Gas log installation specialists for Stone Crest
Gas log installation from a local family team that answers the phone, inspects for free and stands behind the work with a satisfaction guarantee.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Your free gas log inspection in Stone Crest looks at
Recorded by our family-owned team in Stone Crest and explained in everyday words before you choose a set.
- Damper clamp or permanent stop for a vented set
- Glass doors and screen checked for airflow
- Lighting and shutdown shown to you
- Removal of the old set if you want it gone
Our approach to gas logs in Stone Crest
Useful to know before you approve a log set for your Stone Crest fireplace.
How tall the chimney must be for vented logs
A vented log set sends its exhaust up the chimney by draft, and short chimneys draw weakly. One maker lists a minimum chimney height of 15 feet from the hearth to the top of the chimney for its vented set.
Taller chimneys draw better, and the same manual lets a taller chimney get by with a smaller damper opening. Our pros estimate your chimney's height at the inspection and explain what it means for the set you are considering.
Sand for natural gas, vermiculite for propane
The loose material in a burner pan spreads the gas and shapes the flame. One maker's vented sets use sand on natural gas and vermiculite on propane, with glowing embers placed on top.
Using the wrong media for the gas type is on the same manual's list of causes for a low flame, and media packed down too tightly can make a burner light unevenly. Our installers use the media your set specifies and spread it the way the manual shows.
Picking a log style the burner allows
Log sets come in styles from split oak to charred logs, and each burner lists the log sets made for it. One maker's manual shows several styles available for the same burner, each with its own placement instructions.
The style is your choice, within that list. Our specialists show you the options your burner allows and install the one you pick by its own diagram, since logs from another set can sit differently in the flame.
Work that belongs to other trades
A gas log job can touch several trades. New gas piping belongs to a qualified gas contractor, tank and regulator work to your propane supplier and any new outlet for a remote receiver or fan to an electrician.
Our estimate shows each of those as separate work so nothing is hidden inside the log set price. We tell each trade what the set's manual requires, so their part of the job matches ours.
A record of the set that was installed
The next technician should not have to guess what is in your fireplace. After an installation or service, our crew records the set's maker and model, the gas type, the burner size, the damper opening and what was done.
Keep that record with the manual. It makes future service faster, answers a buyer's questions if you sell and shows at a glance whether replacement logs will match.
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Questions Stone Crest homeowners ask before gas logs
Thinking about gas logs? Start here, and remember the fireplace inspection in Stone Crest is free.
Will gas logs work in my fireplace?
Only if the fireplace qualifies. One vented log set manual limits its burner to a wood-burning fireplace built of noncombustible material with a flue that works. In a factory-built fireplace, the fireplace's own manual has to allow the set. We check both at the free inspection.
How big a log set will fit my fireplace in Stone Crest?
It depends on the firebox. We measure the front width, the rear width, the depth and the height, and compare them with the set's table. One maker's smallest burner needs a firebox 26 inches wide at the front and 15 inches deep.
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