*****I am glad this video has helped quite a few viewers to understand how the Gazco inset electric fire looks and feels in a real home. It took a lot of time and effort to compile this video - so if you would like to buy me a coffee, you can find my paypal link below. No compulsion whatsoever but it will help me spare more time for such home improvement and DIY videos. Thank you.****** paypal.me/nagapy
*Very easy to set up and use, attractive but be sure you understand the height it's not tall. The heat is not overwhelming, but steady and pleasant **fireplace.homes** It's quiet, too. I like the possibility of easily moving it from room to room in the event we want supplemental heat elsewhere. Definitely a good buy.*
These fires need a bigger opening to fit them and then you have to make the opening smaller over the fire. When its fitted, thats it-you aint gettin that out again. Bizzare design.
Hi inhave just bought one of these fires and it is going in a stud wall. And will be plasterboard and skimming it. What thickness plasterboard do you use? I read somewhere 12.5mm?
Nice just got the same type to fit 1100 long , the lintel fit was useful because because i was not sure weather i would pin it before chipping out but it seems there is enough support to do it like that. I will just patch, scrim tape, board and match the front . Where did you plug it in for access as the plug has to stay on the fire, or did you fit a switched fcu.. Thanks very good upload
Hi there, glad to know you found this video useful. With regards to powering it, our chimney breast power line in it - I think the previous owners had a wall hung electric. So I asked the electrician to create 2 outlets for it. One for the fire which remains inside the chimney breast and the other externally. Not sure if he used a fused unit, but I hope he did. I hardly use the fire for heating. I have it on right now with just the blue flame on and the best part about it is it hardly consumes any energy while doing that.
Sounds great , thanks for that. I am putting a skope 105R in looks great. Your room came out nice in the video good finish looks like all got skimmed/ plastered proper job! Have a great weekend and thanks again.
Have you had any problems with dampness since doing this? Just because I seen you said you left the chimney open!? I had seen somewhere else moisture in the breast can be an issue. Also, wildlife living in the chimney breast is another thing mentioned. Just wondering if you've experienced any of these things?
Hey, nice build. Thinking of getting something similar done. How did you manage the air flow? I see air inlets on the sides and the top, how does the airflow work if you sealed off those inlets?
We didn't close the chimney, so the air inlet is via chimney. If you don't have a chimney, you can create an inlet with mesh with a mesh covering that you can hide behind a furniture. On the other hand, if you want the fireplace for pure ornamental purpose - only light effects without hearing - you won't need an inlet at all.
Hi. We have just purchased a Gazco Studio 2 and are going to put it onto the chimney breast. But you have inserted yours fully meaning you cannot use the heat of the fire? Which is also why you were able to put the TV above it. I would think that you could not put the TV above it if you were to use the heater of the fire?
Hi Barbara - Studio 2 seems to be a gas fire, so the way it generates heat is completely different to mine which is an Electric fire. Hot air is blown out from my fire towards the floor - so neither the chimney breast nor the wall-mounted TV get affected by the heat. This is one of the reasons I decided to go for an Electric fire instead of a gas fire. Hope this helps.
@@NagaYanamandala hi no our fire is also electric! We have one now (a different make) and the heat comes out of the bottom but I have just found out from the seller that this Gazco heat comes out from the top so we will not be able to copy you unfortunately! Your video was great and the end design looked really good!
Just about to purchase one myself so this video is ideal to give me an idea, thankyou. Did you sit the wooden frame flush with the brickwork?, I noticed you had to cut out small notches in the plasterboard for the brackets. don't suppose you have any closeup photos of around the fire without the front bezel do you? just wondering what tolerances there are with regards to what the bezel hides.
Glad you found it useful. I couldn't find a single video about Gazco installation when I did my research, so decided to do one myself. Yes, the wooden frame was flush with the brickwork. That's because we covered the brick work with plasterboard and finished with a plaster skim on top. Installation is quite straight forward once you make sufficient room for the fire. It's even more easier if you have a stud work breast. Installation instructions in the manual are clear and really helpful. So don't worry too much about it. Go to your local Gazco retailer who will have demo installation done for display. All the best.
Hi I read below you left it open at the back so the air inlets can pull air in from the chimney breast space is this correct? Was you not worried about it not being waterproof if you were to have a leak in chimney? Cheers
Hi Richard, you are right - we left the chimney outlet open. We've previously had a wood fire place and we never had a problem with the leaks, except for a little dust caused by pigeons. If you are worried about the leak, I suggest that you close the chimney and leave an opening the side of the fire and close it with a grill which wasn't an option to us.
