Hello, after some opinions.
1930s house, good central heating but poorly insulated (no wall insulation, brick walls). We want to get rid of the horrid redundant 1960s fire surround, open the space up and were planning to buy a gas stove with a log effect fire. Something like this www.flames.co.uk/high-efficiency-gas-fires/yeoman-cl5-gas-stove.html
Really like the convenience of it, was going to go with a remote controlled stove, the house can get cold in winter so would be nice to have one warm room without having to heat up the whole house every time.
But having second thoughts now because of the increasing fuel prices. Should we consider a log burner instead? Wasn't keen on one originally because of the mess/cleaning, we live in a suburban area so worried about particulates and pollution (indoor and outdoor), have nowhere to store logs, it would mean more work needed with our chimney etc.
What would you do?