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My wife and I decided to get a fireplace last week. So we buy it and bring it home and sit it where we want it and I said "ok now what?" So we didnt think it out very well. The instructions they gave us are alright, but left a few things out. Been all over the net trying to find some help and havent had any luck. Anyone know anything about these things?

this may help

http://www.rumford.com/code/code.html

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This fireplace must be an electric one you just install on your living room wall?? If it was masonary or anything like that, wouldn't it have to be installed when the house was built...?? What kind of problems are you having specifically??

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Well Smokin actually there are many types of fireplaces that are free- standing,. My folks purchased a "franklin" stove which is a free-standing fireplace, but has a kind of stove top surface to heat up things on,or keep things warm.

Big What kind of info are you looking for? If you could elaborate a little on what you are wanting to do or looking to do, maybe a few of us can help you out with some suggestions. I helped my father put oour fireplace in our house, we converted our garage to a den and the folks decided they wanted to have a fireplace in it. Well just my two pennies.
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Its a normal wood burning fireplace. You can ad a fireplace to any house. My problem is I dont know what to put underneath the thing and do I need to gut the existing wall behind it as it is rough pine paneling. I dont have a problem with the rough in and exhaust, Ive done similar projects, its just the under and behind thats holding us up.

for under the fireplace you could get a hearth pad or use brick...m2p

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Yeah, brick works good and looks decent too, depending on how it was done. You can also put brick behind it on the wall too, and connect those bricks to the ones underneath. Thats what my parent's fireplace is set up on. You can also use some kind of tin behind it on the wall, but it looks kinda tacky. If it was me, I would just get some nice bricks or rock tiles of some sort and set it up on that. It looks really nice if done right.

Good luck

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I installed fireplace inserts in new homes about a year or so ago. We never put anything under it. As for the wall behind it, A woodburning insert needs 2 inches all the way around. That was code for around here.