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[TD]

Had my boiler serviced on Weds....also got the plumber to disconnect a gas fire in the living room and cap the gas supply off..

I don't have a chimney breast in the living room and it was a stove type gas fire with a catalytic converter in it that vented the fumes into the living room.....suppose to be safe but I haven't used since ive had the new boiler (3 years ago) and the catalytic converter is supposedly good for ten years....and by my reckoning its about 10 years old....

So going to replace it with probably this....

http://www.diy.com/departments/blyss-murlo-black-led-remote-control-electric-fire/1396024_BQ.prd

I don't need the heat from it....just the flame effect would be nice during the winter months

650mm wide seems about right for where it will be going.... Depends on what the flame effect looks like I guess....off to B&Q tomorrow to have a look....

Any one have a wall mounted electric fire and can recommend the flame effect .... ??

[Lizzie Zoom]

Know nothing about these fires but that looks good

[Jimbob]

Im gonna say listen to it!  Our fire has a nice flame effect but I had to disconnect the motor and just have the glow as it droned!

[TD]

Im gonna say listen to it!  Our fire has a nice flame effect but I had to disconnect the motor and just have the glow as it droned!

Good point...reading some of the reviews, it seems to be a bit of a lottery if you get a quiet one, but it appears that taking it back for a replacement cures this.....and B&Q are happy to exchange .... and probably re flogged to the next customer 

[TD]

Well, I went and bought one of the ones in the above link...

Spent the last hour fitting it...

I must say, I am impressed with it (seeing how cheap it was compared to others)

The coals and flame you can adjust separately (got the coals glow turned down a tad but max flame going)

Even with my ear flaps right next to it, I cannot hear any fan/motor noise, so seems I got a quiet one 

Not tried the heater part, but then I don't really intend to use it for heat.

So if anyone is interested in these wall heaters I can recommend this one, certainly for the flame effect 

[ronnyd]

We,ve had a "Be Modern" log effect 2kw fire for a number of years now. It was heavily discounted at Homebase at the time. Looks good, not too noisy either. Have rarely used the heater part due to central heating so stinks when you first put it on due to dust on the element Makes a nice focal point as we have no chimney breast or flue (heating is warm air).