As electric fireplaces don’t produce any real flames, they can be considered to be 100% efficient. All of the electricity used by an electric fireplace goes to producing either the flames and/or the heat (in which in-built space heaters or infrared heaters are used). They also don’t need...

An electric fireplace can replace a conventional home space heater as a way to heat a room in a home and so it should ideally be able to be used for as long as possible in order to bring a room up to a desired temperature. As long as safety guidelines are followed an electric fireplace can...

Electric fireplace TV stands are TV stands with an electric fireplace built into them. These types of electric fireplace allow you to enjoy the look of flames while watching something, and help to reduce the amount of floor space taken up by integrating an electric fireplace and TV stand...

Electric fireplaces and space heaters can also come with infrared heaters rather than fan forced heaters. Infrared heaters use a quartz bulb to produce infrared light that provides the heat. Infrared heaters have a number of added benefits over fan heaters, including: Less noise (as the heat...

The hearth is found at the very bottom of a fireplace. It’s the slab of non-combustible material that sits flat at the base of the fireplace on which a fire or fireplace unit sits. It can be found surrounded by the walls of the fireplace inside the firebox, and extends out into the room past the...

The benefits of having an electric fireplace with infrared heating include: Infrared heaters can typically heat a larger area as you’ll typically be able to feel the heat from further away compared to fan heaters. No blower is used and so run extremely quietly. Almost instantaneous heat....

Wall mount electric fireplaces are simply electric fireplaces that can be mounted on the surface of a wall in your home. They’re typically found to be linear (longer width ways than height) and generally come as a plug-in format where you just need to plug it into a nearby electrical outlet in...

To use the heater on a typical electric fireplace:   The electric fireplace must be plugged in and switched on at the wall. The power switch on the electric fireplace must be turned on. The heat switch on the fireplace must be turned on. The thermostatic dial must be set to...

My freestanding electric fireplaces uses a combination of an LED light source with rotating mirrors to create the effect of flickering flames. Freestanding types of electric fireplaces need to be deeper than other types of fireplaces to cater for the larger components and space required to create...