Bio Ethanol Fire???

zajdoo

Hi everybody, I am really hoping somebody can help me with this. We have our house in an estate and its all gas. Gas heating, fire and cooking. Now we find the gas fire eats gas and we have been thinking of taking it out and replacing it with a bio ethanol fire.
Does anybody know anything about these or how good they really are. I know that they run on bio ethanol oil and you can buy this in litre bottles for something like 2euro per bottle, this litre burns for 3-6 hours depending on your settings of course. It is also a renewable energy product and the oil is produced in Ireland.
I find with the gas when its on you never know how much you are actually using until the bill comes, but with this the oil is gone when its gone.
I would be very interested in anybody with any info or even if you have seen them before or know anything about them.

Thanks so much

sydthebeat

yes, am open fronted gas fire is highly inefficient.

a bio stove is expensive and the fuel is not too cheap either,dearer than gas on a per unit cost....consider that bulk LPG is €0.78 per litre !!

have you considered inserting a more efficient gas stove? closed fronted with a convector fan?

zajdoo

Thanks for that sydthebeat willdef have a read of that table looks good thanks.