Gas Fireplace repair

It's like a very easy fix to open up the glass, find the thermopile and clean it with a wire brush or fine sand paper is all you need. Google thermopile fireplace for a picture to find the part you're looking to identify. Shouldn't take more than 15 minutes.

Sorry, can't recommend a service provider as I did this as a DIY repair which fixed the issue.

Won't ignite or won't stay lit? Just the pilot or the burner?

The burner

confusia wrote: ↑ The burner

Assuming the pilot light is on...

1) Could try shorting the wires at the thermostat to see if it ignites.

2) If not above, it may be the regulator or whatever controls gas to the burner, and cold easily be the transformer that sends power to the thermostat (I assume there's power from somewhere).

3) Before calling for service, check if the On/pilot/Off switch is indeed set to On!

how much should a gas fireplace cleaning cost and are there any recos? i had one HVAC guy offer to do it for $250

Rogers internet/phone/cable
My offer ended and current best rate is 33% higher for year. This was from customer retention.
Anyone having similar experience?
I am not on ignite but they tell me the new monthly rate is for current setup or ignite. (I would have to pay an installation fee for ignite)

confusia wrote: ↑ Rogers internet/phone/cable
My offer ended and current best rate is 33% higher for year. This was from customer retention.
Anyone having similar experience?
I am not on ignite but they tell me the new monthly rate is for current setup or ignite. (I would have to pay an installation fee for ignite)

Fireplace...then internet...what the heck?

xxxray wrote: ↑ Fireplace...then internet...what the heck?

His fireplace won't ignite because he doesn't have Rogers Ignite internet, makes perfect sense to me.

confusia wrote: ↑ Rogers internet/phone/cable
My offer ended and current best rate is 33% higher for year. This was from customer retention.
Anyone having similar experience?
I am not on ignite but they tell me the new monthly rate is for current setup or ignite. (I would have to pay an installation fee for ignite)

Guess your profile name CONFUSIA maker sense.

JK. LOL. No worries.

I believe @newlyborn which is one of the highly recommended HVAC companies here on RFD does do fireplaces. Send him a msg and ask.

confusia wrote: ↑ 25 year old Napoleon fireplace won’t ignite.
Willowdale area.
Can anyone recommend someone who repairs older gas fireplaces?
Thanks

xxxray wrote: ↑ Fireplace...then internet...what the heck?

Lol this person is confused. Fireplace then internet. 33% increase here then 38% increase here

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dreaderus wrote: ↑ how much should a gas fireplace cleaning cost and are there any recos? i had one HVAC guy offer to do it for $250

I paid $130. The Fireplace Stop, up in Schomberg, does a lot of fireplace service / sales (we're considering upgrading our 20+ year gas, but decided to have it cleaned to use for this winter). We recently moved in, and the glass was almost fully white - the previous owners had never cleaned it, from what I could tell. Full of dust and even some leaves had worked their way in through the vent.

We lived in our previous house for 10 years and of course the fireplace didn't work as we were selling it. Had a few people check it to no avail.

I called up one place and he asked me if I checked the battery. I'm like, what battery is in my fireplace....sure enough I pulled the gas switch out and there was a AA battery to power the gas switch and turn the gas on.

So ummm, check your battery.

maasai wrote: ↑ We lived in our previous house for 10 years and of course the fireplace didn't work as we were selling it. Had a few people check it to no avail.

I called up one place and he asked me if I checked the battery. I'm like, what battery is in my fireplace....sure enough I pulled the gas switch out and there was a AA battery to power the gas switch and turn the gas on.

So ummm, check your battery.

That's funny. We go looking for the genius repair and someone steps up and says "did you check the battery?" LOL

Reminds me of a story about a PC I bought. Plugged everything in and I couldn't get the PC to adjust the brightness on the monitor. I was pushing the button on the monitor and it did nothing so I called tech support and after reboots, reinstalls, checking control panel|display etc nothing would worked. Suddenly something on the monitor seemed to work as I was pressing it. Turns out the "button" wasn't a button, it was a "roller ball" of sorts and you have to roll the ball to change the brightness. Duh.

Elendil wrote: ↑ I paid $130. The Fireplace Stop, up in Schomberg, does a lot of fireplace service / sales (we're considering upgrading our 20+ year gas, but decided to have it cleaned to use for this winter). We recently moved in, and the glass was almost fully white - the previous owners had never cleaned it, from what I could tell. Full of dust and even some leaves had worked their way in through the vent.

I had heard some good things about this place. But for a week I tried calling them every day last summer, I always got told to speak to one specific guy. Who was either never there, and would call me back shortly. He did eventually call me back 2 weeks later, after I had already found someone else to fix my fireplace...

Skilas wrote: ↑ I had heard some good things about this place. But for a week I tried calling them every day last summer, I always got told to speak to one specific guy. Who was either never there, and would call me back shortly. He did eventually call me back 2 weeks later, after I had already found someone else to fix my fireplace...

Yeah, I won't lie - they seem to be busy, and it took a couple weeks to get a tech out. In the end, though, I wasn't in a rush so I was fine waiting (given it was peak cold season).

Our Napoleon fireplace is cooked as the thermopile is burned right off. Had a heck of a time getting the parts, including going to Napoleon/Wolf Steel in Barrie directly. Ended up finding them on amazon delivered this week.

gr8dlr wrote: ↑ Guess your profile name CONFUSIA maker sense.

JK. LOL. No worries.

We have the same problem with an older Napoleon fireplace. Did you find a repair company? We tried @newlyborn but he does not provide service in downtown Toronto.

We have the same problem with an older Napoleon fireplace. Did you find a repair company? We tried @newlyborn but he does not provide service in downtown Toronto.