Venting for gas fireplaces in Medley, checked end to end
Vent repairs approved in the 72 hours after your free inspection are priced at 10% off.
- Owned and run locally
- Available for same-day service
- Fully licensed and insured
- Family owned and run
Gas vent problems you may notice in Medley
- Termination cap bent or crushed
- A new deck built close to the vent
- Water marks around the wall penetration
- Rattling cap on a windy day
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From the appliance collar to the termination cap
A hot termination cap beside a path
Termination caps get hot while the fireplace runs. One manual warns of burns and asks installers to think about caps near doors, walkways, decks and gathering spots. It offers listed cap shields for some systems.
If a termination sits where people brush past it, we explain the options. A listed cap shield for your system may help. In other cases relocating the termination within the vent tables is the better answer. Either change is quoted, and only listed parts are used.
Direct vent pipe installation for a new route
Direct vent pipe installation is needed when a route changes, a termination must move or an existing run was built outside its rules. The new route is drawn against the appliance's vent tables before any part is ordered.
We use pipe, elbows, firestops and the termination from the system the manual lists. Joints are locked as the instructions describe, supports are placed where they call for them and wall or roof penetrations are sealed. The restrictor is set to the new configuration where the model uses one.
Bracing a tall vent above the roof
A gas vent that stands well above the roof can move in the wind, stressing its joints and the flashing below. One vent maker asks for tall vents to be securely braced and warns against attaching the bracing to the cap.
We check whether a tall roof termination is braced as its instructions require and whether the bracing is attached to the pipe rather than the cap. Missing or failed bracing is replaced with the parts the vent maker lists. The roof seal is checked at the same time, because movement often shows there first.
Vent faults and appliance faults priced apart
A single visit can uncover both a vent problem and an appliance problem. We keep them on separate lines, because they are different pieces of work, often with different parts and sometimes with different urgency.
You can see what the vent repair covers and what the appliance repair would add. Some vent faults mean the appliance should stay off until they are fixed, and we say which. Appliance repairs are quoted under our gas fireplace repair service, and glass work under its own service.
The gas venting scope you approve
- Vent maker and system read from labels
- Accessible joints checked for full engagement
- Termination cap condition and fastening
- Clearance to later decks, fences and additions
Before you book gas vent work
What usually blocks a gas fireplace termination?
Nests, leaves, plants and debris are the items owner's manuals ask you to look for. Later building work, such as a deck, fence, shed or enclosed porch, can also crowd a termination that once met its clearances.
Is a decorative shroud allowed over the termination?
Only a listed decorative cap or shroud made for your vent system. The manuals warn that decorative covers can change the clearances a cap needs, so we check the listing and the clearances before fitting one.
What happens to the old vent parts you remove?
We take them away with the other debris, which is cleaned up and hauled away before we leave. If you would like to see or keep a damaged section, say so and we will set it aside for you.
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Chimney & Fireplace Brands We Work With
DuraVent 
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Copperfield Chimney Supply 
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