Gas log installation pros serving Airport North
We check the flue, the damper and the firebox against the log set manual before anything is ordered. No charge for the inspection in Airport North.
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- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
The written gas log scope for your Airport North home
Before any log set is ordered for your Airport North home, each of these is confirmed in person.
- Firebox front width, rear width, depth and height
- Logs placed to the maker's diagram
- Noncombustible facing and mantel clearance
- Leak test on every connection made
Log set know-how from our Airport North crew
Useful to know before you approve a log set for your Airport North fireplace.
The listing behind a vented log set
Section 602.1 of the Florida fuel gas code covers decorative appliances made for approved solid fuel-burning fireplaces. It asks for an ANSI Z21.60 listing and an installation that follows the manufacturer's instructions, and the listing is printed on the set and on its manual cover.
That makes the manual part of the rule. Burner position, damper opening, media and log placement all come from it, so our installers read the manual for your exact set before unpacking anything.
Sand for natural gas, vermiculite for propane
The loose material in a burner pan spreads the gas and shapes the flame. One maker's vented sets use sand on natural gas and vermiculite on propane, with glowing embers placed on top.
Using the wrong media for the gas type is on the same manual's list of causes for a low flame, and media packed down too tightly can make a burner light unevenly. Our installers use the media your set specifies and spread it the way the manual shows.
A vented set in a bedroom fireplace
Vented sets follow a different exception. An exception in section 303.3 of Florida's fuel gas code allows decorative appliances for installation in vented solid fuel-burning fireplaces in sleeping rooms when the room meets the volume criteria of section 304.5.
That makes the room's size part of the job. Our pros measure the bedroom and any spaces that open into it, check the result against the code and put the finding in writing before recommending a vented set.
Spreading the media evenly
The sand or vermiculite in a burner pan has to be loose and even for the gas to spread across the burner. One maker lists media packed down too tightly as a cause of a burner not burning evenly.
Its fix is to loosen the media along both sides of the burner pipe and even it out in the pan. Our installers spread it that way at installation and check it again at each service visit, since media settles over time.
Keeping burner ports and air passages clean
Dust, lint and fallen media find their way into a burner. One maker says all control compartments, burners, air shutters and air passageways must be kept clean and free of obstructions.
The same manual also calls for periodic examination and cleaning of the fireplace venting system by a qualified professional. Our service visits cover both, the burner in the firebox and the flue above it.
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Asked in Airport North about installing gas logs
Thinking about gas logs? Start here, and remember the fireplace inspection in Airport North is free.
Will gas logs work in my fireplace?
Only if the fireplace qualifies. One vented log set manual limits its burner to a wood-burning fireplace built of noncombustible material with a flue that works. In a factory-built fireplace, the fireplace's own manual has to allow the set. We check both at the free inspection.
Can I keep the glass doors closed while the logs burn?
No. Log set manuals we work from require glass doors to be fully open while the burner runs. One vented set also needs slots in the door frame when it blocks airflow to the fireplace floor.
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