We currently have an old Baxi wall mounted gas fire in the lounge, which previously had a back boiler behind it. The fire has provided great service over the years but it is now time to go.
My wife got a brochure from a local fire installer and decided she likes the Rocco fire, from the Flavel brochure. I see this needs a balanced flue for optimum efficiency. I think we just have the old brick type chimney (like the ones Santa comes down) .. there is no liner.
I know we can call our gas installer chap, but before getting him it's nice to know some background facts first. Can a balanced flue be fitted through an old brick chimney and is it essential. For that fire, the maximum heat output with the BF is 5.5kW but without a BF it's only 4.2kW. I know the efficiency is the same, but more heat is always better (in my opinion) So I suppose you need to weigh up the extra cost of a BF with the extra heat.
thank you
My wife got a brochure from a local fire installer and decided she likes the Rocco fire, from the Flavel brochure. I see this needs a balanced flue for optimum efficiency. I think we just have the old brick type chimney (like the ones Santa comes down) .. there is no liner.
I know we can call our gas installer chap, but before getting him it's nice to know some background facts first. Can a balanced flue be fitted through an old brick chimney and is it essential. For that fire, the maximum heat output with the BF is 5.5kW but without a BF it's only 4.2kW. I know the efficiency is the same, but more heat is always better (in my opinion) So I suppose you need to weigh up the extra cost of a BF with the extra heat.
thank you