Removing electric fire

valve90210

valve90210

valve90210

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Hi All

Just over a week ago my girlfriend and I moved into our new house, got plenty of projects to be done, one of which is the lounge which at present houses the hideous electric fire shown below...

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Unsurprisingly we want to get rid of it! From giving it a good tapping it seems like the whole thing is plastic and basically hollow.

Before we start pulling it about, does anyone have experience of removing something like this, but and any advice on how it is likely to be attached to the wall or how to remove it?

Any help much appreciated!
 
The surround is usually secured with a metal bracket screw to the brick work & plastered over each side near the top.
Lift carpet, might be bracket securing it to the floor as, or you might be really & unlucky & find it's was fixed with gripfill, as was the one I had here.:(

Actual fire usually be slidden out & was only fixed with a couple of screws, also MAKE sure you switch off the electric before doing any work.

The red plastic coal effect should unclip or lift off, & the front might be removable, so the bulb could be replaced.

Also some fires you can pull out from the bottom & then push up to lift off it's bracket (Dimplex Loxley) was one fire which was like this, you had to unclip the brass surround, sure that was just a push fit affair.

Some insert fires had a metal frame which screwed to the wall first,then you fitted the surround, the frame had a top lip then you attach fire by lifting onto this lip.
 
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That gives me a bit of a starting point, i'll have to have a bit of a root around to see what's holding it in place. Hopefully it won't be too bad, just dreading what we might find behind it!
 
Well, I decided to have a bit of a look at the fire... And ended up ripping the whole thing out!

Was pretty simple as it wasn't really attached anywhere except by about 20years of cobwebs and dirt. Now leaves me free to plan my cinema install!
 
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