Gas Fireplace Maintenance
Fireplace manufacturers recommend homeowners arrange for annual maintenance to ensure your gas fireplace operates at optimal performance and has an extended lifespan.
Gas Fireplace Service includes:
Clean
- Glass
- Interior bricks / panels
- Burner ports & burner air shutter
- Log set
Visually Inspect
- Fan blades
- Pilot orifices
- Pilot hood (change as needed)
- Flame sensor (electronic ignition models)
- Flame electrode
- Burner orifice
- Thermocouple (millivolt models)
- Thermopile (millivolt models)
Inspect
- Pilot assembly
- Burner
- Pressure relief gaskets/doors
- Flue connector gasket, if present
- Door seal
- Firebox
- Venting
- Batteries (remote handheld, remote receiver, DC sparker, change as needed)
- Burner media (change as needed)
- Air shutter setting
- Wiring
Check
- Voltage on thermocouple/thermopile (millivolt models)
- Ohms reading on flame sense (electronic ignition models)
- Inlet/outlet fuel pressures as per rating plate
- Voltage/ohms readings on gas valve
- Ohms reading to on/off switch circuit (millivolt models)
Gas Leak Tests
- Check main gas line connection to valve
- Check shut off valve connections
- Check connection at gas valve outlet
- Check connection at main burner orifice
- Check pilot fuel line at valve and at pilot assembly