Thank you. Can you remember the brand of the stove?My father had a little gas stove, remote controlled, best thing ever and replaced a bad gas fire. He found it difficult to bend down to turn the knob to light the old fire but the remote was a great job and because it was a solid stove it radiated heat itself once warmed up. Was not as heavy on gas as the open type fire inserts are.
That said I have an open fire myself and would have to change the fireplace to get a solid fuel stove and won't be doing that so sticking with the open fire for now. When building the house 30odd yrs ago I actually got a gas pipe put into sitting room in case I wanted to put in a gas fire down the line, I think if I was I'd go for the small stove type my father had as no maintenance or work bar a regular service, doubt I'd have to take out the whole fireplace either as the heat is much more controlled unlike solid fuel stove. Small room so would be fine on low setting.
I’ll have a look around. Thank you for getting back to me.Afraid not, I actually bought it second hand on donedeal and it's a good few years ago, the old stove is still in his house but not working now as it was just left unused and unserviced for too long, carelessness really as it was a fine little stove! I don't recall ever seeing a brand name on it actually.
Saying electric is 100% efficient is not really the full story because alot of power is lost converting from fuel to electricity in the first place in power stations, of course renewables are 100% efficient but only 40% of total electricity consumption comes from renewables .An electric fire will be 100% efficient, cleaner but can be costly to run.
Good for you it didn't have a boiler. So, what do you heat your house with?I like having one source of heat in the house that's not dependent on electricity which is why I have a solid fuel stove. Electricity outage last Monday week for most of the day made me thankful for the stove.
Biggest fear I suppose is the fanatic Ryan , obsessed with our 0.1% contribution to global emissions, will ban them in the next few years. Hopefully he'll be booted in to political oblivion before he gets a chance to do so.
Perhaps a greater danger to them is the air pollution issues with mounting evidence they are bad news for the occupants of the house.Biggest fear I suppose is the fanatic Ryan , obsessed with our 0.1% contribution to global emissions, will ban them in the next few years. Hopefully he'll be booted in to political oblivion before he gets a chance to do so.
You're right to raise this issue Leo. Thought it was scare tactics being used to put people off their use and sometimes we dismiss a lot of those reports and data because it just doesn't suit us or our lifestyle, etc. But, a lot of the stuff I've read really is worrying and can't be dismissed with half smart comments. It's certainly making me have second thoughts (+) on installing one.Perhaps a greater danger to them is the air pollution issues with mounting evidence they are bad news for the occupants of the house.
Perhaps a greater danger to them is the air pollution issues with mounting evidence they are bad news for the occupants of the house.
Kerosene mainly.Good for you it didn't have a boiler. So, what do you heat your house with?
Is that not reliant on electricity for boiler, pump, etc?Kerosene mainly.
About 1300 deaths per annum in Ireland are attributed to air pollution. I suspect that much like Covid 19 where 98% of those dying with covid also had a respiratory illness, very few of the 1300 are fit and well.You're right to raise this issue Leo. Thought it was scare tactics being used to put people off their use and sometimes we dismiss a lot of those reports and data because it just doesn't suit us or our lifestyle, etc. But, a lot of the stuff I've read really is worrying and can't be dismissed with half smart comments. It's certainly making me have second thoughts (+) on installing one.
Yes , which is why I have a space heating stove which isn't.Is that not reliant on electricity for boiler, pump, etc?