Gas Stove Information Sheet
At Cosy Stoves & Fireplaces we want you to choose the stove that’s right for you. Using expertise from years in the heating business & information from suppliers, these handy hints & tips are here to help you choose the stove that’s right for your home.
Conventional Flue or Balance Flue?
Do you wish to use an existing chimney in your room in which case the gas stove will be conventional and will require fresh air into the room and for the stove to be connected to your chimney. If you have no chimney you can still have all the benefits of a gas stove with balance flue technology. These stoves simply need access to an outside wall and take the fresh air they require to burn from the same pipe that expels the flue gases. This allows the designers to get better efficiencies from the stove. Balance flue is only available on stoves with glass on the doors where the door cannot be opened by the user.
Benefits of a gas stove:
Would you like instant heat with no fuel to carry in and no ashes to carry out? If your time is precious a gas stove means a living flame at the flick of a switch. Because no ash or fuel is loaded into the stove the hearth does not need to protrude in to the room as much as with a solid fuel stove. Gas stoves do not require electricity to run so can also be a handy back up if the power is out.
Is gas cheaper than oil?
In the North West of Ireland we have at present only bottled gas or LPG. LPG stands for Liquefied petroleum gas and is a by product of refining crude oil. If oil prices are rising then bottled gas prices will also be rising. LPG can be said to be more efficient or greener than oil stoves but this does not means it’s cheaper than oil to run. We recommend gas stoves for spot heating or where you have no access to a chimney. Because the prices are usually moving your Cosy Stoves & Fireplaces sales consultant will be able to work out an average running cost on your stove for you depending whether you will be using bottles tanks or on a metered estate of bulk gas.
Is gas dangerous?
All gas appliances we sell are CE approved and should be installed by a qualified installer who should then give you the householder a declaration of conformance to certify that the appliance has been installed to the Irish Standard IS:813.
Your home insurance company may require a copy of this. All gas appliances are fitted with an ODS or oxygen depletion sensor that will cut the gas to the main burner if the oxygen level drops to a dangerous level.
Where should I get my gas from?
We only recommend that you get your gas from a reputable delivery gas company or gas dealer. Calor gas has a nationwide network of dealers where you can collect your gas bottles or have the gas delivered directly to your door and connected to your installation. Your sales consultant will be happy to give you contact numbers that may best suit you depending on where you live.
Regulators and pipes:
Your installer will usually supply these as part of the installation process but we recommend that you agree a price including all necessary materials before work commences. Regulators reduce the pressure in the cylinder to working gas pressure for propane of 37millibar. These regulators can automatically switch to the next cylinder or you can order a manual change over valve where you need to switch it yourself and this does alert you to the fact that you now need a refill of gas in one cylinder, this may be of particular importance if you also have a gas cooker or hob connected to the gas system.
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