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Bio Ethanol Gel Stoves - Help Please
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[ I know this should be in DiY or suchlike, but I'm interested in personal experience as well as the professional inputs]
I have a very well insulated house, with effective GCH, but it's missing a focal point source of heat in the main living room.
Ideally I'd like a woodburning stove (or gas equivalent), but a survey has said "No Way José" - there's no chimney, and balanced flue options are excluded (or made horrendously expensive/ugly) by the proximity of opening windows.
So it's either electric (which I hate) or flueless - which worries me.
I've investigated flueless gas fires - which seemed OK until I read the compulsory "huge hole in the wall or equivalent" ventilation that they need - they're expensive to buy/install too.
I've just come across this :
https:/ /www.im aginfir es.co.u k/malve rn-blac k-bioet hanol-f ireplac e#tab1
It seems to have a decent heat output (unlike the purely decorative gel fires I've seem before) and the running costs (max about £1 per hour) are OK for something that will be used occasionally for effect (and a bit of heat) rather than as a primary heat source - I could use it for a lot of nights before I burnt through the savings compared with buying/installing a gas stove.
So ... after that brain dump ...
Has anyone got one of these (or indeed any bio ethanol fire)?
Is it any good?
Are there drawbacks that I've missed?
Cheers
Dave x
I have a very well insulated house, with effective GCH, but it's missing a focal point source of heat in the main living room.
Ideally I'd like a woodburning stove (or gas equivalent), but a survey has said "No Way José" - there's no chimney, and balanced flue options are excluded (or made horrendously expensive/ugly) by the proximity of opening windows.
So it's either electric (which I hate) or flueless - which worries me.
I've investigated flueless gas fires - which seemed OK until I read the compulsory "huge hole in the wall or equivalent" ventilation that they need - they're expensive to buy/install too.
I've just come across this :
https:/
It seems to have a decent heat output (unlike the purely decorative gel fires I've seem before) and the running costs (max about £1 per hour) are OK for something that will be used occasionally for effect (and a bit of heat) rather than as a primary heat source - I could use it for a lot of nights before I burnt through the savings compared with buying/installing a gas stove.
So ... after that brain dump ...
Has anyone got one of these (or indeed any bio ethanol fire)?
Is it any good?
Are there drawbacks that I've missed?
Cheers
Dave x
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I had a really good look at that website, Dave because we are looking for a different fire. I had no idea that such things existed. They do seem like the answer to your needs and I hope that someone will be able to point out any pros and cons.
The only thing I don't like about them is that the flames look very white in the videos. It doesn't look as though there is any warmth in them. We have ceramic coal in our gas room heater and they begin to glow when the fire's been on a while. Would those ceramic logs glow, at all?
The only thing I don't like about them is that the flames look very white in the videos. It doesn't look as though there is any warmth in them. We have ceramic coal in our gas room heater and they begin to glow when the fire's been on a while. Would those ceramic logs glow, at all?
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