Well surprisingly yes. On some gas fires, you can indeed change the fuel bed effect. The new Icona hole in the wall fires has a variety of different effects including fuel beds, logs, driftwood, coals and pebbles. The same is true for Synergy gas fires as well. Most gas fires with pebbles can be changed […]
Conservatories are a great addition to any home. They let you enjoy the garden without suffering outdoor weather which can get pretty fierce up here. Most conservatories aren’t suitable for ordinary fires or fireplaces because the materials they are built out of just can’t withstand the heat. But, with the addition of an electric stove,
You don’t usually think about putting a fire in your bedroom, but we have a small hang on the wall electric fire that would look really good if you have a place for it. In my own house, the wall at the bottom of our bed would be perfect but unfortunately, the radiator lives there.
Birds love to be warm and they are particularly keen on underfloor heating. That’s why they like to build their nests in and on your chimneys. Protect yourselves from squatting crows, pigeons and other feathered creatures with a chimney cowl. We found THIS in one of our customer’s chimneys: And the nest to go with
One of the chimney sweeps and stove installers we work with was called to a house in a village near Carlisle to investigate a boiler stove that wasn’t drawing (all the fumes were coming into the room instead of going up the chimney). The householder couldn’t understand why it was happening. He sweeps his own
Good news! If the gas fire you own is still in production you can get a new frame and a new front for it. It’s a fact that most of us don’t change our gas fires every time we decorate our living rooms. It’s understandable but once you’ve decorated, sometimes the frame and front don’t
Stoves are easier to light than open fires. Your first job is to get the stove ready. Clean out the ash and on multi-fuel stoves empty your ash pan. On woodburning stoves always leave plenty of ash in your grate as the wood burns best in a bed of ash. Just take out the surplus
Gas fires are reliable beasts that rarely break down, but occasionally the odd one might cut out after 10 -20 minutes. If this happens you should ask yourself a few questions:- When did you last get the fire serviced? If a service is overdue, then get it serviced. Getting your gas fire serviced every year
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The answer would usually be no. This is because plaster normally falls to bits at about 80 degrees centigrade. The flange, fittings or frame of these hole in the wall gas fires easily gets hot enough to ruin plaster and wallpaper. That is until now. Nu-Flame has not only produced the probably the most efficient
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It’s now the law for you to have a properly fitted Carbon Monoxide Detector in the same room as your stove. This might seem a bit over the top as far as health and safety go, but it isn’t. Did you know, there is 500 to 1000 times more Carbon Monoxide in the flue gases
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