Hi,
Hope this has not been covered elsewhere. I did try searching.
I want to replace the rather old fashioned and ugly looking gas fire in our dining room.
Im pretty sure I have a back boiler heating system that runs the central heating and the gas fire is connected/integral to that.
(fire has a pilot light, we have a water tank in airing cupboard and big water tanlk in loft. Hence I'm pretty sure this is a back boiler system?)
from looking at B & Q it would seem that all the modern looking gas fires do not work with back boilers.
Is this this the case?
I am correct in assuming that to replace the gas fire i either need to:
- buy another back boiler type fire. (and these all seem to be very large ugly things !)
- tear out fire and back boiler system and replace with combi boiler/new fore etc etc etec = expensive and quite disruptive
Any advice would help. Would prefer a smaller, inset type gas fire that doesnt take up as much space and looks a bit more moder.
jim
Hope this has not been covered elsewhere. I did try searching.
I want to replace the rather old fashioned and ugly looking gas fire in our dining room.
Im pretty sure I have a back boiler heating system that runs the central heating and the gas fire is connected/integral to that.
(fire has a pilot light, we have a water tank in airing cupboard and big water tanlk in loft. Hence I'm pretty sure this is a back boiler system?)
from looking at B & Q it would seem that all the modern looking gas fires do not work with back boilers.
Is this this the case?
I am correct in assuming that to replace the gas fire i either need to:
- buy another back boiler type fire. (and these all seem to be very large ugly things !)
- tear out fire and back boiler system and replace with combi boiler/new fore etc etc etec = expensive and quite disruptive
Any advice would help. Would prefer a smaller, inset type gas fire that doesnt take up as much space and looks a bit more moder.
jim