear venting ones. These will fit onto your liner, as long as your installer gets the correct adaptor for it, or if no liner, sealed through the clsure plate correctly.

If your stove is fitted in front of the chimney breast and you have say, a tiled back panel behind the stove with something like a 16'' x 22'' high opening, then it should be a straight forward job of fitting a new gas fire in it's place. The liner will need to be sealed in correctly to enable the fumes to exhaust correctly.

In terms of gas fire, then the world is your oyster. You have a class 1 flue if unlined or maybe a class 2 if it is lined and had a smaller stove with a 125mm liner fitted.

You can choose form
an outset fire ( old granny type, but hot)
an inset open fronted ( go for a convector version )
an inset HE glass fronted type ( new style 89% efficient)

The choice is yours.

I only popped my head in here to see what was going on, I normally get myself into arguments on this thread, as it turns into a little clique on here in what each other can burn and what damage they can do to the environment !

shirlls

rustyboy21 wrote: »

I have felt this in my water for over 2 years now and be heck it is happening !

What I mean is that I have been bleating on about there will come a day when people who have had stoves fitted, will become fed up of the hassle and want to swap over for gas !

OK, here is your problem.... If your stove has been installed into an inglenook setting ( a chamber built inside your chimney breast to contain it ), then you will have some difficulty in fitting a normal gas fire, as you will have to rebuild the chimney breast in order to fit one. If this is the case, then you may be better looking at Gas Stoves. You can get top or rear venting ones. These will fit onto your liner, as long as your installer gets the correct adaptor for it, or if no liner, sealed through the clsure plate correctly.

If your stove is fitted in front of the chimney breast and you have say, a tiled back panel behind the stove with something like a 16'' x 22'' high opening, then it should be a straight forward job of fitting a new gas fire in it's place. The liner will need to be sealed in correctly to enable the fumes to exhaust correctly.

In terms of gas fire, then the world is your oyster. You have a class 1 flue if unlined or maybe a class 2 if it is lined and had a smaller stove with a 125mm liner fitted.

You can choose form
an outset fire ( old granny type, but hot)
an inset open fronted ( go for a convector version )
an inset HE glass fronted type ( new style 89% efficient)

The choice is yours.

I only popped my head in here to see what was going on, I normally get myself into arguments on this thread, as it turns into a little clique on here in what each other can burn and what damage they can do to the environment !

I don't currently have a stove fitted, I have a coal effect gas fire. As I have mains gas and no access to free/cheap wood I wanted a gas log effect stove. I know that when I have the gas fire removed I'll have to get it all taken back to the builders opening to have a gas stove fitted.

What I was asking is does anyone have any advice/reviews on gas log effect stoves.

shirlls

ilikecookies wrote: »

OK if you're on mains gas then you'll probably get more responses in the "gas and electricity" sub-forum. Good luck!

Thanks, I'll try that