Catalytic Flueless Wall Heaters

[Hangar-7]

Winter is almost on us so time to think about heaters /keeping warm/Damart etc :-(

What's your experience of heaters type in the title?

[URL="http://www.fireplacemegastore.co.uk/catalytic-flueless-gas-fires/eko-fires-5070-flueless-gas-fire"]Eko Fires 5070 Flueless Catalytic Gas Fire Best Price in the UK[/URL]

This price seems to be too good to be true for a 2.6Kw gas heater. Brochure looks good for impressing a sale.

Killer question : If you had them, would you buy it again?:confused::confused:

Cheers :cheers2:

[Sieze2]

I didn't even know that kind of thing existed ! A gas fire without a chimney ? Cool. I would have a Carbon monoxide sensor myself (just in case).

[Hangar-7]

[quote=Sieze2;538561]I didn't even know that kind of thing existed ! A gas fire without a chimney ? Cool. [B][COLOR=Blue]I would have a Carbon monoxide sensor [/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]myself[/COLOR][/B] (just in case).[/quote]

Such fires are fitted with oxygen sensors or else elth & safety police (:ack2:) will get you.

[Sieze2]

[quote=Hangar-7;538566]Such fires are fitted with oxygen sensors or else elth & safety police (:ack2:) will get you.[/quote]

Sure, I read that, but "belt and braces" and all that !

[Gaza07]

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[Rctintin]

I am a gas engineer, so ask away!

The only problem with a flueless fire is that you HAVE to have a 100cm sq open air vent in the same room ( so a gale wind blows in!!) and another heat source (ie Rad) as those fires are not designed for continiouse use. To be honest, not alot of heat comes off them. They all have catalytic converters in them, and best to have them serviced every year, if for nothing else but to check the parts per mill of carbon monoxide given off. Max is 25 per mill, but most give 10-15 parts per million.

[Ewan]

Wouldnt go near it with a barge pole, reckon as Rctintin pionts out the installation regs mean it would actually make the room colder most of the time and therefore cost even more to heat.

[Hangar-7]

RCHA forum really amazes me - ask a question and you get some valuable and honest advice and it does not have to heli related!!!

So thanks[COLOR=Blue][B] [I]Rob & Ewan[/I][/B][/COLOR] for your excellent advice - I've been thinking along the same line. Added to your answers, I also wonder where CO2 and H2O are going to end up??

So it's going to be a balanced flue heater (which I already have in the room) but barely 18 months old and have become very temperamental regarding ignition. It's a Baxi "Comfort" (:ack2:), stopped making it so no spares available. Apparently this is a design fault.....

@ Rob, do I buy another Baxi or shall I switch to any one of these Balanced flue model :

[URL="http://www.fireplacemegastore.co.uk/no-chimney-balanced-flue-gas-fires--4-32"]No Chimney Balanced Flue Gas Fires Stoves Hole in the Wall Fires - pg 4[/URL]

or any other brand you could recommend would be much appreciated.

Cheers :cheers2:

[Rctintin]

Pritty much any fire that is 'balanced flue' ( for those who don't know, that means the flue has 2 pipes one inside the other (normally). The inner being the exhaust and the outer being the air consumed by the flames) will be fine. I would recommend Flavel, Stoves and Valor as the 'better' brands. Baxi are living off their reputation of back boilers, but I would never ever sell a modern boiler to a customer made by them! (I don't want the comebacks when it goes wrong!!)(allegedly!!):)

Have a look at Plumbcenter for fires, but not prices! Look on net for good price!

[Hangar-7]

Thanks Rob for your valuable suggestion - search for Wall heater resumes at 20:00 hrs. [IMG]http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/testvb/images/icons/icon10.gif[/IMG]


Cheers :cheers2: