Hi All
I want to change out the existing gas fire in my place for a better model. This old one was hardly ever used and just looks naff so a replacement is required.
There are few options on the cards here, wife would like a solid fuel type one which isn't gas as they are reasonably cost effective as you only burn what you have and know you aren't going to get a mahoosive bill. However I was looking at the internet and it appears that gas is cheaper that solid fuel/wood (really don't know if this is true and i don't have a steady free supply of wood).
The situation at the moment is there is a fireplace, marble bit at bottom and back plus a nasty wood surround. I would like to really just swap out existing gas one for a new glass fronted one really but not too sure how to go about this. Do i buy one, guess the measurements and get the gas fitter to remove and replace or would it be prudent to get the gas people to just remove?
Whats the normal process on this, i don't want to be paying out twice to be honest.
Secondly, back to the real fire. Roughly if i wanted to have one of these (which i think are nicer) how much would it cost, friend says about £2K which sounds a bit pricey to me.
Whats everyones opinion on gas vs solid fuel on the cost side?
Lee
I want to change out the existing gas fire in my place for a better model. This old one was hardly ever used and just looks naff so a replacement is required.
There are few options on the cards here, wife would like a solid fuel type one which isn't gas as they are reasonably cost effective as you only burn what you have and know you aren't going to get a mahoosive bill. However I was looking at the internet and it appears that gas is cheaper that solid fuel/wood (really don't know if this is true and i don't have a steady free supply of wood).
The situation at the moment is there is a fireplace, marble bit at bottom and back plus a nasty wood surround. I would like to really just swap out existing gas one for a new glass fronted one really but not too sure how to go about this. Do i buy one, guess the measurements and get the gas fitter to remove and replace or would it be prudent to get the gas people to just remove?
Whats the normal process on this, i don't want to be paying out twice to be honest.
Secondly, back to the real fire. Roughly if i wanted to have one of these (which i think are nicer) how much would it cost, friend says about £2K which sounds a bit pricey to me.
Whats everyones opinion on gas vs solid fuel on the cost side?
Lee
