Your old fireplace, fitted with a gas insert in Fullers
Family-owned gas fireplace insert installation for Fullers homes, with every connection and every trade written into your estimate.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Your Fullers fireplace, checked against the insert manual
Four checks from a typical gas insert visit in Fullers. Your own estimate lists every item that applies to your fireplace.
- Exhaust and intake liners from the insert collars to the chimney top
- Termination cap sealed and secured to the chimney top plate
- Outlet inside the firebox or a cord route to a nearby outlet
- Surround size, depth and overlap on the fireplace face
Fitting a gas insert to your Fullers fireplace, explained
How our Fullers crew orders the work, and which decisions stay yours.
A clean firebox before the insert slides in
The preparation list in the Supreme manual starts inside the fireplace. The wood-burning cavity has to be clean and free of ash, soot and other debris before the insert is set. Whatever stays behind ends up trapped behind the surround, where nobody will reach it again without pulling the insert back out.
Our crew brushes and vacuums the firebox, the smoke shelf and the damper area as part of the prep. Floors and the hearth are covered while we work, and the room is left as clean as we found it.
Closing the gap around the liners
Once the liners pass through the damper opening, the space around them can let air move up or down the chimney. The insert manual says non-combustible insulation or field-made metal plates may be needed around the vent pipes at the damper to prevent odors and cold drafts.
In an air-conditioned house, that same gap can let cooled room air escape upward. We close it with the material the manual allows and check it before the surround goes on. The spot is hard to reach afterwards, so it happens in the right order.
A path for the gas line in a factory-built firebox
A factory-built fireplace may have no hole for a gas line. The Supreme manual allows an access hole of one inch or less to be drilled through the lower sides, back or bottom of the firebox, within its lower half, and says the hole must be plugged with non-combustible insulation once the line is through.
We mark the location with the gas professional before anyone drills, so the line reaches the insert's connection without crowding the surround. The sealed hole is checked again at the end of the job.
Reading the gas pressure at the insert
Supply pressure has to sit inside a set range for the insert to burn properly. The manual lists a minimum and a maximum inlet pressure for natural gas and for propane, plus a manifold pressure, and calls for a regulator upstream of the valve if line pressure is above half a psig.
At startup, our technician reads the pressures at the test ports and compares them with the rating plate. A low reading can point to an undersized line or another appliance drawing gas at the same time, and we trace it before calling the job finished.
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Your gas insert questions, Fullers edition
Answers from the family-owned team that fits gas inserts in Fullers.
Will a gas insert make my room too hot?
That depends on the size you choose and the room. Inserts are listed with a range of inputs, so we match the model to the space and the way you use it. Many models also let you turn the flame down.
Why does a new insert smell during the first fires?
The paint and materials cure during the first long burns, and that gives off a smell. Makers describe a break-in burn with the windows open and the fireplace on high for a few hours. The smell fades once the curing is done.
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