Gas and electric fireplace inserts: which one fits your existing opening?
A compact inbuilt like the Luminar 1000 suits a narrow existing opening. The old fireplace has been boarded up since before you bought the house. Someone painted the...
Natural gas or LPG: what changes when your gas log fire runs on bottles
A 45 kg bottle holds about 2,205 megajoules. On high, a mid-sized gas log fire works through one in roughly 75 hours. Here is what running on LPG actually costs.
Why won’t my gas log fire light?
First cold night, and the fire will not light. What the symptom usually means, which checks are safe to make at home, and where licensed gas work begins.
What's the best fireplace for an open-plan living area?
A well-sized gas log fireplace is usually the strongest fireplace heater for an open-plan living area. It can anchor the main living, dining and kitchen zone, provided the model, heat output and pl...
Fireplace Styling Tips: How to Create a Modern, Warm and Inviting Space
The fireplace is in and the flames look great. But the mantel sits bare, or it has slowly filled up with clutter, and the wall above it is the bit you keep looking at and never quite get right. He...
Are gas log fireplaces worth it?
You're mid-renovation, the living room is finally coming together, and a gas log fireplace keeps coming up as the centrepiece. The showroom photos look great. Before you commit the money, you want ...
Gas log fireplace terminology can be confusing because several different trades and decisions meet in one product. A gas fireplace is part heater, part design feature, part gas appliance, part flue...