Originally Posted By: Mark Dudley This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
IRC 2000-G2414.1
Gas piping may not be installed in or through a circulating air duct, clothes chute, gas vent or chimney, ventilating duct, dumbwaiter or solid walls, unless in a chasing or a chase.
Where is the shutoff for this line, is it in the fire too?
Don't know about the soot, if you hadn't said it was gas, I would have asked why they were burning wood in a gas fireplace.
Originally Posted By: Steve Costa This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
What is the requirement? Say you had a gas pipe coming up about 3" from the firebox floor and had a gas log set attached to it. Then you decide to get rid of the gas logs and have a wood burning fire. Aside from removing the complete gas log set what do you do with the 3" stub of black pipe? Just cap it? Thanks, Steve
It says you have a 1 1/2" piece of iron pipe coming up the firebox floor. If you can have a wood fire with a gas log lighter present, I think you should be able to turn the gas valve off, cap the line and be ok. Shouldnt you?
Originally Posted By: smcintire This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I talked to a chimney sweep today that installs gas inserts, He did not find anything wrong with the installation. I am still not convinced, but cannot find anything saying the gas line is installed incorrectly.
Originally Posted By: dvalley This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I can’t find installation instructions that state that this is wrong either, but I can tell you that I’ve found many gas lines leaking at that coupling area where you see attaching the two pipes together.
If this were my client's perspective home, I would recommend a plumber to evaluate gas piping clearances here. Unless of course, someone can come up with a definitive answer on this.