Gas Fires
The range of gas fire that can be supplied will include inset gas fires, wall hung, gas fires, freestanding gas fires, balanced flued gas fires, power flue gas fires. There usually is a gas fire that will suite all installations of the home.
Inset Gas Fires
The inset gas fire range usually fits into your fireplace opening of 16 inch to 18 inch wide and 22inch to 23 inch high, with flue types ranging from class 1, class 2 and pre-cast flues. the heat output of these types of inset gas fires range from 2kw to 5kw, rule of thumb, the more the fire costs, the more engineering has gone into the development of the gas fire.
Wall Hung Gas Fires
Wall hung gas fires still need a chimney, and usually will require building work to reshape the chimney opening to suite the fire, the fire will require one of the following flue options, class1, class2 or pre cast. Some of the larger wall mounted fire may need a flue liner placed in the chimney.
FreeStanding Gas Fires
Freestanding gas fires are the type that sits on a fireplace hearth in front of the chimney opening, these fires will have a back plate that will need to be fitted to cover the fireplace opening and sealed, this comes with the fire so no worry's about locating and purchasing one. The freestanding fire are the most efficient fires and with their most heat out put.
Balanced Flued Gas Fires
Balanced flued gas fires are for homes with no chimney or prefabricated chimney. The gas fire will be sited against the wall, this must be an outside wall so the balanced flued pipe can discharge straight outside the building. The Gas fire will take the air it needs to burn from the outside and the fumes will also be sent straight out the back. All balanced flued gas fires will have a glass front to them so the combustion of the gassed are completely separate from the air in the room that it is installed. Balanced flued gas fires come as freestanding gas fires that sit on the hearth or inset, that will be cut into the cavity of the building so the fire sites flush to the wall.
Powered Flued Gas fires
Powered flued gas fires and the same style as balanced flued but with a fan on the outer wall so the fumes are fan assisted from the gas fire, powered flued gas fires don't have glass fronts to them, as they take the air from the room they are installed from. This gives a more natural look to the fuel bed as there is no glass barrier. The heat outputs are slightly less that the balanced flued fires but some times you need to sacrifice a bit of efficiency to get a reel looking gas fire. Some say the powered flue fan unit that is positioned on the out side wall is a bit noisy, but in my opinion i found that you may have a hum from fan when on.
Flueless Gas Fires
The flueless gas fire requires no flue at all, it can be installed on a wall or with a fireplace. The flueless gas fire has a catalyst converter built in the fire and this is what takes all the nasty fumes out of the air when on. The only thing is that I have never seen a good fluless fire, they always soot up and you are forever cleaning the fire. The fire in my opinion gives off a smell, not as much as you would need to complain about it, but its there. Heat outputs on these fires is usually only about 1kw to 2kw, so very low outputs BUT they are 100% efficient
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Flavel Fires
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Smeg Fires
