Types of Fires
There are many different types of fires you can have in your home. Below are a few examples to help you identify yours.
Open Fires
An open fire is just that, it is a fire sat within an opening on a grate, insert, chairbrick into an open flue/ chimney. The only control you have over an open fire is the amount of fuel you put into it.
Open fire
Open fire
Stoves (also called wood burners/log burners/multi fuel burners)
A stove is a closed appliance; therefore its air intake is controlled by the user which, in turn controls how quickly the fuel burns.
Your stove may have a liner or be unlined, it could instead have a twin wall system.
Chimney Liner is a flexible tube that connects to your stove pipe and lines the inside of your chimney. A flue liner protects your masonry chimney and can improve the efficiency and draught of your stove.
A twin wall flue system offers a way to build a customisable chimney when a traditional brick chimney isn’t present. They simply clip together and are versatile enough to be installed in a number of different situations.
Basically, a twin wall flue is made from a series of sections of insulated stainless steel pipes which are connected together to create a chimney.
Insert stoves are integrated stoves which are built into an opening which can be a standard fireplace or a bespoke opening. They are different from freestanding stoves that sit on a hearth either against a wall or in a opening which is large enough to allow air movement around the stove.
Twin Wall System
Stove
Insert Stove
Metal Flexible Liner
Inglenooks
An inglenook is a large recess in the wall featuring a fireplace. Whereas a chimney usually protrudes into a room, an inglenook is a type of “walk in” chimney with a recess at its rear. This recess which usually houses the flue or chimney, and extends wider than a standard chimney so as to create walk-in alcoves.
Inglenook Fireplace