This fireplace works perfect for my needs. I was looking for something short and wide to go under my 60"" Plasma, and this fits perfect. I was building a room in the basement, so I was able to fully recess it in a 2x8 wall. Hard wiring the electric wasn't hard, but you have to almost completely disassemble the unit to hard wire it. The heater has a very quiet blower which is nice, but it does not put out near as much heat as other electric fireplaces I have used (this is the 4th one in my house)