Assembly of the unit was easier than expected and pretty straightforward. Everything lined up nicely like it’s supposed to. Unit looks very nice. WARNING the styrofoam used to package this is a disaster. Do not open this in your house. You’ll never get all the tiny styrofoam balls cleaned up. It looked like it was snowing in my garage. They were everywhere. There was two areas damaged on arrival. The top corner got a little smashed (probably shipping) and the finish on the surround to the actual fireplace insert lost part of the finish. It feels like it was packaged or touched before it was dry. The fireplace gives off a decent amount of heat but I doubt we’ll ever even use the heat function. Very pleased overall.