Mounting over a linear gas fireplace in an Inspirada great room
Newer Inspirada plans favor the long horizontal gas insert set into a flat drywall or tile-faced chase rather than the cultured stone surround older valley tracts used. That is good news for anchoring and worth checking anyway. We run the insert at full burn for 20 minutes and read the wall above it with an infrared thermometer; a linear unit vented properly usually holds the drywall face between 85 and 100°F, which a modern panel tolerates. Higher than that and the mount moves up or a pull-down bracket goes in. The chase itself is framed, so we scan for the studs inside it rather than assuming they sit on the room's 16-inch layout, and confirm with a 1/8-inch pilot. Where the face is porcelain tile over drywall, we drill with a diamond bit at low speed with water, no hammer, then lag into the framing behind. A plain drywall chase carries no surcharge; stone or tile-over-masonry adds the +$99 masonry rate. Cable rides the wall beside the chase, not through it, so nothing sits in the warm cavity. Fireplace jobs: 80 to 110 minutes.