Installing an LP gas fireplace (Alton)

Argie's Wife · 10-31-2015, 11:43 AM

We've purchased a nice LP gas fireplace and need to have it properly installed before the snow flies. (SOON!) We're in Alton...

Recommendation, please.... Thank you!

ishoot308 · 10-31-2015, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

We've purchased a nice LP gas fireplace and need to have it properly installed before the snow flies. (SOON!) We're in Alton...

Recommendation, please.... Thank you!

Who supplies your propane? Might want to try them first...

Good luck!

Dan

Merrymeeting · 10-31-2015, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

We've purchased a nice LP gas fireplace and need to have it properly installed before the snow flies. (SOON!) We're in Alton...

Recommendation, please.... Thank you!

The place where you purchased it?

If that is not an option, you might try Woodmans Forge & Fireplace http://www.woodmansforgefireplace.com/

They do a lot of work in the area and are very well recommended by many. We had them install a propane hearth we bought from them and we are very happy with the results.

DesertDweller · 10-31-2015, 06:39 PM

We used Fire N Stone to do an installation of a unit but they do not do the hook up/propane lines. There is a separate license to do that work. They did coordinate it for me though.

BroadHopper · 11-02-2015, 08:26 AM

or Jeffery Seymour. Both are registered propane and NG pipe layers. Because of liability don't expect a cheap fix!

Phantom · 11-02-2015, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DesertDweller

We used Fire N Stone to do an installation of a unit but they do not do the hook up/propane lines. There is a separate license to do that work. They did coordinate it for me though.

Would be my suggestion as well ..... let them handle the details

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Smokienorm · 11-03-2015, 04:45 PM

Reputable sellers of gas fireplaces usually will do the installation, especially if the gas line is already run to where you want it installed.

We added 2 propane fireplaces and paid a plumber with a gas fitter's license to run the lines- you may also need electrical if your fireplace has a blower.

Then we had the seller(s) place and install the units- first one by Energy Savers in Meredith and last one by Eased Edges in Laconia.

You need to be especially careful in the installation if the unit is a sealed combustion unit with a single pipe to the outside, with an inner core and an outer core, one for bringing in air and one for exhausting combustion gases. The pipe needs to be properly sloped to avoid backflow of moisture from the combustion process.

Some people have "ventless" units, with no vent to the outside, but we would not have them in our home.

10-31-2015, 11:43 AM	#1
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	Installing an LP gas fireplace (Alton) We've purchased a nice LP gas fireplace and need to have it properly installed before the snow flies. (SOON!) We're in Alton... Recommendation, please.... Thank you!

11-02-2015, 08:26 AM	#5
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,569 Thanks: 3,202 Thanked 1,101 Times in 793 Posts	Don Morin or Jeffery Seymour. Both are registered propane and NG pipe layers. Because of liability don't expect a cheap fix! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

11-03-2015, 04:45 PM	#7
Smokienorm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 92 Thanks: 6 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	Installation of a Propane Fireplace Reputable sellers of gas fireplaces usually will do the installation, especially if the gas line is already run to where you want it installed. We added 2 propane fireplaces and paid a plumber with a gas fitter's license to run the lines- you may also need electrical if your fireplace has a blower. Then we had the seller(s) place and install the units- first one by Energy Savers in Meredith and last one by Eased Edges in Laconia. You need to be especially careful in the installation if the unit is a sealed combustion unit with a single pipe to the outside, with an inner core and an outer core, one for bringing in air and one for exhausting combustion gases. The pipe needs to be properly sloped to avoid backflow of moisture from the combustion process. Some people have "ventless" units, with no vent to the outside, but we would not have them in our home.

10-31-2015, 06:39 PM	#4
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 366 Thanks: 24 Thanked 85 Times in 71 Posts	We used Fire N Stone to do an installation of a unit but they do not do the hook up/propane lines. There is a separate license to do that work. They did coordinate it for me though.