Our Process
How gas fireplaces are installed in Oviedo
Keeping a gas fireplace vent cap away from the meter and air intakes
The gas meter and regulator and any fresh air intake on the house all affect where a vent cap can go. Table 503.8 keeps a direct-vent cap 3 feet from a service regulator vent outlet at pressures up to 2 psi, and 10 feet horizontally or 3 feet above a mechanical air supply inlet.
Those distances often decide which side of the room the fireplace ends up on. Our specialists find the meter, the regulator and any intakes on your Oviedo home during the free inspection so the location is settled once.
Vertical gas fireplace vents through the roof
When a gas fireplace vents up instead of out, the pipe passes through the roof and ends in a listed cap. The fuel gas code has vents extend through the roof flashing, roof jack or roof thimble and terminate with a listed cap (503.6.7), and the minimum cap height above the roof grows as the roof gets steeper (Figure 503.6.5).
Our crew follows the maker's roof table for your model, installs the flashing and storm collar the vent system supplies and seals the roof penetration. The roof work on your Oviedo home is listed on its own line of the estimate.
Gas fireplace vent parts that belong to one system
A vent system is tested with the fireplace it serves. The fuel gas code requires vents to be sized, installed and terminated to the vent and appliance manufacturers' instructions (502.5), and one maker disclaims installations that modify the appliance or vent system or use parts it has not approved.
Our crew uses the pipe, elbows, firestops and caps listed for your fireplace and does not mix brands because two pieces happen to fit together. The vent parts installed in your Oviedo home are named on your written record.
Service access built into the finished wall
Service visits will come over the life of the fireplace, and the wall around it should allow for them. Under the fuel gas code, panels, grilles and access doors that come off for normal servicing may not be fixed to the building (604.2), and appliances are to be reachable for service without removing permanent construction (306.1).
Our crew makes sure the control compartment and any access panels on your Oviedo fireplace can still be opened once the stone, tile or trim is in place. It saves tearing out a finished surround the first time the unit needs a service visit.
