Choosing A Fireplace

How big is your room?
It is important that the heat output from your fireplace is matched to the volume of the room or rooms to be heated. We need to know the volume of your room or the volume of all rooms which can’t be closed off from one another.
You can work out the size in cubic metres by multiplying length x breadth x height, e.g. 4m x 5m x 3 m = 60 cubic metres.
 Less than 120 cubic metres Between 120 and 180 cubic metres Between 180 and 240 cubic metres More than 240 cubic metres

Electric and gas units generally have smaller heat capacities, while larger wood and solid fuel units are capable of heating much bigger volumes.

Does your room have lots of glass windows and doors?
 Yes No

Do you have a preference for fuel type, e.g. wood or wood/anthracite, gas or electric?
 No preference Wood Wood/anthracite Gas Electric

You may have experience of an open solid fuel fireplace in the past. Is cleaning of an open fire an issue to you?

 Yes No
Closed system solid fuel, gas and electric units are much cleaner to operate than open solid fuel units.

Do you have an existing fireplace and chimney?
 Yes No

Do you have a preference for a stand-alone unit or a built-in unit?

If you have an existing built-in fireplace which is to be replaced by a new unit, the answer is more than likely that the new unit is to be built-in. Otherwise the answer is likely to be based on the effect you wish to create in your room.

 Stand-alone Built-in

If you don’t have a chimney, do you need permission to install one?
For example, you may need permission from a body corporate.
 Yes No
If it's not possible to get permission, the solution may be a flueless gas unit.

Some fireplace units are relatively cheap to install but are less efficient leading to high fuel costs. For others the reverse is true. Do you want to minimize initial installation costs or ongoing fuel costs?
 Minimise initial installed costs of unit Minimise fuel costs

Please note that it may not be possible to satisfy all the above answers. For example, you may prefer a gas unit but have a large room volume beyond the heating capacity of any gas unit. We will strive to find the unit best suited to your needs.

Please note that we can’t quote for installation without a site inspection. One of our consultants will contact you by phone in the next 24-48 hours to arrange a date and time for a site inspection.

There is no charge for site inspections within a 50 km radius of our shop in Randburg. Quotations are free.

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