As a handyman and perfectionist for many years, I'm contemplating installing a new gas insert on my own. Of course, I'll thoroughly research this before I do the job. Indeed, no one in this forum knows anything about my background and this might be a hard question to answer on here.

I'm not sure how I could screw this up. Common sense goes a long way and I have common sense.

I'm asking for someone to please attempt to talk me out of doing this job if they sense a concern here. You will be doing me a big favor if I'm about to make a major mistake.

Call me arrogant if you wish, but I believe I'll do a much better job than your average installer. After all, I'll have to live (or die) with this fireplace insert, so I want to make sure it's done correctly without cutting any corners.

Thanks, Roy