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Nowadays when we are considering options for heating our homes we are not limited to standard fireplaces with gas or electric fires, the modern consumer with their modern taste for stylish and economical forms of heating have brought about a development of alternative fuels and portable fireplaces that can be placed anywhere in the room without the need for flues or chimneys. What could be better than a fire bowl that can sit inside a standard fireplace but can also be placed anywhere in the room, the smaller versions can even be placed on shelving around the room.
Ethanol fire bowls are designed to suit all tastes, they are produced in round, square and elliptical shapes, there is no limit to the diversity of styles, the only limitation is the imagination of the designers.
Ethanol fire bowls comprise of the same features, they all have burners that hold canisters of bio-ethanol (this can be in a gel form or a liquid form), the burners are enclosed in a surround which is normally manufactured from lightweight stone and above the burners they usually have decorative pebbles or similar to hide the actual burners. Some people do just place the burner in the fireplace or shelf but sitting it inside a bowl with a decorative surround gives the burner a lot more style. Each fie bowl is capable of producing the same amount oh heat as a standard fireplace, the canisters are easy to replace and there is no messing around in the mornings preparing the fireplace as you would with a coal fire. When the fire bowl is no longer required they are all supplied with a lid for extinguishing the flames ready for use the next time.
They can be slightly more expensive to run than standard fires but you are paying for ease of use and style, 1 litre of liquid bio-ethanol should last for 2 hours burning time where the gel form will last for one hour.
Suppliers of ethanol fire bowls
- www.cvo.co.uk
This company was established in 1999 and quickly realised that just supplying standard fireplaces was not enough so they entered the market for providing ethanol fires as well. They can provide a downloadable brochure online and their fire bowls come in a range of white stone, sand stone or black stone. Their prices are available over the phone and they are always ready to give advice when required. - www.gelfireplaces.com
For a larger range of fire bowls this company can offer all sizes and styles. Some of their smaller models are available for as little as £25 up to £120 for the larger models. They were founded in 2002 purely to meet the demands of the gel fires and have a large database of UK customers already. - www.easyfire.co.uk
Easyfire is a purely online supplier but they have a large range to select from. It was only launched in 2007 but its parent company spirit fires have been around for a lot longer than that. Their price range starts from about £200 but you are dealing with quality made fires that are reliable and they can also supply the fuel which is priced at £42 for 12 litres. They do stock the CVO range and they can supply conversion kits to adapt your standard gas fireplace to accommodate ethanol fuel.
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