Radiant for Old Gas Fire

[Rod]

Mother has an old (1970s) New World Type 722 wall-mounted gas fire.

One radiant element appears to have been broken by a visiting Corgi. (He swapped the elements round as the centre element was somewhat discoloured.)

Is there any chance of gettting a replacement? Or is it better simply to bite the bullet now and fit a new fire?

She did say something about one that had a flame effect of some sort. Are any of these efficient enough to be worth considering? (She only uses the fire to provide the focal glow and a bit of warm feeling - the house is fully centrally heated). In case it is relevant, the fire is flued through a small hole into a full chimney that originally had a coal fireplace.

[RW]

If he broke it get the c*ut to replace it

[Rod]

The problem being (he says) that they are not available from normal suppliers. (I think that quite likely given its age.) Hence asking here if there is a chance of getting one. I'd wager that I stand a much better chance by asking you and looking around the web than he does asking his usual sources.

[Mogga]

Get her a red lightbulb under a coal effect plastic thing with a fan driven by the bulb which rotates and makes the flame flicker effect.

[Rod]

And try to use a CFL to save electricity??????

[Mogga]

Dunno. Does that generate the heat to power the fan thing? It only goes round cos of the warm air. We had one of these things when I was a kid. It had three electric bars on the front but it was never put on as we had central heating. (Which we were also forbidden from ever putting on)