Section 4: Maintaining And Servicing; Your Fireplace; Fireplace Maintenance - Heat & Glo SL-350TRS-CE-D Installer's Manual

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Maintaining
and Servicing

Your Fireplace

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Fireplace
Maintenance
IMPORTANT
Type of
Fireplace
Maintenance Frequency
Replacing Once annually,
Old Ember during the
Material annual checkup
Cleaning Once annually
Burner
& Controls
Checking Periodically
Flame
Patterns,
Flame Height
Checking Before initial use
Flue System and at least
annually thereafter,
more frequently
if possible
Cleaning After the first 3-4
Glass Door hours of use. As
necessary after
initial cleaning.
Although the frequency of your appliance servicing
and maintenance will depend on use and the type of
installation, you should have a qualified service
technician perform an appliance checkup at the
beginning of each heating season. See the table below
for specific guidelines regarding each fireplace
maintenance task.
TURN OFF THE GAS BEFORE SERVICING
YOUR FIREPLACE.
By
Qualified Brush away loose ember material near
Service the burner. Replace old ember
Technician material with new 10mm thin pieces
Glowing Ember (050-721). New ember
material should be placed on top of the
burner. Save the remaining ember
material and repeat this procedure at
your next servicing. For more
information, see Placing Ember
Material in the INSTALLERS GUIDE.
Qualified Brush or vacuum the control
Service compartment, and burner areas
Technician surrounding the logs.
Qualified Make a visual check of your stove's
Service flame patterns. Make sure the flames
Technician/ are steady — not lifting or floating.
Owner See the picture in Figure 35. The
thermopile/thermocouple tips should be
covered with flame. See the picture in
Figure 36.
Qualified Inspect the external terminal cap on a
Service regular basis to ensure that no debris is
Technician/ interfering with the flow of air. Inspect
Owner entire flue system for proper function.
Remove and clean glass after the first
Qualified
Service 3 to 4 hours of use. After the initial
Technician cleaning, clean as necessary,
particularly after adding new ember
material. Film deposits on the inside
of the glass door should be cleaned
off using a household glass cleaner.
NOTE: DO NOT handle or attempt to
clean the door when it is hot and DO
NOT use abrasive cleaners.
Stove Maintenance Task To
Be Completed