If power is actively supplied to your fireplace, simply turn the on/off button, wall switch or remote control to “on” to ignite your main burner. **Note: Some valve assemblies may be inverted in their brackets.

If your fireplace has an empty firebox, it is a wood-burning system. Your wood-burning stove will have a door and a space to build your fire, but no ignitors or feeding devices like a pellet stove might have. Wood fires burn wood and vent directly up the flue.

FLORENCE – Martin Industries has officially closed after nearly 98 years. The sale of the financially ailing maker of fireplaces, gas logs and home heating appliances has been finalized by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Martin’s brand-name products include Martin Fireplaces, Martin Gas Products and Atlanta Stove.

If the pilot light goes out on a storage or instantaneous hot water heater, space heater or a ducted heater, you will not have a gas leak. This is because all modern gas appliances with pilot lights have a fail-safe device that closes off the gas to the appliance in the case when the pilot may go out.

How to Relight a Pilot Light

1. Turn off your appliance at the power switch or thermostat.
2. Find the gas valve control knob and turn it to select “pilot.”
3. If pilot light controls are sticky, do not apply force or use oil.
4. Press the red button while simultaneously holding a match to the pilot burner.

If your pilot light repeatedly goes out, this is a likely culprit. If this flame sensor should fail, gas will continue to flow even after the pilot light has been extinguished, causing a safety hazard, and requiring immediate repair.

Basically, if the oxygen percentage in a room drops, the flame shape is altered by its incomplete combustion. The heat is then removed from the thermocouple, shutting off the gas valve. If the oxypilot becomes blocked with dust or soot, the flame lifts away from the thermocouple or flame sensing electrode.

In most cases, if your fireplace was installed properly, you can leave it on indefinitely. There is no time limit built into the safety requirements for vented gas fireplaces. Gas fireplaces literally run for days when being safety tested.