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Open fire or electric fire?

  • 08-02-2014 10:12AM
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    eclectichoney
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    Hi guys
    Currently looking at a property that has an open fire, which is nice, but I probably would not use it much and am concerned about the loss of heat / efficiency of having the open chimney etc. Would this be a big loss of heat?

    Therefore I was thinking of getting an electric (inset type - or are there others) fire which would block up the loss of heat and I might use it occasionally. I presume I would need to get the chimney blocked up before this? Or would there not be much of a difference and should I keep the open fire?

    Thanks a mill!


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    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,131 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    eclectichoney wrote: »
    Hi guys
    Currently looking at a property that has an open fire, which is nice, but I probably would not use it much and am concerned about the loss of heat / efficiency of having the open chimney etc. Would this be a big loss of heat?

    Therefore I was thinking of getting an electric (inset type - or are there others) fire which would block up the loss of heat and I might use it occasionally. I presume I would need to get the chimney blocked up before this? Or would there not be much of a difference and should I keep the open fire?

    Thanks a mill!
    Get a stove . You won't regret it


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