Chimeneas are great in your garden - they're warm, stylish and useful. However, they have some major disadvantages: they create loads of smoke, the fuel can be difficult to light and you can only use them outside. Additionally, burning the traditional fuels is also wasteful as they aren't renewable and produce emissions that aren't particularly healthy for the environment.
What's the answer?
The answer is here in the form of Bio-Ethanol fuels and chimeneas. We've just introduced two new models on Alfresia: the Lorenzo and the Celina.
They both have a hidden reservoir in which you pour the bio-ethanol fuel. They can be placed inside or out, on the floor, or a table because there are no emissions.
That sounds great, but I already have a chimenea...
If you're interested in using a cleaner fuel, but don't want to buy a new chimenea, you can purchase a universal chimenea burner. This features the same hidden reservoir, but does not have any of the periphery of the full chimeneas. You can place this smaller burner inside an existing chimenea or BBQ and let it burn from there. This means you can have your clay chimeneas inside!
What exactly are the benefits of Bio-Ethanol fuel?
As we've said, the benefits aren't only environmental. Yes, you there are no harmful emissions and yes, you can use it inside because of this. However, Bio-Ethanol is also the fuel of choice for many now because it lights easily (unlike logs or charcoal) and also dies down easily when you have finished with it.
What is Bio-Ethanol though? Where does it come from?
Sugar cane or corn are processed into ethanol, the undiluted form of alcohol, through fermentation. Then most of the water is distilled, so that the fuel is easier to burn. Following that, the mixture is dehydrated (further), making the resulting ethanol suitable for fuel.
If any of that sounds like a good idea to you (it does to me!) and you decided to make your chimeneas more versatile and cleaner, then check out our new range of Bio-Ethanol fireplaces and fuels.
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