gas fire

Hey, new to the forum but hope I could get some advice. I am paying a gas safe engineer to remove my Gas fire next week however I'm unsure on how to block it up permanently. We are planning to mount an electric one in it's place. We assume it will leave a hole in the wall which leads to the...

Hi, looking for some guidance, this might be long because I don’t know if it makes sense! We had an old gas fire in our 70’s build house which we had removed (and capped off by a gas safe engineer), and were left with an ugly hole in the chimney breast. In the chimney breast is a metal...

Hello, I'm moving into my house next week and one of the first things I want to do is remove the existing gas fire and surround (see image below) and put in a gas or electric stove (a proper wood burner wouldn't work with the existing flue from what I've been told). As you can see, the chimney...

Hello, first time post on here hoping someone can help me. I'm looking to try and find a replacement thermocouple for the above fire. I believe this is a baxi part number 243737. E25-202 I've looked everywhere but all unavailable and the universal ones don't fit. Thanks Nicola

Hey guys, I have a mid terrace property and wanted a gas fire inset, I've heard conventional chimneys can increase radon levels and wondered if any solutions exist to convert a conventional chimney into a vertical balanced flu. In my head this sounds abit impossible/ impractical but wondered...

Hi, We’re looking to have a new gas fire installed, to replace the old one that we have. The company we’ve been talking to has suggested that a fire we like can be installed but they would have to remove part or all of the gather. Is this legal, will it require building regulations and is it...

We have moved into a new home and have a jetmaster gas fire. Does anyone here know a link where i may get the manual for it? I had a qualified gas safe engineer to come service it but he cannot replace the coals correctly as i cleaned the inset fire area, without knowing removing the coals...

My parents have a Legend Firestrata gas fire in their living room. They don't use it often and hadn't used it for roughly two years due to the battery dying (it has a IR remote control) and the replacements being expensive. I replaced the batteries for the fire and everything was working...

Hi, I had a gas fire fitted 4.5 years ago, it was installed incorrectly so it was dismantled and reinstalled. It lasted one winter then broke the following winter. It took the company who fitted it 7 month to repair it, which involved fitting something on the chimney to increase ventilation and...

Hi all, I've a Gazco gas fire. It's wall mounted. The burner is comprised of three elements mounted next to each other. The thermocouple, the burner and the thing that makes the spark (sorry - don't know the official name). I had an issue whereby the fire was randomly switching off. Gazco tech...

Was hoping someone can help me identify my gas fire. I recently purchased a house with a coal-effect gas fire. We had a gas plumber come out to check the gas line which was fine but he noticed some scorching on the side. He said the coals were probably not arranged properly so we tried to...

Hello, Having some roof work done. Scaffolds are up so looking (in addition to various work on the roof) to get a liner put in my front chimney by the roofers. It will be a single skin liner for a gas fire. Won’t be used for other fuel types. The old Gas fire was disconnected before I bought...

hey all, Bit of advice needed? The Mrs & I have had some major alterations done to our house and are now in the process of tackling the living room and having the current gas fire in the living room altered. Currently we have an old fashioned gas fire with a brick surround in front of the...

I am getting a balanced flue, hole in the wall, gas fire fitted soon. It will be installed on four legs against a flat wall. To save some money I will build the chimney breast around it myself. I know to use metal studwork, and I think fire resistant (pink) plasterboard will suffice. The...

Hi, We have a fairly old gas fire that is rarely used although I do like it on in Winter. I had it serviced 2 weeks ago as it had been quite some time since it was last done and the flames were burning yellow which I know is not a good sign. Anyway the chap came to do the servicing and seemed...

I don't need a gas fire as I have a lovely log burner, but was just wondering how many gas fires on the market support conventional hard wired thermostats as in the type you use with central heating systems? All of the gas fires I have had a previous places I have lived have been very basic...

Hi, I hope to install 10cm diameter round vents into the casing above our patio doors in the kitchen. My monitor tells me the space behind the plastic fascia is empty. Can anyone forsee a problem with this e.g. breaking weatherproof seals? I'm wondering about installing the vents external in...

Hi, Do I need to hire an engineer to remove a gas fire that has already been capped at the meter end? We recently bought the property and had the gas checked, finding a leak in the fire. The supply to the fire was immediately capped beside the meter as the fire wasn't safe for use. It was...

Hello, I have a gas fire where the gas engineer has removed the coals and we don't know where to put them back, and it is therefore not safe to use the fire. I'm struggling to track down the manufacturer to find a manual so I wondered if anyone here has heard of them to help me out. It says...

Hello all, Basically, we have recently removed a stone fireplace that stretched the full length of the room (see photographs). We have then replastered the walls and fitted a new fireplace, presuming that as there was a gas fire fitted before that we would still be able to fit it after...