It was not until after we had signed our tenancy agreement and moved in that we found out that the lounge fire was "for decorative purposes only". This was a little annoying since the Agent had heard me state "oh it's an electric fire" when I viewed the house, and he said nothing.
Now that we are creeping into the winter months, we are feeling the cold and would like to supply our own fire, is there any legislation regarding this? The "decorative" fire is wired up to a plug socket through the plaster (there is a plug switch to the side of the fire) but the electrical cord has simply been cut off just before it disappears into the wall - hope this makes sense.
We do have gas central heating by the way, and it is our choice not to run it all the time, for a couple of reasons.
Now that we are creeping into the winter months, we are feeling the cold and would like to supply our own fire, is there any legislation regarding this? The "decorative" fire is wired up to a plug socket through the plaster (there is a plug switch to the side of the fire) but the electrical cord has simply been cut off just before it disappears into the wall - hope this makes sense.
We do have gas central heating by the way, and it is our choice not to run it all the time, for a couple of reasons.