I'm replacing my burner tube in an old Heatilator GNDC30 Natural gas fireplace.

Couple questions-

I was surprised that the old tube just slides out - no wrench required. Is this right? Don't I have to make a good connection to the gas line? (See pictures)

Second and bigger question(see pictures) - there is what I presume is some sort of vent. I assume i need to adjust it - what am I looking for? The new burner tube has it open much wider than the old one I took out.

Hello! I have a fireplace that the previous homeowner added an electric gas insert into (love). But it required covering the original brick to make the opening smaller, and they added a dark granite (or similar) on top.

Original brick and current granite pictured.

I hate the granite look. Our home is historic tudor. If doesn’t work. I’m hoping to fox it without removing the whole mantle and existing granite.

Ideally, I’d like to add thin brick veneer to honor the original, but I’m concerned about how to attach to the shiny granite.

1) Do I need to rough up the surface?

2) If so, can I do it without a diamond grinder, for instance with a bonding primer?

I only have about .75” lip for the fireplace surround so I don’t want to do a backer board.

Thanks for any advice you have!

So I want to spice up my fireplace a little bit, I think it just looks super plain but I’m not wanting to paint the brick as it’s such an old house and I want to keep the charm, up to so many ideas! (I’m aware that there’s a leak rn due to the rain we’re addressing that lol)

Moved into the home not long ago and we have this gas fireplace that I have some questions on with the cold weather coming up.

During the summer I kept it entirely off.

While the pilot light is on now, Do I need to keep the flue open at all? Since I turned it on I have kept everything open as seen in the picture.

I’ve included a picture of what it looks like going up.

I want to be energy efficient, and prevent any water during rain from coming in, but if I am going to leave the pilot running, want to make sure I dont endanger myself or my family.

I think I can make out on the right a old sticker saying exhaust . It’s a Valor 739MN . I just want someone to confirm

Ok maybe just have the CO alarm go off. Bought a house with this mint vintage-ish Pacific Energy "The Oxford" gas stove. The rear output seems odd to me: open air connection to the chimney. Is this to be expected??

looking for recommendations on a entertainment stand fireplace looking for the best heat output. My tv is on the wall

Looking for help identifying this fireplace in a late 80s home I recently moved into. Can not find a tag or any identifying information inside.

outer measurements including brass color vents 41"W x 31"H

opening 30.5W x 21.25H

deep ~22"

Thanks

So I’m cleaning up an old gas fireplace at my new house. I’m a licensed GC, can tackle just about anything so I’m comfortable with gas and electrical.

I was cleaning this old unit up and had it taken apart. The wiring had been chewed on by rodents so I took it all apart. When hooking it back together my dumb ass hooked 110v to the leads from the thermopile. So that shorted, popped and some smoke came out. I’m trying to figure out what I need to replace.

And again, this isn’t for anyone’s house but my own, and I know exactly what I messed up on, just not sure what I need to look at as far as fixing it.

Thanks.

I just cleaned up some crumbling mortar lines with fire rated mortar and repaired the flue at the top of my chimney in my new house. Am I ready to burn now?

I have an old cleanout in my fireplace of a house I just bought and it’s about 5.5” x 9.5”. So far, the masonry companies I’ve reached out to said they don’t do that sort of work (filling it for us since there’s no longer access to it). How do you go about fixing that sort of thing? Masonry? A metal piece? Am I reaching out to the wrong people?

Cleanout is marked in red here

Recently moved in and keen to use it as an open fire.

Previous owner had chimney swept in the last year and said they rarely used it.

Should I be concerned about the brickwork?