This new fire suite from Kinder is a truly stunning piece of design! Specifically designed to fit the average sized living room, this is a complete fire suite that combines a high quality surround and a fabulous, realistic log effect, high efficiency (HE) gas fire.

But even if your budget is tight you are advised to buy the highest efficiency A rated appliances as these are specially designed to save energy and keep costs down. BFM Europe is a leading UK fire manufacturer and is committed to enhancing the efficiency of all their appliances. Their High Efficiency (HE) range is growing by the season across three of its brands: Verine, Kinder and Flavel.

Having our cake and eating it is always a great feeling! We want to have style and beauty in our homes. However with the need to save energy and also to save money, do we have to compromise on looks to get efficiency

When whichever partyforms a Government it is almost guaranteed that our energy bills will keep on going up. Can you ever remember them staying on one level? Or, Heaven forbid, actually going down? This means that it is more important than ever to find ways of using less energy in our homes.

1. Gas: Glass-fronted gas fires are the most energy efficient option, and very stylish too. High-efficiency gas fires can be up to 94% efficient. When you realise that an ordinary open fire is just 15% efficient, you can see how you’ll quickly make back the money you invest in a new fire. And they’re cleaner [...]

It’s good to know that energy efficiency isn’t just a hang-up of our current era. It seems very modern to care about saving energy, and a bit of a surprise therefore to find out that in the early 1800s the owner of an ironmongery store in Halstead created his very own design for an enclosed [...]