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Fire Place
Started by Help.Me., May 17 2012 03:30
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:30
I want to buy a wood fire place for my house, was looking at the Morso range but they are pretty expensive............any suggestions and help will be appreciated
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:33
Get one from Earthfire. Rika who co-owns it with her husband is a mountain biker so you will be getting riding karma points. Plus they are ceramic and do an AMAZING job of warming a space.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:34
I thought this thread was about a roadhouse. My bad.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:35
We went Morso, but go open front.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:38
Richard Best, on 17 May 2012 - 03:35 , said:
We went Morso, but go open front.
Hi Richard
Why open front ? Sorry if its a stupid Q......
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:44
Not at all stupid. We got one that closes, and despite what Morso told us, closing it actually robs the room of about 65% of the heat; sure, it burns slower and longer, but I'd rather have the heat.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:45
Omega Man, on 17 May 2012 - 03:33 , said:
Get one from Earthfire. Rika who co-owns it with her husband is a mountain biker so you will be getting riding karma points. Plus they are ceramic and do an AMAZING job of warming a space.
Can these ceramic fireplaces break easily ??
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:45
Stay with Morso or biofire, one on the new generation units, the technology is amaizing and the heat doesnt go straight out the flue.
Italcotto has a new unit that runs on pellets http://www.italcotto.co.za/
Italcotto has a new unit that runs on pellets http://www.italcotto.co.za/
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:47
Richard Best, on 17 May 2012 - 03:44 , said:
Not at all stupid. We got one that closes, and despite what Morso told us, closing it actually robs the room of about 65% of the heat; sure, it burns slower and longer, but I'd rather have the heat.
Which one do you have my, area is a very big open plan they suggested the 1630 but all in all very expensive................
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:49
my old queen ann stove is still going strong after being in the family for 58 years. every now and then i just buy new plate for about R60.and you make coffee and soup on it.a bit of a mission to clean it though but after cleaning it myself for just about 30odd years it is easy.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:51
Help.Me., on 17 May 2012 - 03:47 , said:
Which one do you have my, area is a very big open plan they suggested the 1630 but all in all very expensive................
I'm not sure, but it's in a pretty small room - yup, they are not cheap, stay in the house for many years to enjoy it
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 03:56
Got an Amalfi closed fireplace with glass front. In an open lounge / kitchen / dining scenario (probably about 90 sqm). It heats that on 8 pieces of wood per evening (possibly 4 hours of heating). Am very happy to see my colleagues with open fires burning tons of wood to get some heat...
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 04:08
Go with Morso - we just spent a small fortune but seems to be doing the job !! 
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 04:08
We have a closed fireplace which hails from Chile called Amesti. Bought ours from Jetmaster. I see they are still the agents: http://www.amesti.co.za/contact.html
Was much cheaper than Morso. Got the Nordic 380 fully installed for less than R10k 4 years ago. I wouldn't change it for anything. I don't think I'd manage if it pumped out any more heat into our large double volume lounge.
Was much cheaper than Morso. Got the Nordic 380 fully installed for less than R10k 4 years ago. I wouldn't change it for anything. I don't think I'd manage if it pumped out any more heat into our large double volume lounge.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 05:33
Morso are an old customer of mine. I highly recommend them.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:40
Wayne Potgieter, on 17 May 2012 - 03:34 , said:
I thought this thread was about a roadhouse. My bad.
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