Thanks so much for the reply! Yes I ve had work done on the stack so I'm hoping it would be all OK and we've never had a leak before but always worry about every eventuality with these projects! Thanks for the video was good to see it put in a real chimney breast as most seem to put it in "fake" chimney breasts. Cheers
*****I am glad this video has helped quite a few viewers to understand how the Gazco inset electric fire looks and feels in a real home. It took a lot of time and effort to compile this video - so if you would like to buy me a coffee, you can find my paypal link below. No compulsion whatsoever but it will help me spare more time for such home improvement and DIY videos. Thank you.******
paypal.me/nagapy
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*Very easy to set up and use, attractive but be sure you understand the height it's not tall. The heat is not overwhelming, but steady and pleasant **fireplace.homes** It's quiet, too. I like the possibility of easily moving it from room to room in the event we want supplemental heat elsewhere. Definitely a good buy.*
These fires need a bigger opening to fit them and then you have to make the opening smaller over the fire. When its fitted, thats it-you aint gettin that out again. Bizzare design.
Hi inhave just bought one of these fires and it is going in a stud wall. And will be plasterboard and skimming it. What thickness plasterboard do you use? I read somewhere 12.5mm?
Nice just got the same type to fit 1100 long , the lintel fit was useful because because i was not sure weather i would pin it before chipping out but it seems there is enough support to do it like that. I will just patch, scrim tape, board and match the front . Where did you plug it in for access as the plug has to stay on the fire, or did you fit a switched fcu.. Thanks very good upload
Hi there, glad to know you found this video useful. With regards to powering it, our chimney breast power line in it - I think the previous owners had a wall hung electric. So I asked the electrician to create 2 outlets for it. One for the fire which remains inside the chimney breast and the other externally. Not sure if he used a fused unit, but I hope he did. I hardly use the fire for heating. I have it on right now with just the blue flame on and the best part about it is it hardly consumes any energy while doing that.
Sounds great , thanks for that. I am putting a skope 105R in looks great. Your room came out nice in the video good finish looks like all got skimmed/ plastered proper job! Have a great weekend and thanks again.
Have you had any problems with dampness since doing this? Just because I seen you said you left the chimney open!? I had seen somewhere else moisture in the breast can be an issue. Also, wildlife living in the chimney breast is another thing mentioned. Just wondering if you've experienced any of these things?
Hey, nice build. Thinking of getting something similar done. How did you manage the air flow? I see air inlets on the sides and the top, how does the airflow work if you sealed off those inlets?
We didn't close the chimney, so the air inlet is via chimney. If you don't have a chimney, you can create an inlet with mesh with a mesh covering that you can hide behind a furniture.
On the other hand, if you want the fireplace for pure ornamental purpose - only light effects without hearing - you won't need an inlet at all.
Hi. We have just purchased a Gazco Studio 2 and are going to put it onto the chimney breast. But you have inserted yours fully meaning you cannot use the heat of the fire? Which is also why you were able to put the TV above it. I would think that you could not put the TV above it if you were to use the heater of the fire?
Hi Barbara - Studio 2 seems to be a gas fire, so the way it generates heat is completely different to mine which is an Electric fire. Hot air is blown out from my fire towards the floor - so neither the chimney breast nor the wall-mounted TV get affected by the heat. This is one of the reasons I decided to go for an Electric fire instead of a gas fire. Hope this helps.
@@NagaYanamandala hi no our fire is also electric! We have one now (a different make) and the heat comes out of the bottom but I have just found out from the seller that this Gazco heat comes out from the top so we will not be able to copy you unfortunately! Your video was great and the end design looked really good!
What are my fireplace options?
Just about to purchase one myself so this video is ideal to give me an idea, thankyou.
Did you sit the wooden frame flush with the brickwork?, I noticed you had to cut out small notches in the plasterboard for the brackets. don't suppose you have any closeup photos of around the fire without the front bezel do you? just wondering what tolerances there are with regards to what the bezel hides.
Glad you found it useful. I couldn't find a single video about Gazco installation when I did my research, so decided to do one myself. Yes, the wooden frame was flush with the brickwork. That's because we covered the brick work with plasterboard and finished with a plaster skim on top.
Installation is quite straight forward once you make sufficient room for the fire. It's even more easier if you have a stud work breast. Installation instructions in the manual are clear and really helpful. So don't worry too much about it.
Go to your local Gazco retailer who will have demo installation done for display.
All the best.
Hi I read below you left it open at the back so the air inlets can pull air in from the chimney breast space is this correct? Was you not worried about it not being waterproof if you were to have a leak in chimney? Cheers
Hi Richard, you are right - we left the chimney outlet open. We've previously had a wood fire place and we never had a problem with the leaks, except for a little dust caused by pigeons.
If you are worried about the leak, I suggest that you close the chimney and leave an opening the side of the fire and close it with a grill which wasn't an option to us.
Thanks so much for the reply! Yes I ve had work done on the stack so I'm hoping it would be all OK and we've never had a leak before but always worry about every eventuality with these projects! Thanks for the video was good to see it put in a real chimney breast as most seem to put it in "fake" chimney breasts.
Cheers
Where would one place sky box?
Hidden along with Xbox under the storage cum seating area built next to the chimney breast.
@@NagaYanamandala cum?
@@cb3298 cum = with or and
The tv isn’t central tho
It is, perhaps looking that way due to the camera offset.