Gas Fireplace Service
Interested in what happens when a chimney sweep cleans your gas fireplace? Watch this video for a detailed description of that process.
Is Gas Log Servicing REALLY Necessary?
People are drawn to gas logs as a heat source over burning wood or other solid fuel because of its convenience and cleanliness. Although gas logs are certainly less labor intensive and require less on your end as a homeowner (no stoking the fire, no gathering/hauling/splitting wood), there is some maintenance required for gas logs, [...]
What Size Gas Logs Should I Purchase?
When it comes to fitting gas logs in your existing masonry fireplace or a prefabricated firebox, one of the most important aspects is air space. Different gas log sets have a minimum clearance from the side walls of your firebox, and if your gas log sets have a safety pilot (most modern sets do) this [...]
Can I Install Gas Logs in Any Fireplace?
Recently at a customer’s home my service technician encountered a question that we get quite frequently: “Does it matter what type of fireplace I install my vented gas logs in?” Sometimes when I have to explain to a customer that they can not burn wood in their fireplace until it is relined due to vertical [...]
What is Done When Gas Logs are Serviced?
If you have vented gas logs in your home, hopefully you know that you need to have them serviced regularly to ensure maximum efficiency and to prevent any problems from occurring. You may know that gas logs, when working efficiently, are supposed to burn clean, but what then is done to the logs when they [...]
Soot and Gas Logs
Home owners call in with questions regarding gas logs all the time, one of the most recent of which is why their gas log set is collecting soot. Most people know that gas logs are supposed to burn clean. The chimney flues through which the products of combustion from gas logs vent need not be [...]
Why Buy Gas Logs?
Whether you have lived in your home for years or are building a new one, deciding between a solid fuel burning appliance versus a gas burning appliance can be a difficult decision. I view gas logs as having four major pros, beauty, convenience, minimal maintenance, and fuel price security. These four factors make installing gas [...]
Overlooked Gas Log Considerations
When most people are taking a look at gas logs for purchase, they mainly consider whether the logs are vented or vent-free and the way that the logs actually look. There are many more considerations that you must take into consideration that some folks may not even know exist. There are many new additions to [...]