Over time, fireplace designs and efficiency have both changed. But with fuel prices rising, the crucial choice that needs to be made is between. For a fair overall comparison when comparing the efficiency of your gas or electric fire, you should also consider wood-burning stoves. To help our customers choose the best fireplace for their home, The Fireplace Warehouse team has researched the actual costs of electric or gas fires and wood-burning stoves to dispel any myths and give potential customers the truth.

Which Fireplace Type Is the Most Effective?

The property in which the fireplace is being placed can frequently determine the efficiency of the fireplace, making it challenging to identify the “most efficient” type of fireplace. Nevertheless, key factors that affect each stove type’s efficiency must be considered when determining the most efficient fireplace.

Fireplaces powered by gas

Gas fireplaces are generally less expensive to run than electric stoves, and purchasing and storing logs is much easier with a gas fireplace. Gas fires and stoves are often up to 90% efficient when comparing the heating capacity from a device in kW with the gasoline input in kW. Gas fires and stoves can provide up to 6kW, almost three times as much heat as electric fires. Figures vary from model to model.

Stoves that burn wood

The fact that wood-burning heaters are less effective than an electricity or gas fire may surprise some people while not shocking others. However, wood-burning stoves are significantly more efficient than an open fire, so if you’re looking for a classic fireplace fuelled by wood, log burners are still a reasonably efficient alternative. 20% of the heat from a log burner is lost through the chimney.

Are Propane Fires Being Eliminated?

There are no immediate plans to phase out gas fires. The government’s current priority is to phase out gas and oil burners. A gas or oil burner cannot be installed as work proceeds for any newly constructed dwellings.

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