Fitted Gas Fires

I have just moved into an apartment with mains gas at La Finca, Algorfa, it has a fitted Gazco radiant fire. I am worried that this may be an expensive form of heating, as before I have always used an estufa with a gas bottle.

Any experiences good or bad with fitted gas fires with or without mains gas would be most welcome. Thanks.

A fitted gas fire is much more greedy for bottled gas than a mobile gas heater, and now the bottles are so expensive, we are limited to having it on for a couple of hours in the evening when it is very cold. I regret not getting a wood burner.

Johnx-of course the amount of gas depends on which type of gas fire you use. ours is a log effect fire which will use far more than the mobile gas heater which only has a small flame,  try putting both on, and you will find that a cylinder of gas won't even last a week on the fitted fire, even on the lowest setting, but the mobile will last several. Trouble is, the mobile will result in streaming condensation on tiled walls. If you use electric as your main form of heating , make sure you have a big bank balance!

'One bar'  gives about 30 hours.

Maybe I was just lucky

We have solar heating for water, so that keeps bills down. 

The heating in the apartment  is A/C with a heat pump.  The place is well built, good insulation, double glazing. The electric bills last year were not much higher than when we used a gas fire.