Gas Fireplace
Gas fireplace installation in Taintsville, part by part
Gas fireplace vent caps above walkways and driveways
Exhaust and condensation should not land on people. Table 503.8 requires a cap to be at least 7 feet above a paved sidewalk or driveway on public property and keeps it off public walkways where condensate or vapor could cause a nuisance or hazard. One maker's manual also rules out a cap directly above a paved path shared between two homes.
On a side yard or a narrow lot, those rules can move the fireplace. Our specialists check the path outside your Taintsville home before the location is settled, so the cap never ends up blowing into a walkway.
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 Taintsville home is listed on its own line of the estimate.
Facing materials around a gas fireplace
Tile, stone and brick veneer can dress up a gas fireplace, but only within the maker's rules. One B-vent manual allows only noncombustible materials over the black face of the unit, attached with adhesive rated for at least 300 degrees F, with sealant at the joint to the wall rated the same.
Before you pick a finish, our specialists check what your model's instructions allow at the face and around it. If a stone mason or tile setter is finishing the wall in your Taintsville home, we share those limits with them first.
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 Taintsville 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.
