Electric fireplace inserts are a form of electric fireplace that are designed to be inserted into another object such as an existing open fireplace or a bespoke entertainment center build. Inserting an electric fireplace into an existing fireplace makes the original fireplace redundant.
Electric fireplace inserts are a type of fireplace insert; other forms of which can include wood burning and gas.
Fireplace inserts are typically placed inside the firebox of an existing masonry fireplace.
This turns the old, typically wood burning, masonry fireplace into a new gas, electric or wood burning fireplace. The original fireplace can’t be used once a fireplace insert is installed.
See our complete guide on fireplace inserts for more information.
Electric fireplace inserts are also a type of electric fireplace.
Electric fireplaces differ in comparison to other types of fireplace in that they don’t have any real flames and instead create the imitation of flames using light sources and run using electricity only.
An electric fireplace insert is therefore a form of electric fireplace that’s designed to be inserted into an existing masonry fireplace to turn the use of that fireplace to electric.
As an example, below is what our electric fireplace insert looks like.