What type of gas fires can I install?

[hotuk]

Hi,

Can you please help me.

In my living room where I have always had a radiator, I am now thinking of having a gas fire installed so that I can turn on and off at leisure and do not have to turn the boiler just for one room.

Can you please let me know the options I have for the type of gas fires, there’s no chimney so the flue will be on the wall.

I would appreciate a brief explanation of the type of flues possible for this setting.


Thanks

 

[kevplumb]

power(fan assisted) flue or balanced flue

don't even contemplate flueless

 

[hotuk]

Thanks kevplumb,

Can you or anyone recommend any gas fires that would work with this type of flue.

Thanks

 

[clf-gas]

Depends on roomsize, position of flue terminal ventilation blahdi-blah.
agree with kevplumb, dont touch flueless.

 

[clf-gas]

Google fan assisted gas fires.
absolutly loads out there, depends now on ££££££££££££££££

 

[namsag]

Fan assisted very noisy and expensive to fix when they go wrong If you can get a straight forward balanced flue . Have a look at www.valor.co.uk.

 

[lor]

hi,
If flueless was dangerous they wouldnt sell it for fear of being sued ? Also it must have passed through the test house.Must agree it is odd but so r mobile phones

 

[kevplumb]

is there an element in the ACS for flueless fires

ARGI members refuse to fit them pending a BS being drafted for installation and servicing

 

[Agile]

If the professionals are refusing to fit them then the DIY element certainly should not!

Pity they are still selling them in B&Q !

Tony

 

[namsag]

Attitude to flueless fires was never to fit them 2 reasons for this

1. Customer buys them for heat and with amount of ventilation req for one it defeats the object quite a bit

2. When cars first came out with catalyts we where told slightest bit of leaded petrol would destroy it... Well the flueless fire works on a catalyst heatexchanger and an lot of meters have lead inlets an outlets and over the years gas passing through pipes must constanly pick up particles of lead ok its very minute but over a long period of time. So would they destroy the catalyst... When working for BG when raised this point and no one could give us an answer ,then,. It may have changed but would rather work on side of caution