Section 3: Maintaining And Servicing Your Fireplace - Heat-N-Glo Gas Fireplace Owner's Manual

Fireplace
Maintenance
IMPORTANT
Type of
Fireplace
Maintenance Frequency
Replacing Once annually,
Old Ember during the
Material annual check-up
Cleaning Once annually
Burner
& Controls
Checking Periodically
Flame
Patterns,
Flame Height
Checking Before initial use
Vent System and at least
annually thereafter,
more frequently
if possible
Cleaning After first 3-4 hours
Glass Door of use. As necessary
after initial cleaning.
TURN OFF THE GAS BEFORE SERVICING YOUR
FIREPLACE.
Fireplace Maintenance Task To
By
Qualified Brush away loose ember material near
Service the burner. Replace old ember
Technician material. 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, fireplace logs, and
Technician burner areas surrounding the logs.
Qualified Make a visual check of your fireplace’s
Service flame patterns. Make sure the flames
Technician/ are steady—not lifting or floating. See
Owner the picture in Figure 9. The flame sensor
or thermopile/thermocouple tips should
be covered with flame. See the picture in
Figure 10.
Qualified Inspect the external vent cap on a
Service regular basis to ensure that no debris is
Technician/ interfering with the flow of air. Inspect
Owner entire venting system to ensure proper
function.
Remove and clean glass after the first 3
Homeowner
to 4 hours of use. After the initial clean-
ing, clean as necessary, particularly after
adding new ember (flame colorant) ma-
terial. 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. NOTE: If the
glass breaks, carefully remove the glass
frame assembly and vacuum any loose
pieces with a shop vac (do NOT vacu-
um if pieces are hot). Replace only with
glass specified for use with your fire-
place. Contact your dealer. See Glass
Assembly Installation section.
Be Completed
3
Maintaining
and
Servicing
Your
Fireplace