Post #547839 by TabooDan on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 3:26 PM

Man that Zombie sounds good right about now!! Nice one Reido!!

Hey Brando, I PM'd yah.

Aloha ErkNoLikeFire! I like your name! Glad you like it so far.
As far as the surround goes and the heat, I don't really have to worry about it with this one as this fireplace is electric and because it has fan forced heat, the heat pretty much blows out the front vent and doesn't really linger at the unit too much. Just the vent.

That being said, to the left and right of the insert (inside, behind the rock), it is hollow right to the edge of the woodworking. Plenty of space for air to move. There is an eternal shelf about 4" or so above the top of the insert and I drilled holes through the top of that shelf to allow for any warm air to dissipate that way. That was just a little extra I did which was just to allow more air flow but I didn't need to.

Now if this was a gas unit, I would have done things a little different but not too much. I would have done my woodworking back a little from the face of the fireplace. Like have the carvings on the outside edges of the fireplace as opposed to what I did right around the fire. Would have had rock there instead and then nothing to worry about.

Hope this helps!!
I've got some updating to do so gotta get on here!!

Mahalo, TabooDan