Your gas supply will either be Natural Gas or LPG, depending on the area in which you live.

Natural Gas – The Most common gas supply

LPG – Alternative for houses with no Natural Gas supply

Gas is a wonderfully controllable, but which type of control suits you best? The discretion of manual ignition, concealed behind the removable ash pan…the convience of slide control…or the luxury and style of remote control?

Manual – Simple and discreet

Slide – Convient control without having to bend down.

Remote – The ultimate in infra-red indulgence

Radiant or Convector?

A radiant fire emanates heat from the combustion chamber only, which is why radiant fires incorporate a glowing back panel to maximise heat output.

A convector fire has the added benefit of a heat exchanger attached to the back of the fire. This draws cold air in and sends it back out into the room as hot air, maximising heat output whilst keeping your fuel bills down.

Chimney or Flue?

Your choice of fire will be dictated by the type of chimney of flue you have. If you’re not sure, then take a look at your roof and cross-reference it with the simple guide below.

It is also worth noting that a slimline fire will fit virtually any chimney or flue, whereas a full-depth often requires a traditional chimney or rebate on the fire surround.

Brick Chimney

A conventional brick chimney is easily recognisable by a chimney stack with accompanying terracotta pot or gas terminal. Apart from products designed for “no chimney” applications, nearly all gas fires will fit this installation.

Pre- Fabricated Flue

This is an interlocking metal flue tube system easily identifiable by a metal flue and terminal on the roof and a metal flue box behind the fire.

Pre-Cast Flue

Built from concrete on clay blocks, pre-cast flues provide a rectangular section flue. They can be identified by a ridge vent or metal flue tube and terminal on the roof.

No Chimney or Flue

Some properties have no chimney or flue, in which case a balanced flue or powerflue is required.

Powerflue fires expel the flue gases directly outside the building through the use of an electronically driven fan unit mounted on the external wall. A sophisticated microprocessor monitors performance and automatically shuts off the fire in the unlikely event of operation failure.

Balanced Flue fires vent directly outside through a horizontal co-axial pipe (one pipe within a larger pipe). The outer pipe draws air in from the outside and the inner pipe expels combustion gases. An electricity supply is not required for these products.