How to Clean a Gas Fireplace
Gas fireplaces are generally easier to maintain than wood fireplaces, but they still need to be cleaned occasionally. Even though gas places don’t require as much maintenance, you have to be very careful when cleaning them to prevent hurting yourself or causing a gas leak.
Items Needed:
- Glass cleaner
- Paper towels
- Vacuum cleaner
- Shut the gas off to the fireplace by closing off the home’s gas valve, which is usually attached to your riser pipe on the tank. Leaving the gas on is very dangerous. It could cause a leak or even worse, injure someone.
- Take out the glass windows on the fire place. Some of them may be secured with simple clips that will need to be unfastened. Other fire place models allow you to crank open glass doors with a crank handle.
- Spray down each glass piece of the fireplace with glass cleaner, and then wipe the dirt and soot away using paper towels.
- Take out any materials inside the fireplace, such as the logs or burner. Be gentle with the logs if they’ve been burned, they’ll can break apart and cause a big mess.
- Cleanse the gas valve on the fireplace once every year with a paper towel.
- Use a vacuum to suck up all the ashes, soot and dirt from the inside of the fireplace.
- See if the vents inside the fireplace are clogged or blocked. If they are, you may need to call a fireplace technician to unclog and clean up the vents.
- Put the fireplace back together and switch the main gas valve on.