Gas log installation from a family-owned team in Lake Whippoorwill
Honest gas log advice from local experts. We tell you what your fireplace can take, what it cannot and what it costs before any work.
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Log set details we put in writing in Lake Whippoorwill
Written out in your Lake Whippoorwill gas log estimate, so comparing quotes takes minutes.
- Fireplace type and whether it suits a log set
- Flame appearance checked against the manual
- Lighting and shutdown shown to you
- Removal of the old set if you want it gone
Before a log set goes into your Lake Whippoorwill fireplace
How our local crew sizes up a fireplace for gas logs at your Lake Whippoorwill home.
The kind of fireplace a vented log set needs
A vented gas log set is built to sit in a real wood-burning fireplace. One maker's manual says its set may be installed only in a wood-burning fireplace built of noncombustible material, with a flue that works, with combustion and ventilation air provided as the national fuel gas code requires.
That rules out decorative openings, fireplaces with no flue and boxes built from combustible material. Our pros confirm the fireplace type, the flue and the construction before any set is recommended.
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.
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.
Matching the set to the gas on its rating plate
Every burner is built for a specific gas. One vented set manual says its appliance is for use only with the gas on the rating plate, is not field convertible and must not be installed if the supply is different.
A propane burner on natural gas, or the reverse, appears in the same manual's list of causes for smoking and sooting, with the instruction to shut it down immediately. Our crew checks the plate against your supply before the set is even unboxed.
Protecting the room on installation day
A gas log installation happens in the middle of your living room. Our crew covers the floor and the hearth, moves furniture only with your say-so and keeps the work area contained around the fireplace.
Cleaning the firebox and flue comes first, before the new set is unpacked, so soot and ash never reach the new burner. At the end, the area is cleaned and the old set, if we removed it, goes with us.
Other work in Lake Whippoorwill
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- Stone Chimney RepairKeep stone repairs suited to the existing masonry.
- Prefab and Zero-Clearance Fireplace RepairRepair the fireplace according to its model.
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Gas log questions from Lake Whippoorwill, answered
Question not listed? Our Lake Whippoorwill gas log crew is glad to answer it by phone.
Why does the damper have to stay open with gas logs?
The exhaust from a vented set rises up the chimney, which means the flue has to stay open. One maker ships a clamp that is fixed to the damper for good and wants the damper fully open any time the set is lit. Vent-free sets have their own rules in their own manuals.
Is the gas log inspection in Lake Whippoorwill really free?
Yes. We measure and check the fireplace and write up the estimate at no charge, with no obligation. If you go ahead within 72 hours after the inspection, 10% comes off.
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