I'm a newbie intending to install an Enviro M-55 insert into a doublesided fireplace.
In my first thread, I asked for--and gratefully received--help re: where to put an outlet into this fireplace. [see
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/advice-putting-electric-outlet-in-fireplace.120266/#post-1612366 ]
I also got advice about hiding the outlet...I could block off the side of the fireplace I'm not using with black-painted cement board to prevent seeing the outlet...I may seek a way to do this that would still make it easy to get that board--or two boards--out; Cleetussnow told me that it would be useful to retain access to the back of the stove via the doublesided fireplace; I could vacuum the blower fan or change a fuse more easily this way...
this made me wonder if I need a rail kit for cleaning down the road; apologies for a real newbie question, as I don't yet fully understand what I'll be able to--and need to--get at when doing weekly or annual cleaning.
[and yes, I have seen that some of folks on this board have succeeded at constructing their own rails for much less than enviro's rail kit. Though I can do simple woodworking, I don't trust myself to make rails when such an expensive investment depends on them & how I use them.]
attached pic shows the side of the fireplace that will have insert, but you can see right through to kitchen chairs in back; both sides currently have identical black framed glass doors.
thanks for any advice/help you can give re: getting the rail kit, and why it is/is not needed even if I can access the stove from the back.
tom
In my first thread, I asked for--and gratefully received--help re: where to put an outlet into this fireplace. [see
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/advice-putting-electric-outlet-in-fireplace.120266/#post-1612366 ]
I also got advice about hiding the outlet...I could block off the side of the fireplace I'm not using with black-painted cement board to prevent seeing the outlet...I may seek a way to do this that would still make it easy to get that board--or two boards--out; Cleetussnow told me that it would be useful to retain access to the back of the stove via the doublesided fireplace; I could vacuum the blower fan or change a fuse more easily this way...
this made me wonder if I need a rail kit for cleaning down the road; apologies for a real newbie question, as I don't yet fully understand what I'll be able to--and need to--get at when doing weekly or annual cleaning.
[and yes, I have seen that some of folks on this board have succeeded at constructing their own rails for much less than enviro's rail kit. Though I can do simple woodworking, I don't trust myself to make rails when such an expensive investment depends on them & how I use them.]
attached pic shows the side of the fireplace that will have insert, but you can see right through to kitchen chairs in back; both sides currently have identical black framed glass doors.
thanks for any advice/help you can give re: getting the rail kit, and why it is/is not needed even if I can access the stove from the back.
tom
