If you’re putting an electric fireplace on carpet then you should ensure that:

• The carpet doesn’t obstruct the inlet to the heater on the electric fireplace, which could prevent cooler air from being sucked into the heater.

• The carpet doesn’t block the outlet to the heater, which could stop the heated air from leaving the fireplace.

Electric fireplaces with fan forced heaters will need to suck in air from the back of the unit in order to blow the cooler air over a heating element and force warmer air out into the room.

It’s important that if an electric fireplace is placed on carpet that the carpet doesn’t restrict the air flowing into the heater. The heater may overheat and turn off as a result of insufficient ventilation.

The cooler air that is sucked into a conventional fan heater in an electric fireplace comes out as warmer air through the front.

It’s therefore also important that any carpet doesn’t block the outlet to an electric fireplace heater, as this may also cause the fireplace to overheat and shut off.

Our electric fireplace stove has a warning message near the outlet to the heater explaining that it shouldn’t be blocked, and may also be found on other models of electric fireplace to help ensure that they aren’t being used incorrectly.

When it comes to deciding whether it’s safe to put your electric fireplace on carpet you should take into account:

• What the manual specifies for your particular model of fireplace regarding whether you can use it on carpet, or even what type of carpet.
• The location of the heater on your electric fireplace. Heaters located towards the top of the unit will be further away from carpet than those with the heater located underneath.
• The length of your carpet. High pile carpet is more likely to obstruct the heater on an electric fireplace compared to low pile carpet.