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Sitting room fire ?

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kittylester Sat 23-Feb-19 12:11:43

Oh, I'd interested in replies to this.

Could you not use a long lighter thingy to light your fire?

We would have liked a gas fire in the lounge but it was going to be a huge job to get gas there and would not be used often as the room is very warm.

We opted for a calor gas stove but the containers are very heavy and getting more and more expensive.

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ninathenana Sat 23-Feb-19 12:11:42

A timely post.
We had a gas smart metre fitted on Thursday. The engineer condemned our 30 yr old gas fire (no surprise) we asked about replacing it with electric. The engineer said gas is probably cheaper per unit but a lot of the heat produced goes up the chimney so electric is actually better. We only use the fire occasionally as we do have CH. Coming from a British Gas engineer I found that very useful.

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Cherrytree59 Sat 23-Feb-19 11:58:41

We have had Magiglo fire for about 12 to 13 years.
Open fire, white rocks.
Set in marble with an Adams style fire surround.
Serviced yearly. (Last clean service November).

Last Sunday our central heating packed up and whilst waiting on new part we have relied on the fire in the evenings

Until Thursday night that is, when it refused to ignite.
We have had issues with it taking a few times ignite.
Last night we used an electric heater from the conservatory, it is a small pretend log burner.
It heated the room in no time.

So a couple of questions for my trusty GNers.

1 Have any of you changed from a gas to an electric fire? If so are you pleased or did you regret the decision?

2 Have you noticed any significant in your difference electric bill compared to gas?

3 Would be pleased to read any recommendations regarding make and style.

4 Pitfalls?

Thank you in advancesmile

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