Fireplace removal and repurposing space
Has anyone removed the Factory installed RV fireplace and repurposed the space? I don’t see is using it much. I was considering removing it and building an insert that will house and obscure cat lit...
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DrewE wrote:
An electric fireplace is nothing more than a built-in electric space heater in a fancy cabinet. From the point of view of utility, the space heater would do exactly the same thing, exactly as effectively; but of course it doesn't provide the same sort of cheery ambiance that even a simualated fire brings.
Personally, I'd take the room for other things in my own RV over having a fireplace and use a portable heater. That's just me; there's no one right or wrong answer to that query. It should be pretty straightforward to remove a fireplace and repuprose the space for something else. The space likely isn't all that deep, though; fitting a cat litter box in is probably out of the question (at least without it projecting a good bit into the room).
On our Mountaineer the fireplace was a option, Ours did not come with it, so we have a cabinet. It has the 15 amp outlet for the fireplace in side. Like others have said it is not very deep. We keep our space heaters in there, and use the outlet for 1 of them.
