I'm looking for advice about putting in a multifuel stove into our house. At the moment we have a gas fire in a cast iron fireplace. It is practically useless when it gets any bit cold. So before the winter sets in we want to get something that give us more heat. I could easily go back to an open fire but obviously that isnt the most energy efficient.
We have a old inner city 2 up 2 down terrace house. The plan is to put the stove into the main living room which is open plan with the small front room, kitchen and stairs up to a tiny landing. So it is a bigish area.
Is there any way we can put in a stove and keep the cast irion fireplace as that would be the least work (i think) . Is this worth doing? Otherwise the options are as far as i can see are
* inset (which we dont particularily like the look of )
* Multifuel stove which might require knocking out the fire place to make a big enough space.
So the first question is, Can we put a stove in front of the already existing cast iron fireplace (will it look ridiculous?)
If not are the only other options what i outlined above, Inset or fully exposed stove (the one that isnt hidden in the wall and radiates heat(sorry sure there is a name for this type but dont know it))
Thanks for your help
mro
We have a old inner city 2 up 2 down terrace house. The plan is to put the stove into the main living room which is open plan with the small front room, kitchen and stairs up to a tiny landing. So it is a bigish area.
Is there any way we can put in a stove and keep the cast irion fireplace as that would be the least work (i think) . Is this worth doing? Otherwise the options are as far as i can see are
* inset (which we dont particularily like the look of )
* Multifuel stove which might require knocking out the fire place to make a big enough space.
So the first question is, Can we put a stove in front of the already existing cast iron fireplace (will it look ridiculous?)
If not are the only other options what i outlined above, Inset or fully exposed stove (the one that isnt hidden in the wall and radiates heat(sorry sure there is a name for this type but dont know it))
Thanks for your help
mro
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