Gas Fireplace Buyers Guide
Rotherham Fireplace Centre|15 January, 2025
Choosing the perfect gas fireplace to complement the style and functionality of your home can prove to be a difficult task. As such, it’s important to thoroughly research the options available to you to ensure you find a model will suit your property and personal tastes.
To help with your decision-making, the experts at Rotherham Fireplaces have put together this handy guide to gas fireplaces so you know exactly what to look for when investing in a new gas fireplace.
Benefits of a Gas Fireplace
- Durable, long lasting design
- Instant heat with a variety of output settings
- Minimal mess making it low maintenance
- Option to include a timer and thermostat
- No fuel storage space is required
- A chimney isn’t always required for installation
- Quiet operation
- Environmentally-friendly alternative to solid fuel fires
- Ability to continue working in the case of a power cut or boiler breakdown
Different Types of Gas Fireplace Models
Once you have decided on the type of fireplace you want installing in your home, you can decide on the aesthetic you wish to achieve with your fire and choose the fire surround that best suits your home’s existing décor and your personal taste.
Media Wall Gas Fireplaces
These fireplaces seamlessly integrate the warmth and ambiance of a gas fireplace, with the modern convenience of a media wall, making them an ideal centrepiece for contemporary homes. Incorporating your TV, shelving and ambient lighting. Our collection features a variety of styles and finishes, ensuring there’s a perfect match for every taste and décor.
Hole-in-the-Wall Gas Fires
As the name suggests, hole in the wall gas fires are installed directly into one of your existing walls with no surround or mantel, making it a brilliant space-saving solution, particularly in homes with limited space. High efficiency hole in the wall gas fires use the latest technology to convert as much of the fuel into energy as possible to heat up your home.
See our Gas Hole in the Wall Fires
Inset Gas Fires
Popular for their high heat output and realistic flame effects, inset gas fires are available in a range of modern and traditional styles to complement any home. Their versatile design means you have the option of incorporating a glass front for added efficiency, and they can be easily controlled using a manual or remote control system.
Multi-Sided Gas Fires
Multi-sided gas fireplaces come in either two-sided or three-sided designs. Unlike traditional models, these fireplaces have multiple glass panes, allowing the fire to be viewed from various angles. This feature enables versatile and creative room layout options, providing an opportunity to create a striking design element.
Corner Gas Fires
Corner fireplace units are very similar to multi-sided gas fireplaces, but these fireplaces can be built into the physical corner of a wall, having the front piece of glass and either the left or right side glass panel in view. Along with their contemporary feel, they are also very energy efficient and an effective heat source.
Can you have a Gas Fireplace without a Chimney?
Contrary to popular belief, a chimney is not always required for a fireplace. Modern technology has paved the way for innovative fireplace designs, meaning that even properties without a chimney can still feature a stunning fireplace. If your property doesn’t have a chimney, there are two gas fire options available to you:
Balanced Flue
This type of fireplace features a glass front, allowing for improved efficiency and safety. It is installed on an outside wall so the inner pipe can expel combustion gases to the exterior of your home.
Powered Flue
This uses an extractor unit which vents the combustion gases to the outside of your property. This means that the fireplace doesn’t need to be fitted against an external wall, giving you the option to mount it anywhere in your home. It’s worth noting that a mains electricity supply is needed for this system to function properly.
Installing a Gas Fireplace
Safety is paramount when installing a gas fireplace as it can be a very dangerous task. As such, we recommend that you hire the expertise of a fully qualified Gas Registered engineer who will ensure all of the necessary safety measures are put in place and all relevant regulations are adhered to.
When hiring the expertise of the team at Rotherham Fireplaces, there is typically a 4 week wait between the date that the order is placed and the date that the fireplace is fitted. Depending on the complexity of the job, the installation timescale is usually 1-2 days.
After Sales Process
Once you have found the right fireplace for your home and purchased it, there will be, on average, a 4 week wait between the order and the date of fitting. The fitting will take 1-2 days depending on how complex each individual job may be.
