Fireplace Services
Electric fireplace installation details for Sanford homes
Any electrician's work is scheduled in the right order and listed on its own line.
Where the electrician comes in
New circuits, new outlets and hardwired connections are electrical work. The manuals we reference call for an electrician to do that work under local and national electrical codes, and it is separate from mounting and finishing the fireplace.
Our estimate draws that line clearly. You see the fireplace installation, the finish work and any electrician's step as separate items, in the order they happen. Nothing electrical is hidden inside a single installation price, and nobody improvises a connection to save a trip.
Reading the rating label
The rating label lists the model, the voltage and the power the unit draws. On one linear model the label sits on top of the unit, which is why it should be read before the unit disappears into the wall. Those numbers decide the outlet, the circuit and whether the model suits the supply you have.
We copy the label details into the estimate and into the written record of the installation. If a question comes up later about the circuit or a replacement part, the numbers are already on paper and nobody has to pull the unit out to find them.
If a future owner wants a wood fire again
An electric insert does not change the fireplace for good. To burn wood again, the insert and the draft sealing come out, and the chimney should be inspected before the first fire, since nobody has watched its condition while the insert was in.
We leave the fireplace and chimney as they were, apart from the removable sealing, and record what was done. That record helps the next inspection, whether it comes next season or with the next owner of the house.
Level, square and straight trim
An electric fireplace shows every error in its setting. A unit that sits slightly off level makes the flame bed look tilted, and trim that is not square to the wall leaves an uneven gap along one side.
Our installers set the unit with a level, square the trim to the wall and check the glass from the seating area before calling the job done. Small corrections are made while the tools are still out, never left for another visit.
