Gas log installation and replacement in Lake Eola Heights
Our crew confirms the gas type, the fireplace size and the flue before a log set goes in. Nothing is guessed and nothing is hidden in the price.
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What your gas log installation estimate in Lake Eola Heights covers
Written out in your Lake Eola Heights gas log estimate, so comparing quotes takes minutes.
- Firebox front width, rear width, depth and height
- Flue, damper and firebox cleaned and checked first
- Logs placed to the maker's diagram
- Room size and input for a vent-free set
Getting gas logs right in Lake Eola Heights fireplaces
How a gas log installation unfolds in Lake Eola Heights, and where you make the calls.
An ash lip or recess at the firebox front
Some fireboxes have a raised lip or a dropped recess just inside the opening. One log set maker does not allow its burner in a fireplace where that lip or recess is deeper than 3/4 inch.
The same manual measures the firebox depth from inside the lip, so a lip can make a deep-looking firebox too shallow on paper. Our installers measure the lip and the true depth before choosing a burner size.
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.
Mantel clearance for a vent-free set
With a mantel, one vent-free manual asks for noncombustible material extending at least 8 inches above the opening and a hood accessory when that material is less than 12 inches, plus minimum distances between the opening and the mantel shelf.
If those clearances cannot be met, the same manual says the heater must be operated with the flue damper open. Our crew measures your mantel and facing and tells you which way the set can run.
Closing outside air ducts and clean-out doors
Air that leaks in through the bottom of a fireplace can blow out a pilot or disturb a flame. One vent-free manual requires any outside air ducts in the fireplace to be permanently closed when the set is installed.
It also asks for fresh air vents and ash clean-out doors on the floor or wall of the fireplace to be sealed with a heat-resistant sealant, while the chimney flue damper itself is never sealed. Our installers do all of that as part of the job.
A regulated propane supply
Propane tanks hold gas at pressures far above what a burner can take. One log set maker says the propane source must be regulated, warns against connecting the set directly to an unregulated tank and rules out a portable propane cylinder entirely.
Regulators and tank connections belong to your propane supplier or gas contractor. Our crew checks that the supply reaching the set is regulated and lists any supply work for others on its own line.
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Before your gas log install in Lake Eola Heights
Answers to what Lake Eola Heights homeowners ask us about gas logs, from our family-owned team.
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.
Can a vent-free log set go in a bedroom?
One vent-free manual says its heater shall not be installed in a bedroom or bathroom. The Florida fuel gas code allows only small wall-mounted unvented heaters in those rooms, under strict conditions. We recommend a different option for a bedroom fireplace.
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