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Maintaining
and Servicing
Your Fireplace
Fireplace
Maintenance
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.
IMPORTANT
TURN OFF THE GAS BEFORE SERVICING
YOUR FIREPLACE.
Type of
Fireplace Fireplace Maintenance Task To
Maintenance Frequency By Be Completed
Replacing Once annually, Qualified Brush away loose ember material near
Old Ember during the Service the burner. Replace old ember
Material annual checkup Technician material with new 1 cm 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.
Cleaning Once annually Qualified Brush or vacuum the control
Burner Service compartment, and burner areas
& Controls Technician surrounding the logs.
Checking Periodically Qualified Make a visual check of your fireplace’s
Flame Service flame patterns. Make sure the flames
Patterns, Technician/ are steady — not lifting or floating.
Flame Height Owner See the picture in Figure 35. The
thermopile/thermocouple tips should be
covered with flame. See the picture in
Figure 36.
Checking Before initial use Qualified Inspect the external terminal cap on a
Flue System and at least Service regular basis to ensure that no debris is
annually thereafter, Technician/ interfering with the flow of air. Inspect
more frequently Owner entire flue system for proper function.
if possible
Qualified
Service
Technician
Remove and clean glass after the first
3 to 4 hours of use. After the initial
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.
Cleaning
Glass Door
After the first 3-4
hours of use. As
necessary after
initial cleaning.