Heat & Glo LifeStyle 6000TRS-CD manual Fireplace Maintenance, Maintaining Servicing Your Fireplace

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Fireplace Maintenance

Although the frequency of your appliance servicing and maintenance will depend on use and the type of installation, you should have a qualified service technician perform an appliance checkup at the beginning of each heating season. See the table below for specific guidelines regarding each fireplace maintenance task.

Maintaining

and Servicing

Your Fireplace

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IMPORTANT		TURN OFF THE GAS BEFORE SERVICING
		YOUR FIREPLACE.
Type of
Fireplace				Fireplace Maintenance Task To
Maintenance	Frequency		By	Be Completed
Replacing	Once annually,		Qualified	Brush away loose ember material near
Old Ember	during the		Service	the burner. Replace old ember
Material	annual checkup		Technician	material with new 1 cm thin pieces
				Glowing Ember (050-721). New ember
				material should be placed on top of the
				burner. Save the remaining ember
				material and repeat this procedure at
				your next servicing. For more
				information, see Placing Ember
				Material in the INSTALLERS GUIDE.
Cleaning	Once annually		Qualified	Brush or vacuum the control
Burner			Service	compartment, and burner areas
& Controls			Technician	surrounding the logs.
Checking	Periodically		Qualified	Make a visual check of your fireplace’s
Flame			Service	flame patterns. Make sure the flames
Patterns,			Technician/	are steady — not lifting or floating.
Flame Height			Owner	See the picture in Figure 35. The
				thermopile/thermocouple tips should be
				covered with flame. See the picture in
				Figure 36.
Checking	Before initial use		Qualified	Inspect the external terminal cap on a
Flue System	and at least		Service	regular basis to ensure that no debris is
	annually thereafter,		Technician/	interfering with the flow of air. Inspect
	more frequently		Owner	entire flue system for proper function.
	if possible
Cleaning	After the first 3-4		Qualified	Remove and clean glass after the first
Glass Door	hours of use. As		Service	3 to 4 hours of use. After the initial
	necessary after		Technician	cleaning, clean as necessary,
	initial cleaning.			particularly after adding new ember
				material. Film deposits on the inside
				of the glass door should be cleaned
				off using a household glass cleaner.
				NOTE: DO NOT handle or attempt to
				clean the door when it is hot and DO
				NOT use abrasive cleaners.