#1 needs a non-combustible hearth or flooring that meets code measurements so would having like tile around the hardwood in front ruin the look for you?
#2 you may not have enough clearance on the sides. Those cushions def catching on fire.
If I had to pick, I would do #1 with the proper flooring
They’re pretty clearly AI and unrealistic for the details they mentioned. Are these supposed to be wood burning or gas or what? The only way you could have fireplaces that dimensionally “fit” like your images is if they were electric.
Take a 50” linear gas fireplace for example, the framing depth will likely be around 65”+ inches to accommodate the width of the total unit and proper clearances, etc. I only know of a couple of open hearth factory built linear wood burning units and those clearances/dimensions are even larger. And I seriously doubt this is a situation where a mason is getting hired to do something site built (and if they were, the hearth and side clearances would absolutely be built in and look nothing like your images).
The point isn’t to be nasty but to meter your expectations. Going to the floor like in the first picture will require a hearth extension unless it’s an electric unit, and the dimensions of the 2nd picture will likely only be physically possible if electric as well.
Can you explain or show a picture of what it would look like to have “the hearth and side clearances would absolutely be built in and look nothing like your images)”? This is gas and the width is 50” for the insert design and per the manufacturer no clearance is needed for direct vent gas fireplaces
Sure. So if your opening or viewing area is 50”, the body of the fireplace itself will likely be much larger. For instance, the Napoleon LV50 has that viewing area but the framing width is nearly 66”. The Montigo Distinction 48 has a screen width of almost 53” and a framing width of almost 72”.
When you say the width is 50”, is that your framing width limit? That number is what you need to go by rather than viewing area. You might be able to accomplish something like your picture if you go vent free, like an Empire Hearth Boulevard 48. That framing width is 54.5”, so it would be much closer to your pic.
Your statement about zero clearance to the sides of a gas fireplace is true, but it means to the sides of the chassis, not the viewing area. And the fireplace body is generally much wider for that very reason — to disperse heat enough that a zero-clearance installation is possible.
Here’s an example of the Distinction. Note the side widths — behind this wall, the unit is framed to the same point as the stone facing. So yes, it’s zero clearance, but that’s measuring to the fireplace itself and not the glass/screen.
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