Local gas insert installation in Edgewood
Replace a tired insert or convert an old wood-burning fireplace in Edgewood. Free inspection and a written scope from our local team.
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Before we order an insert for your Edgewood home
In Edgewood, the free visit covers points like these, and none of it obliges you to book.
- Vertical vent height checked against the insert's minimum and maximum
- Outlet inside the firebox or a cord route to a nearby outlet
- Hearth and floor covering in front of the insert
- Barrier screen front ordered with the insert
How our Edgewood crew fits a gas insert
Worth reading before you approve a gas insert installation in Edgewood.
The fireplaces a gas insert is made for
A gas insert is built to sit inside an existing wood-burning fireplace. Heat & Glo's installation manual for its Supreme inserts, for example, says they are designed for solid-fuel masonry fireplaces and for factory-built fireplaces listed to UL 127. That covers the brick fireplace built with the house and many metal fireboxes set into a framed wall.
It does not cover a decorative opening, a fireplace that was never meant to hold a fire, or a firebox the manual does not name. We identify which kind you have at the free inspection and check it against the insert you are considering before anything is ordered.
When the chimney is not ready for gas
Now and then the inspection finds a chimney that cannot safely serve a gas appliance as it stands. Section 503.5.6.3 of the Fuel Gas Code covers that case: the chimney is repaired, rebuilt, lined, relined or replaced so that it suits the appliance it will vent.
A direct-vent insert carries its own sealed liners, but they still run inside the old chimney and exit through its top. Damage to the structure or to the top of the chimney is dealt with first. We explain what we found, what it means for the insert and the order the work should happen in.
Ground-fault protection near water
Some locations call for extra electrical protection. The Supreme manual says the insert's 110 to 120 volt circuit must have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection, in line with the electrical codes, when it is installed in places such as bathrooms or near sinks.
A fireplace in a primary bath or beside a wet bar is less unusual than it sounds. We note the location, and the electrician provides the protection the manual and the code call for.
Ceramic glass and its gasket
The glass on a sealed insert is part of what keeps combustion inside the unit. The Supreme manual specifies ceramic glass, asks installers to inspect the gasket for damage and the glass for cracks, chips or scratches, and warns against operating the fireplace with the glass removed, cracked, broken or scratched.
Replacement is done as a complete glass assembly. We look over the glass when the insert arrives and again at installation, and report any shipping damage to the dealer before it becomes your problem.
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Quick gas insert answers for Edgewood
Still weighing it up? Read these, then book the free visit in Edgewood.
Can an insert go into a factory-built fireplace?
Often, when the insert's manual allows it. Heat & Glo, for example, designs its Supreme inserts for masonry fireplaces and for factory-built fireplaces listed to UL 127. We confirm your fireplace's type and listing at the inspection.
Will I need an electrician for a gas insert?
Only if the insert needs power where there is no outlet. Many inserts use household power for the blower and ignition, and a new outlet in or near the firebox is electrical work done by an electrician. It is listed on its own estimate line.
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