Electric fireplaces and space heaters can also come with infrared heaters rather than fan forced heaters. Infrared heaters use a quartz bulb to produce infrared light that provides the heat. Infrared heaters have a number of added benefits over fan heaters, including: Less noise (as the heat...

The hearth is found at the very bottom of a fireplace. It’s the slab of non-combustible material that sits flat at the base of the fireplace on which a fire or fireplace unit sits. It can be found surrounded by the walls of the fireplace inside the firebox, and extends out into the room past the...

The benefits of having an electric fireplace with infrared heating include: Infrared heaters can typically heat a larger area as you’ll typically be able to feel the heat from further away compared to fan heaters. No blower is used and so run extremely quietly. Almost instantaneous heat....

Wall mount electric fireplaces are simply electric fireplaces that can be mounted on the surface of a wall in your home. They’re typically found to be linear (longer width ways than height) and generally come as a plug-in format where you just need to plug it into a nearby electrical outlet in...

To use the heater on a typical electric fireplace:   The electric fireplace must be plugged in and switched on at the wall. The power switch on the electric fireplace must be turned on. The heat switch on the fireplace must be turned on. The thermostatic dial must be set to...

My freestanding electric fireplaces uses a combination of an LED light source with rotating mirrors to create the effect of flickering flames. Freestanding types of electric fireplaces need to be deeper than other types of fireplaces to cater for the larger components and space required to create...

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...

Electric fireplaces are a great to way heat your home, while also providing the look and feel of a real fire without many of the downsides of having a real fire. Although electric fireplaces don’t have a real flame, they do produce heat. So how does an electric fireplace work? An electric...

I recently bought a freestanding electric fireplace stove to help heat my home without always needing to rely on the central heating. It also provides a calming view of a fire when I don’t want the hassle of making a real fire in our open fireplace. To show you what to expect when buying a...