Fireplace Services
Electric fireplace installation details for Longwood homes
Every unit is planned from its own manual, and the full job is priced in writing first.
Framing a recessed opening
A recessed electric fireplace needs an opening framed to the size in its manual. For one linear model, the stud depth decides how far the unit sits into the wall, with 2x4 framing giving a partial recess and 2x6 framing a flush face.
We frame to the manual, check the opening for square and level and fit the unit dry before the finish goes on. Building the opening from a product listing alone is how units end up crooked or standing proud of the wall, and that is expensive to undo.
Sealing an old fireplace for an insert
An electric insert set into a masonry fireplace sits below an open chimney. One plug-in firebox manual asks installers to seal drafts and vents with non-fibrous insulation, which keeps debris from the chimney off the unit and stops room air from escaping up the flue.
We close the old opening with materials that can be removed later and note what we used in the written record of the job. The chimney itself stays intact, so the change can be reversed if a future owner wants a wood fire back.
An old gas connection in the opening
Some fireplace openings once held a gas appliance, and a gas line may still end inside them. An electric insert should never be pushed in front of a gas connection that nobody has dealt with.
A qualified gas professional shuts off and caps the old supply before we install anything. Our estimate names that step and who performs it, and we schedule the insert only after the gas work is finished and the opening is clear. The written record notes that the gas line was capped and by whom.
Space under and behind a freestanding unit
A freestanding firebox needs air around it too. One plug-in manual asks for clearance beneath the unit and at least half an inch behind it, and it says the unit should not sit directly on carpet.
Our installers set the unit on a firm, flat surface with the spacing its manual shows. On carpeted floors we talk through a hard base or a mantel cabinet made for the unit, so the air path stays open and the unit sits steady.
