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catherine_hw

Victorian gas fire insert...?

Catherine HW
4 years ago

Morning all, hoping for some wise words / advice; we have a (working) fireplace in our sitting room but would like to install some sort of ‘real look’ gas fire into it. (We are in London so there are restrictions on what fuels can be burned, plus I’m lazy and would rather avoid the mess and faff of cleaning up and chimney sweeping for a real fire). As you can see from the pic, to the right of the fire is a (working) gas supply which I guess has previously been in use - so the set up is there. What we would like is a real look type fire that can been inserted into the existing fireplace, so we retain the look, but somehow conceal the gas feed. Has anyone else done this? Can anyone recommend where I can track down the sort of ‘insertable’ gas fire that an fit into an existing fireplace? Any thoughts on concealing the gas pipe? Thanks v much in advance:-)

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  • Jane Robertson
    4 years ago

    We have a gas fire and it was fitted with all pipes hidden

    Comments (6)

    • Sonia
      4 years ago

      I would suggest you visit a gas fire shop (do they still exist?) and get advice there. Biofuel fires seem to be popular, but I’m not sure of their cost or how eco-friendly they really are, but maybe worth a look?



    • Sarah U-S
      4 years ago

      I looked into something similar previously for one of our rooms and came across something called Nu Flame Evolution Plus - which i think is basically a gas fire grate that goes into an existing set up. (If you google you’ll see several suppliers - I don’t think it’s expensive - less than £200?)
      I can’t tell you anything else though because we ended up getting a gas fired “wood burner” to match our real wood burner!

    • minipie
      4 years ago

      There will most likely be a gas pipe running under the floorboards to that gas supply. You need a gas engineer to re route that gas pipe slightly so it terminates at the fireplace itself (not sure why it doesn’t already tbh). Hopefully this can be done via a cellar or crawl space rather than lifting the floor, however if boards do need lifting it probably won’t be many.


      Then you need something like a Nu Flame gas fire (like a black box which sits in the grate) as mentioned above. Nu Flame is a good brand, not the cheapest out there but good quality I’m told. Again gas engineer needs to install this.

    • minipie
      4 years ago

      The Nu Flame then has fake coals piled on top so it looks like a real fire.

    • 123
      4 years ago

      As you are in London try Amazing Grates in East Finchley, they do reproductions and adapt original fireplaces. We had a gas fire fitted by them in one of our grates a couple of years ago and use it all through the winter now. They provided a complete service and are a family business.

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