Gas Fireplace
Inside a gas fireplace installation in Gabriella
Checking gas pressure at a newly installed fireplace
Each unit is built to run within a pressure range printed in its manual. One maker's manual stresses that the minimum inlet pressure has to hold while the other gas appliances in the house are running, and warns that high pressure can cause overfiring. Its valve is preset at the factory and is not to be adjusted.
Once the supply is connected, our crew checks the inlet pressure with a gauge under the conditions the manual describes. The readings for your Gabriella fireplace are written on your record.
The safety barrier over a gas fireplace's hot glass
The glass on a gas fireplace gets hot enough to burn. One direct-vent manual carries a warning that hot glass will cause burns and says a barrier designed to reduce that risk is supplied with the fireplace and shall be installed. Another manual says not to operate the fireplace with the barrier removed.
Our installers fit the barrier that comes with your model before the first light and show you how it comes off for glass cleaning. It stays on whenever the fireplace in your Gabriella home is in use.
Hot surfaces, children and a new gas fireplace
Glass and metal surfaces stay hot for a while after the fireplace is turned off. One maker's manual asks for young children to be supervised in the same room, recommends a physical barrier where at-risk people live in the house and suggests an adjustable safety gate to keep toddlers away from hot surfaces.
If small children or older relatives live in your Gabriella home, tell us at the free inspection. We plan the hearth, the barrier and the room layout with them in mind, and show everyone in the house how the barrier stays in place.
Checking the new gas fireplace before it goes in
Damage in shipping happens. One maker's manual says to inspect the appliance and components, never to install damaged, incomplete or substitute parts and to report shipping damage, particularly to the glass. Vent parts, trim and log sets often arrive in separate boxes.
Our crew unpacks and checks every carton against the manual before anything is fixed in place in your Gabriella home. A cracked glass or a bent vent section is caught on the floor, long before the wall is finished. Anything damaged goes back to the supplier, and the schedule is adjusted with you.
