Whether you are buying your first house, moving home, restoring original features, or simply redecorating or redesigning your living space the chances are that you are looking to replace or renew your fireplace.

For most homes the fireplace will form the focal point of your room. For this reason alone it is important to make sure that you choose the right fireplace for your living space. Choose the wrong fireplace and you could be left with a room that feels unbalanced, out of character, or worse still un-welcoming However by choosing the right fireplace you will bring the whole living area together. Providing a welcome, pleasing and stunning focal point to any well appointed room.

Fireplace Information Site for UK Fireplace Consumers

There are many different types and styles of fireplaces available to the consumer that it is often very difficult to know where to start with your search for the perfect fireplace. Well hopefully that is where this site can help you. We aim to provide you with all the information that you will need to make an informed choice, and armed with this information We hope that you will purchase a fireplace that meets your needs for years to come.

Question 1
The first and often overlooked point is the consideration of your chimney. Have you got a chimney? What type of chimney do you have and most importantly, is it in good repair? These questions may seem obvious but it is worth starting at this point before you rush out and buy the fireplace that you want; only to find that the chimney is unsound and that potentially expensive remedial work has to be carried out! So your first step is to identify your type of chimney. Simply choose the left hand link ' Information about Chimneys' to find out your chimney type and how to get it tested for safety and at the same time professional cleaned.

Question 2
When you know the type of chimney you have, the next stage is to decide on what type of heat sources are available to you for your chimney type. Depending on your own chimney type your choices will be either, Natural Gas, Solid Fuel, Electric, or LPG ( liquid petroleum gas - tank or bottle) Balanced Flue, Power Flue or Flueless. Each chimney type has corresponding list of suitable fire types. To help you in your decision look at the links on the left for Gas Fire Information, Solid Fuel Information.

Choosing a Fireplace - Where Do You Start?

Here at fireplaces.org we have drawn up a few simple questions to ask yourself that will help to give you a starting point to move forward. For a full guide on choosing the right fireplace for your home look through the links on the left to help you identify your requirements.

Depending on your answers too the above two questions will determine what type of fire and fireplace you can have in your home. Undoubtedly the best option is to have a brick or stone built chimney stack that is clean and in good repair. This will allow you an unlimited range of options to choose from. This type of chimney was the common choice for houses that date prior to 1960. If you have one of the other types of flue then your options will be more limited. Your options will be detailed on the 'Information about chimneys' page.

Once you have done the preliminaries we can get right down to looking at the pro's and con's of different fires and fireplaces together with the different contemporary, modern, and period style fireplaces that are available to the UK consumer today. For information on each of the types and styles of fireplace that are available simply select the type of fireplace from the menu on the left. There is also all the information available to help you with your choice of fireplace from information on gas safety to help find a suitable fireplace installer. Our aim is to make this site the definitive guide to fireplaces for UK consumers and we welcome any comments and suggestions that you may have. To send us an E-mail please send it to We hope that we have provided you with the information you need to find the fireplace that is perfect for your home.