Your local gas log installation team in Lake Butler

Minimum firebox size for each burner

Every burner has a smallest fireplace it can go into. In one maker's table, the 18/20 inch burner calls for a firebox no narrower than 26 inches across the front and 20 across the back, at least 15 inches deep and 17 inches tall.

Its 24 inch burner needs 30 inches at the front and 24 at the back, and its 30 inch burner 36 and 29, with the same depth and height. Our crew measures all four dimensions in your firebox and compares them with the table for the set you want.

• Front width
• Rear width, measured at the burner's depth
• Depth from the opening
• Height of the opening

A supplemental heater only

Florida's fuel gas code, in section 621.2, does not allow unvented room heaters to be a home's only source of comfort heat. One vent-free manual pitches its set as extra heat for a single room and never as the main heat for the house.

For most homes that is exactly how a log set gets used, a warm fire on a cool evening. Our specialists make sure the set you choose is sized for that role and not asked to do more.

Where local rules limit vent-free sets

Vent-free sets are not allowed everywhere. One manual notes that state and local codes in some areas prohibit the use of vent-free heaters, and that some codes allow operation only in a vented configuration.

Before a vent-free set is recommended for your address, our crew confirms what applies there and whether your homeowners association or building has rules of its own. When the answer is unclear, the estimate says so and offers a vented set instead.

Discoloration on the grate

Owners sometimes worry when the metal grate under the logs changes color. One maker notes that discoloration is common on the grate after burning.

Discoloration alone is not a reason for repair. Our technicians check that the grate is intact, sits where the manual shows and holds the logs in position, and they tell you when a change is cosmetic and when it is not.

Flame at the air mixer on propane sets

On some propane models, a flame can appear at the air mixer or orifice instead of across the burner. One maker lists clogged burner ports, gas pressure and the wrong or tightly packed media as the causes.

The same manual says propane sets must use the proper vermiculite, loosened around the burner pipe. Our crew checks the media, cleans the ports and tests the pressure, then relights the set and watches the flame settle where it belongs.