Gas fireplace insert installation from our Lake Shore Village team
We check your Lake Shore Village fireplace, the chimney and the insert manual before anything is ordered. Take 10% off when you book within 72 hours after your inspection.
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Written into every gas insert quote in Lake Shore Village
Our installer takes a tape, a light and the insert manual to your Lake Shore Village fireplace. These are the kinds of items that come back in writing.
- Shutoff valve location and service slack in the gas line
- Barrier screen front ordered with the insert
- Removal and disposal of old doors, screen and grate
- Workmanship warranty and the 72-hour 10% discount shown on the estimate
Gas insert know-how for Lake Shore Village homeowners
Each point below comes from the insert manuals and the gas code, and each one shapes your Lake Shore Village estimate.
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 collar and the damper do not line up
An insert's vent collars sit on top of the unit. The fireplace damper sits wherever the builder put it, often toward the front of the firebox. When the two do not line up, the liners need room to bend between them.
The Supreme manual covers this case directly: if the exhaust collar and the damper do not line up, add four inches to the minimum fireplace depth. We note the damper position during the inspection, so the depth we plan for already includes that allowance.
Slack in the line for future service
Unlike a wall, an insert does not stay put forever. Parts such as the blower sit behind or under the unit, and some service jobs mean sliding the insert forward. The Supreme manual recommends leaving extra gas line length inside the fireplace so the insert can be removed for servicing.
We plan that slack with the gas professional, so a future repair does not begin with cutting and re-running the supply. It is a small allowance on install day that saves time and money later.
Power for the blower and ignition
Many gas inserts need household power for a blower, lights or electronic ignition. Heat & Glo shows an outlet box fitted in a bottom back corner of the existing fireplace, or the supplied cord routed out onto the hearth to a nearby outlet.
An outlet inside the firebox keeps the cord out of sight, and it is electrical work done by an electrician. We plan its position around the insert's cord length and list it on its own estimate line.
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Quick gas insert answers for Lake Shore Village
Short, straight answers from our fireplace team in Lake Shore Village. Anything else, just call.
Can I put a TV above my gas insert?
Often, if the mantel and the distances in the maker's guidance work and the TV's temperature limit allows it. We check the insert's clearance table and the TV's specifications before the bracket goes up.
What if I smell gas after the install?
Get out of the house at once and phone 911 or your gas utility once you are outside, without lighting anything or touching switches or phones on the way. Once the utility says the house is safe, our team will come back and check the installation.
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