Fireplace or no fireplace?
Keeley
3 years ago
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Fireplace or no fireplace?
Comments (5)Hello Angela, A photo of the room would be good.. I agree having not had a tv for nearly 10 years... I definitely hate seeing them in people's living rooms.. I would have a projector and pull down screen from ceiling... Well then back to the question at hand.. I'd say have a wood burner you can get one for as little as £250 and the pellet ones are far more.... The wood burning stoves are fantastic and as much as you might think you may not use it.. In winter there is nothing like having a proper wood burning I get 1 delivery of logs a year and I use them economically... I'm writing this in August and it looks like a monsoon outside! I'm glancing now at the fire and thinking.. Also can you not have your tv and a wood burner? The tv could be in a less overtly visible space.. . : ))...See Moreopinions on fireplace setup please
Comments (0)We are going to replace the fireplace surround and backplate and hearth that we have at the moment and keep the existing gas balanced flue fire that we have (black surround on gas fire). I love the arched fire look. What are the opinions on using this cast back plate: http://www.galleryfireplaces.co.uk/show_product.php?from_flash=1&product_id=95 or the following, although this is not the arched look I am after but follows the lines of the non arched fire that I have: http://www.galleryfireplaces.co.uk/show_product.php?from_flash=1&product_id=103 I have been getting prices to change the gas fire to get the arched look, by that I mean this: http://www.galleryfireplaces.co.uk/show_product.php?from_flash=1&product_id=532 but I am getting prices of £1400 upwards simply because I don't have a chimney but am working with a balanced flue, vented to outside wall (house 9 years old). That's on top of the new surround and hearth etc. Just too much. This is the surround I have been looking at http://www.focalpointglasgow.co.uk/fireplaces-fires/fireplaces/ashleigh-mantel/ All opinions welcome! Sorry for all the links but I can't seem to get pics to attach...See MoreGas fireplace or wood-burning fireplace
Comments (19)Hi, yes they're actual flames with all the natural movement and variation you'd expect (and the volume of flames/heat output is controllable with it being gas). When the stove is set up, there are ceramic 'logs' and embers positioned (that do look very realistic) and also some stuff that looks like wire that they call Emberglow. This wiry stuff is near invisible and spread/clumped at the bottom and this causes the flames to vary and lick and dance upwards. We were worried a fake wood burner would look naff and were disappointed when we knew we couldn't have the real thing, but went to see this in action in a showroom and were impressed! It helps that the model we have also comes as a real wood burner and the cast body is identical for both....See MoreReplacing missing fireplace tiles - 1930s - make a cast?
Comments (13)rachelmidlands Massive belated thank you. HESmith had the very thing - couple of emails and the tiles were in the post to me. Brilliant....See More
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3 years agoKeeley
3 years agoThanks for your thoughts everyone. This pic shows how it looks at the moment. The room is 22ft long so I feel like the space could be put to better use.
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