Removing gas fire and replacing with electric

[Onetwothree]

Hi everyone,

Looking for some advise please, we just moved into a 70s bungalow and would like to turn an old gas fireplace into something more modern.

we have a gas engineer booked to cap the gas supply, so that part is fine.

Just need to know if structural problems could happen with removing the actual fire, surround and making the whole bigger to fit a fake (electric) wood burner

Have added pictures of my current one and two options of new.

Thanks

 

[jj4091]

I think you might find you would not need to enlarge the opening for your second option after you have removed the fire back.