Gas Fireplace
Getting your gas fireplace right in Casselberry
Gas fireplaces repaired in Casselberry after a free inspection of the unit, its controls and its vent.
A blower that hums, rattles or stops
The blower moves room air around the outside of the firebox and pushes warm air back into the room. It plays no part in combustion, but it collects lint and pet hair, and a motor that hums, rattles or turns slowly is usually asking for cleaning or replacement.
One maker's annual service list includes cleaning the blower with a soft brush and a vacuum. We clean it, check the fan and its temperature switch where one is fitted, and replace the motor with the listed part when it has worn out. A fault in the household circuit that feeds the blower is work for an electrician, and we say so.
A white or gray film on the glass
A cloudy white or gray haze on the inside of the glass is a different deposit from soot. One maker's manual attributes it to sulfur from the fuel settling on the glass, the logs and the firebox surfaces as the fire burns. It builds slowly and is easy to mistake for scratches.
Left in place, the film can mark the glass permanently, so the same manual asks for it to be cleaned with a cleaner made for gas fireplace glass, and only when the glass is cool. We clean it during service and show you how to keep it clear between visits.
Cleaning fireplace glass without harming it
The glass on a sealed gas fireplace is often ceramic, and it scratches more easily than it looks. One maker warns against razor blades, steel wool and other metal scrapers, which can scratch the surface, leave marks on its coating and weaken the glass. Abrasive cleaners and ammonia-based sprays are also on that maker's list of things to avoid.
The same manual has both sides of the glass cleaned once the unit has run its first 10 hours, then as needed, always after the glass has cooled. During service we remove the glass the way the manual describes, clean it, check the gasket and seat it again so the seal is even all round.
The first run after a repair
We finish every repair by running the fireplace through a full cycle. The pilot or ignition sequence, the light-up across the burner, the flame pattern and the shutdown are all watched, and every connection we opened is leak tested. If the light-up or the flame still looks wrong, we keep working until it matches the manual.
Then we walk you through what changed, how the controls work and what to watch for. Barriers and panels go back on, the area is cleaned and the old parts and debris leave with us. If anything about the fireplace seems off in the following days, tell us and we come back to look.
