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[baie-sukkel]

Nothing beats a open wood fire place, but since our previous home that had one, we opted to go gas................it's waaaayyy cheaper, like seriously cheaper than buying wood, and BTW I bought wood from the farm at a very good price. So........fireplace with wood....lekka, but expensive to run,if it's heat you after,I suggest gas.

[TNT1]

baie-sukkel, on 17 May 2012 - 07:45 , said:

Nothing beats a open wood fire place,

Old school anthracite heater beats it every time.

[Flippa]

TNT1, on 17 May 2012 - 07:49 , said:

Old school anthracite heater beats it every time.

Agreed. I have an old Rayburn Mini and, once its going, its great.

[mikeMT]

Pout in a heatwave anthracite & wood open heater with flute running right up, freestanding unit, heats great and often wake up to find the anthracite still burning in the morning

[TNT1]

mikeMT, on 17 May 2012 - 08:12 , said:

often wake up to find the anthracite still burning in the morning

Yip, anthracite's got legs.

[baie-sukkel]

TNT1, on 17 May 2012 - 07:49 , said:

Old school anthracite heater beats it every time.

Very true,but I think the OP spoke about wood,so I gave my 1/2 a cents worth on'wood' lol ! If it's heat you after................go gas , sorry LPG.

[Porra 1]

What are the pros and cons of wood fire and gas fire ? Don't like the smell of wood fire I the house the next morning and the cleaning,but gas is expensive confused !

[Richard Best]

Wood is quite expensive if you are burning lots of it. Gas is a problem when there is none available at the depot.

Our cleaning lady cleans it during the week so I only do the weekend cleans.

Edited by Richard Best, 17 May 2012 - 09:47 .

[baie-sukkel]

Wood is the'best',I like the atmoshere,the chattering the whole feel of it,BUT boy it's expensive. Therefore we now'run' LPG-Gas'.

[King_Crispy]

Gas sucks. Gives me a headache
Wood is the way to go in my opinion. Also has the ambience to it which gas will never have, as well as the crackling sounds.
Nothing like snuggling up next to a burning fire with a good bottle of wine with your loved one...

[hellocolour]

morso rock... the s50-40 is unreal. I've got one, I've got one on now and I spent all last winter chilling on my couch in boardies and t-shirt. Combustions are better than opens, the whole heat retention angle works better. Compared to mates open jet masters the closed is so much better plus less smelling like a braai, less children & pets falling into open flames, can boil kettles on top, no wood sparking out onto the nice floor, no fire not catching and smoke billowing into the lounge and my favourite... if you haven't got a door to contain the massive pile of flaming wood you can't really stack it to the max and create a massive flaming inferno and that's the only reason men have fires.

[hellocolour]

also, I have my hot water piping running around the chimney flue to heat the hot water system. architects idea, works brilliant.

[patham]

I have the Morso O range. Closed fireplace, with the flue in the room - this means the heat in the flue gets to you !

Went for closed fire to keep the house clean, it doesn't smell as much, and its safer.

Burning wood only does get expensive, but the trick is to start the fire with wood, and then once going burn a mix of wood & anthracite. The heat generated is far higher, and a 50kilo sack of anthracite lasts me the whole winter practically.

[mikeMT]

Hubbers, i got a ton of wood (100 x 10kg bags) of wood delivered to my door for R800, and an additional 700kg's of anthracite delivered to my door (10 x 70kg bags) for an additional R1970, in the true context this should see me through the most of winter, and there is no way gas would come in at this price.

[mikeMT]

patham, on 18 May 2012 - 08:04 , said:

. The heat generated is far higher, and a 50kilo sack of anthracite lasts me the whole winter practically.

how the heck is this getting you through winter? i go through almost 3kg's a night? although i must admit my place is incredibly toasty and the heater is working on a full 120sqm open plan area.

[Wayne The Badass]

mikeMT, on 18 May 2012 - 08:15 , said:

Hubbers, i got a ton of wood (100 x 10kg bags) of wood delivered to my door for R800, and an additional 700kg's of anthracite delivered to my door (10 x 70kg bags) for an additional R1970, in the true context this should see me through the most of winter, and there is no way gas would come in at this price.

That is literally a ton of wood.