Your family-owned chimney company in Spring Isle

The fine mesh screen in front of the glass on many gas fireplaces is not there for decoration. On a gas fireplace in Spring Isle, an Orange County community, a bent, torn or missing screen needs sorting out before the fireplace runs again. The glass on a gas fireplace gets hot enough to burn skin.

Heat & Glo's owner's manual for one current model says a barrier designed to reduce the risk of burns from the hot viewing glass comes with the appliance and must be installed for the protection of children and other at-risk individuals. It says not to operate the appliance with the barrier removed, and that a damaged barrier must be replaced with the manufacturer's barrier for that appliance.

The same manual calls for any safety screen, guard or barrier removed for servicing to go back on before the fireplace runs. A barrier from another brand or a screen cut down to size is not the part the manual calls for, even if it seems to fit. The manual also asks for careful supervision of young children in the same room as the fireplace, recommends a physical barrier when at-risk individuals live in the house and says to keep the remote control out of children's reach.

Those habits matter most in the first minutes after the fireplace is turned off, while the glass is still hot. Our technicians identify the model, check the barrier and how it fastens, and quote the maker's barrier where one is missing or damaged, along with anything else the service turns up. Spring Isle homeowners get the inspection free, a written estimate with upfront pricing and 10% off work booked within 72 hours with our locally owned, family-run team.