Installing Fireplace Insert

One of the painful things is that you bought an electric fireplace insert but it is not fitting inside your existing fireplace.

Installing fireplace insert. The fireplace shown in this video is an empire tahoe. Here we will cover the installation of firebox inserts into the existing fireplaces. This is why it is important to have a wood burning fireplace insert installed with its own round properly sized and insulated chimney liner pipe. Reach into the fireplace and the plug the insert s power cord into the electrical outlet.

Connect a flexible gas supply line to gas line in the fireplace. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to. Make final gas connection between flexible gas supply line and fireplace insert. This will happen if you purchase one without measuring the existing fireplace space.

The insert can be heavy and bulky and you do not want to scratch the tile while installing. Slide the insert into place then turn on the gas. This old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to dramatically increase the heat output of a wood burning fireplace. Place the insert on top of the cardboard and then slide it back into the opening.

This type draws air from outdoors to feed the flame. Pull down on the vent liner then screw the adapter elbow to the top of the fireplace insert. When installing an insert into a fireplace the size of an insert s firebox is smaller than that of the masonry firebox so the existing masonry flue may now be disproportionately large. Get it back as far as it will go into the fireplace.

Run new gas line to fireplace. From the roof trim the vent liner to length with tin snips. Slide the fireplace insert partially into the fireplace opening. The fireplace we re using and the type we recommend is a direct vent fireplace.

Insert a chimney cap into the furnace flue. In this video i complete the framing around the fireplace make the final connections vent and gas then conduct a test of the fireplace. How to install electric fireplace insert step 1. The chimney draft is created like a tornado when a warm front meets a cold front.

Not only is this setup more efficient because you re not losing valuable heated air up the chimney it s safer too because it greatly reduces the possibility of dangerous carbon monoxide backing up into your home. This article will cover a most common installation process of an electric fireplace insert inside of an existing masonry fireplace. Plug in the power cord from the fireplace insert.