Better to be warm but undecorated and unfurnished, than look fantastic and feel cold. Central heating is expensive, disruptive and complex to install, but it is a good investment and an excellent solution to heating problems. There are many different heating systems to choose from. Basically, the categories are: a fire with or without back … Read more
Electric fires take a heavy load and should be fused accordingly, with a 13 amp. Fuse in a fused plug. The element in a fire is a coiled piece of wire with a high resistance. When a current flows through it, it glows. In the simplest one or two bar fire, each element is made … Read more
Heating appliances fall broadly into two categories: boilers and power units that provide full or partial central heating and fixed or portable appliances, of which there is a wide variety, that can be used almost anywhere in the house either independently or to supplement the central heating. Electric heaters. Storage radiators and storage fan heaters … Read more
There are two main types of electric fire: radiant heaters which give off reflected heat from the front of the fire and convector heaters which give off convected heat from the top of the casing, supplying background heat to an area. Some heaters combine the two types, with radiant elements for instant heat and a … Read more