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A very popular wall mounted electric fire is the Be Modern Orlando:
http://www.hotprice.co.uk/2118/5359/products/be-modern-orlando-wall-mounted-electric-fire---flat-glass.html
The Be Modern Orlando is available with a curved, black glass fascia or a flat glass fascia. It features LED lighting which have a selection of colours to represent a real fire.
Alternatively, have you seen the new LCD electric fires? These feature a real image of a fire (like a movie) and some offer a selection of scenes and even sound!
Dimplex make 2 electric fires with the LCD effect:
http://www.hotprice.co.uk/2118/3921/products/dimplex-living-art-wall-mounted-lcd-electric-fire---lva191.html
http://www.hotprice.co.uk/2118/4995/products/dimplex-living-art-wall-mounted-mirror-electric-fire----lva192.html
A new manufacturer of electric fires is Celsi Fires. They offer a similar style of electric fires and the flame effect can be seen here:
http://www.bfm-europe.com/index.php?target=steps&task=catstep&brand=10
A very popular wall mounted electric fire is the Be Modern Orlando:
http://www.hotprice.co.uk/2118/5359/products/be-modern-orlando-wall-mounted-electric-fire---flat-glass.html
The Be Modern Orlando is available with a curved, black glass fascia or a flat glass fascia. It features LED lighting which have a selection of colours to represent a real fire.
Alternatively, have you seen the new LCD electric fires? These feature a real image of a fire (like a movie) and some offer a selection of scenes and even sound!
Dimplex make 2 electric fires with the LCD effect:
http://www.hotprice.co.uk/2118/3921/products/dimplex-living-art-wall-mounted-lcd-electric-fire---lva191.html
http://www.hotprice.co.uk/2118/4995/products/dimplex-living-art-wall-mounted-mirror-electric-fire----lva192.html
A new manufacturer of electric fires is Celsi Fires. They offer a similar style of electric fires and the flame effect can be seen here:
http://www.bfm-europe.com/index.php?target=steps&task=catstep&brand=10
Split level home, electric heating and fireplace. how to keep the heating cost down.?
tomf
Hello, I am about to buy a split level house with electric heating, and a fireplace. There is an attic fan also. Im trying to figure out if there is any nice routine or way to go about keeping the electricity bill down. Like when should I toss logs in the fireplace, what should I set the electric heater at. Should I turn in the attic fan to circulate the hot air from the basement to the 2nd lvl for a faster warming up. Total new experience to me, I will learn first hand, but I wont object to any advice from people with similiar situations. thanks for reading
Answer
See if you can use "off peak" heating, where you get your electricity for about 1/2 price, but have to have an alternate fuel source for a few hours a day when they potentially may turn off your electric (when prices are at the highest). Electric is the most expensive way to heat if you don't do the off peak method - I would not EVER buy a house that used electric heat unless i could do off peak heating (which is what I have). Natural gas is the way to go, if it is available. It is by far the cheapest. If you are already locked into this house, see if you can convert to natural gas heat. Propane is cheaper than full price electric. Fuel oil is costly - still probably cheaper than full price electric, though.
If you want to heat with wood, you either need a woodstove, or a wood furnace. A fireplace will do little - almost all the heat in the house goes up the flue, because you cannot control the draft. Just use the fireplace for ambiance, and don't use it on very cold days below say 10 degree fareignheit, or you will lose too much home heat up the flue. Your home may not be a layout that you can heat with a woodstove - the air needs to be able to get around. A ranch home, for example, would be really hard to get the woodstove heat to all the rooms. I have a small farmhouse, on the other hand - the old fashioned kind - and the woodstove works great.
Get a programmable thermostat, and have the heat at say 65 at night, and heat up the house an hour before you get up, to say 68. Have it turn the heat down while you are at work. The person who said not to do this is wrong. Every energy expert says to do a programmable thermostat to save money. His/her answer violates the laws of thermodynamics, I do not understand why people think that way! do change your furnace filters often in the winter. The more dust trapping the filter, the more often you have to change it. The cheap blue furnace filters cut down air flow least, so they are easy on the furnace, but they don't trap much dust either. So there is a compromise there. If you have allergies, be resigned to changing furnace filters often.
In a very cold climate, plastic on the windows is great- i do that. You can have the electric company do a thermal imaging picture of your house to look for areas that need improvement. It's about $100, I think. I haven't had it done yet.
ask the previous homeowner for tips. every house has quirks, so you want to know them.
See if you can use "off peak" heating, where you get your electricity for about 1/2 price, but have to have an alternate fuel source for a few hours a day when they potentially may turn off your electric (when prices are at the highest). Electric is the most expensive way to heat if you don't do the off peak method - I would not EVER buy a house that used electric heat unless i could do off peak heating (which is what I have). Natural gas is the way to go, if it is available. It is by far the cheapest. If you are already locked into this house, see if you can convert to natural gas heat. Propane is cheaper than full price electric. Fuel oil is costly - still probably cheaper than full price electric, though.
If you want to heat with wood, you either need a woodstove, or a wood furnace. A fireplace will do little - almost all the heat in the house goes up the flue, because you cannot control the draft. Just use the fireplace for ambiance, and don't use it on very cold days below say 10 degree fareignheit, or you will lose too much home heat up the flue. Your home may not be a layout that you can heat with a woodstove - the air needs to be able to get around. A ranch home, for example, would be really hard to get the woodstove heat to all the rooms. I have a small farmhouse, on the other hand - the old fashioned kind - and the woodstove works great.
Get a programmable thermostat, and have the heat at say 65 at night, and heat up the house an hour before you get up, to say 68. Have it turn the heat down while you are at work. The person who said not to do this is wrong. Every energy expert says to do a programmable thermostat to save money. His/her answer violates the laws of thermodynamics, I do not understand why people think that way! do change your furnace filters often in the winter. The more dust trapping the filter, the more often you have to change it. The cheap blue furnace filters cut down air flow least, so they are easy on the furnace, but they don't trap much dust either. So there is a compromise there. If you have allergies, be resigned to changing furnace filters often.
In a very cold climate, plastic on the windows is great- i do that. You can have the electric company do a thermal imaging picture of your house to look for areas that need improvement. It's about $100, I think. I haven't had it done yet.
ask the previous homeowner for tips. every house has quirks, so you want to know them.
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