Electric fireplaces can come in many different shapes and sizes, and can be found placed on walls or on the floor. My own electric fireplace is a freestanding unit that’s located on the floor. As it’s quite large, I recently opened up my fireplace to see what’s inside, and I’ve put this...

Electric fireplaces are a type of fireplace that uses a source of energy to generate heat and provide the experience of a roaring fire in your home. Electric fireplaces are different compared to other types of fireplaces because there’s no real fire. In an electric fireplace the flame effects...

The hearth is the flat surface found at the base of all traditional open wood burning fireplaces. We have an article that covers fireplace hearths in more detail here, but a hearth will be made of a fire-resistant material such as concrete, granite, tiles or stone. A hearth is required for all...

A fireplace hearth is the area located at the base of the fireplace on which a fire is built, or a fireplace insert or stove is placed.  The hearth is made from a non-combustible material and typically extends out into the room and to the sides from the fireplace opening. A fireplace hearth was...

As electric fireplaces don’t have real flames, there needs to be another way for the flame effect to be created and the heat to be produced. Electric fireplaces therefore either use LED screens to produce the image of a roaring fire, or use a light source (halogen bulbs or LEDs) to produce the...

Electric fireplaces have two main components; one that controls and operates the flame effect, and one that provides the heat. The flame effect can either be produced by an LED screen, or a light source with rotating mirrors that imitates the effect of flickering flames. Many electric fireplaces...

In order for an electric fireplace insert to be installed in an existing fireplace, that existing fireplace must be removed of all existing fireplace apparatus. This is because an electric fireplace insert sits partially within the firebox of the existing fireplace. The existing fireplace...

Using a surge protector or power strip/extension cable would allow you to increase the distance an electric fireplace is located away from a standard electrical outlet, but you can you plug an electric fireplace into a surge protector or power strip? For safety reasons an electric fireplace should...

An electric fireplace is a type of fireplace that converts electricity into heat. It differs from other types of fireplace, such as wood burning and gas, because there’s no real fire in an electric fireplace. As a result an electric fireplace must be able to create the flames and generate the...