Gas insert installation planned around your Belmere fireplace
Gas fireplace inserts for Belmere homes, installed by local experts and backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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Measured at your Belmere fireplace, priced in writing
Our installer takes a tape, a light and the insert manual to your Belmere fireplace. These are the kinds of items that come back in writing.
- Vertical vent height checked against the insert's minimum and maximum
- Shutoff valve location and service slack in the gas line
- Hearth and floor covering in front of the insert
- Controls, remote and battery backup explained at handover
The engineering behind a gas insert in Belmere
Worth reading before you approve a gas insert installation in Belmere.
Vent parts from the insert's own system
Direct-vent systems are tested as a set: the insert, the liners, the adapters and the cap. Heat & Glo lists its Supreme inserts for use with named vent systems and components only, and warns that using parts that are not approved with the appliance may result in property damage or injury.
Look-alike pipe from another brand may fit the collar and still be wrong. We order the vent kit your manual calls for, keep the part labels with your paperwork and never mix pieces from different systems.
Protecting the valve during pressure tests
Gas piping is pressure tested when it is installed, and test pressures are far higher than an insert's valve can take. Heat & Glo warns that pressure above half a psig will damage the gas valve control, and tells installers to disconnect the appliance and its shutoff valve before line pressure testing.
We coordinate the order with whoever tests the line, so the insert is isolated during the test and connected afterwards. It is one of those steps that only matters if someone forgets it.
A TV above a gas insert
Plenty of homeowners want the TV above the fireplace. Heat & Glo publishes good-faith guidelines for TVs above its gas fireplaces, with minimum distances from the top of the opening and a mantel between the two, and states that they do not guarantee compliance with every TV maker's temperature limit.
The TV's own specifications set its maximum operating temperature. We read both documents, check the mantel against the insert's clearance table and give you an honest view before the bracket goes on the wall.
Room size and vented gas heaters
The code also ties some vented gas appliances to room volume. Section 304.5.1 of the Fuel Gas Code sets a standard method of fifty cubic feet of room volume for every 1,000 BTUs per hour of appliance input, and section 303.3 uses that test for vented gas fireplace heaters in bedrooms and bathrooms.
For a sealed direct-vent insert, the direct-vent exception usually governs. We still measure the room and check the input of the model you want, so the recommendation is backed by numbers.
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Common gas insert questions in Belmere
Short, straight answers from our fireplace team in Belmere. Anything else, just call.
Do I need a new liner for a gas insert?
Yes. A direct-vent insert uses its own liners, one for exhaust and one for combustion air, running from the insert to a cap at the chimney top. They come from the vent system named in its manual.
Will a gas insert work during a power outage?
Many electronic-ignition inserts include a battery pack for outages, and Heat & Glo's Supreme series is one. The maker treats batteries as an emergency power source only. We show you how your model handles an outage at handover.
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