What's your type?

Before you select your fire or stove we will need to make sure it's suitable for your home. Firstly you need to know what fuel you will be running. Secondly you will need to be aware of what type of chimney or flue you have. If you do not have a chimney then don't worry most models have been developed to suit your home too!

Fuel

Fires and stoves can often be used with:

• Natural Gas - which is provided by mains pipeline
• LPG - which is usually supplied to homes in rural areas from a tank in the garden or from gas bottles
• Solid fuel - wood, coal or other solid fuels
• Oil - for stoves
• Electric

Chimney or Flue

Class 1 (Chimney) Brick and stone built chimneys are easily recognisable. The stack rises well above the roofline and is topped by a traditional chimney pot or, possibly, a gas terminal.

Class 2 (Flue) Many modern homes have been built with such flues. You can readily identify them by either a metal flue cowl on your roof or by a raised ridge terminal.

No Chimney

Balanced Flue Balanced flue stoves do not require an electricity supply. They operate via a twin-walled pipe, which can either exit vertically through the roof or horizontally through an outside wall. The outer pipe draws air from the outside while the inner pipe expels the products of combustion.

Fan-Flue A powered flue uses an extractor unit mounted on an outer wall to vent the combustion gases directly outside. A mains electricity supply is needed to operate the system.