Just stumbled across your forum when I was trying to find out about my gas fire and found out it should probably be scrapped. Immediately!
Please make allowances for the fact that I know next to nothing about central heating/fires/gas and that I'm on a limited budget - about £3K.
My house, which is timber-framed, brick and tile-faced, was built in 1976 and still has the original back boiler (no idea what) and New World Stowaway 411/1, 412/1,415 gas fire. The gas fire is in the sitting room (18' x 10' x 7' high) but there is not a radiator in here. The other rooms (kitchen, bathroom, 2 bedrooms and hall) all have radiators, which I hope I'm not going to have to replace.
I want a new fire and I've seen flueless gas fires that look like plasma TVs with little flames dancing in them. Do I need a 2kw or 3.5 kw size?
And I'd like a new more efficient boiler, preferably not behind the fire and I don't have any idea about condensing or otherwise. I understand it has to be on an outside wall?
Could the radiators be checked/flushed/reused?
Any help/advice would be much appreciated in what I should be looking for.
TIA
Please make allowances for the fact that I know next to nothing about central heating/fires/gas and that I'm on a limited budget - about £3K.
My house, which is timber-framed, brick and tile-faced, was built in 1976 and still has the original back boiler (no idea what) and New World Stowaway 411/1, 412/1,415 gas fire. The gas fire is in the sitting room (18' x 10' x 7' high) but there is not a radiator in here. The other rooms (kitchen, bathroom, 2 bedrooms and hall) all have radiators, which I hope I'm not going to have to replace.
I want a new fire and I've seen flueless gas fires that look like plasma TVs with little flames dancing in them. Do I need a 2kw or 3.5 kw size?
And I'd like a new more efficient boiler, preferably not behind the fire and I don't have any idea about condensing or otherwise. I understand it has to be on an outside wall?
Could the radiators be checked/flushed/reused?
Any help/advice would be much appreciated in what I should be looking for.
TIA