Cleaning A Ventless Gas Fireplace

Before you do anything turn off the gas.

Cleaning a ventless gas fireplace.

Ensure gas is turned off. Use fireplace glass cleaner to clean the glass covering of your gas fireplace. 2 using the vacuum remove the surface dust from the bottom of the fireplace around the gas log burner then remove the log set from the burner and do the same. The thermocouple on a gas fireplace may eventually become clogged with dirt and soot which can reduce the effectiveness of the thermocouple and may eventually prevent the fireplace from lighting as expected.

Locate the oxygen. Next take a picture of the arrangement of your logs before removing them. 1 the first thing you will need to do is get a vacuum with a hose and preferably a brush on the end of the hose. Spray the cleaner on a dry cloth and rub it in a circular motion on the glass.

Carefully remove the logs stones and burner and place them on a newspaper. Clean the glass covering. Take a clean white cloth and rub it on the ceramic gas logs in the fireplace and on fireplace doors if you have them. Clean up residual dirt around the burner with a vacuum.

Make sure the equipment is cool before attempting to. If you see thick black marks on the cloth you have a soot issue. If the glass has a lot of dirt and grime on it spray the cleaner directly on the glass and rub it off using newspaper. Ventless gas fireplaces since natural gas burns relatively cleanly some gas fireplaces don t bother with the vents at all simply expelling the carbon dioxide and water vapor into the room around them.

Move all of this outside and. Cleaning the thermocouple is a pretty simple process but should only be done when the fireplace is turned off and is completely cool. This will allow you to place the logs back. Turn off the gas and electric leading to the fireplace.

How to clean gas fireplace ventless logs putting out soot step 1. Vacuum the area underneath where the logs were. Cleaning a vent free gas log set is a fairly simple task and should be done each year before you light them.