where to get fireplace-mounting radiant electric fires?

Would this type of fire be any use?

Bugger!!! Sent the last reply before I could add, have a look on the

Blimey: they even have electric fires made to look like gas fires ("equals its gas equivalent for aesthetics" i.e. presumably looks just as crap :-)) with glowing radiants (shown in the picture) but is actually a convector!

I think I saw one somewhere that has a gas valve which doesn't open until the ignite button is actually pressed. So you have to turn the control knob, but nothing comes out of the valve until you actually press the ignition button. I'll keep looking and get back to you when, and if, I find it again. Keep fingers crossed.

I've just been told that the "Robinson Willey" fires have a flame management system fitted to them as standard, not just an atmospheric or oxygen depletion system. Maybe a web search will give more info' on these for you to browse through.

AFAIK Oxy-pilots/ aka ASDs aka Vitiation Detection Devices are all implemented as a thermocouple + pilot-light + MF gas valve combi.

Once lit they can stay on pilot for the whole winter. It only then requires a turn of the knob to turn the fire on and off. But the knob is in an awkward place.

It might not give a great deal of radiant warmth but there are a range of gas convector heaters which have full sequence controls (and can be operated any way you like by an electric switch) see.

There are also a couple of fires and boilers around which employ electronic (flame rectification) ASDs where the thermocouple is omitted and a sensing probe in place of the thermocouple. Again the ASD is the flame supervision device

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 22:17:43 GMT, John Stumbles strung together this:

How about one with electronic ignition? The ones I've fitted are usually controlled by a standard 2 gang switch, one being on-off and the other high-low.