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A++ Great product!
Fairly easy to set up, the way our fireplace is set up we had to buy an extra kit with a flexible hose from lowes, but other than that it is very easy.
It puts off heat if you are within 5' to 10' of the fireplace. However, if you are looking for an additional heat source, you should look at the vent free logs.
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Just installed the Peterson Real Fyre 18 Inch Southern Oak Log Set With Vented Natural Gas G4 Burner Match Light. Relatively straightforward if you are a little handy and can connect natural gas fittings and line; you will need a couple of good size wrentches. The unit came with a pipe cap on the left and nozel on the right; using a pipe wrentch I needed to switch them for my particular fireplace. You will likely need a natural gas flexible tube kit (Lowes...about $24) and either some teflon tape or pipe dope. I also needed an extra valve to turn the unit on and off or I would have to go out to my garage to open/close the valve to turn the unit on/off, since it does not come with one. This unit required that you keep your damper open at all times when you it is in use. Instructions were adequate, but could use to be improved and streamlined. All in all, pretty good value for the money and I'm glad I purchased it.
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After reading the reviews, and doing a bunch of research on my own, I decided to take a chance and order this kit for my fireplace.
The fireplace kit showed up at my door two days after ordering it with free shipping using Amazon Prime. It was ordered 5 days before Christmas, and still ONLY took 2 days! It came Fed-ex instead of UPS, but I assume that is because it weighs so much! It was very well packed, and very well delivered! I am still shocked at how heavy it is!
My fireplace is trapazoidal, and measures 28" rear, 20" front, and 14" deep. I had assumed that it was a large fireplace, but was surprised to discover that it is actually quite small, and this 18" kit is the largest that I wanted to use. It originally came with a natural gas log starter, which was connected from the right hand side, which is a perfect match for this kit. My fireplace also has a 1/4 turn gas valve in the floor, which controls the log starters gas volume.
On to the installation. Make sure the gas is completely off! I have a secondary control in the basement that also allowed me to close the gas flow to the fireplace so I shut that off as well.
Unpacking the kit, i saw that everything that I needed was in the box, except for gas pipe dope. For the $3 cost, it would be a nice item for the manufacturer to just throw it in the box. Unlike another review I read here, the flex pipe was indeed included. Using just a large crescent wrench, I unscrewed the gas log starter and fittings from my fireplace. I carefully read the instructions several times before starting the install. The install was a piece of cake, taking less that an hour. All the parts fit, and go together exactly as the instructions suggest. I am not going to do a walk through simply because if you are not famaliar with gas lines, you should hire a pro. Suffusive to say, it should only cost you about a hour of labor. $99 or less?
This kit is a barebones kit... no regulator, no thermostat, no igniter. But, not really necessary.... using a 12" match, I lit the fire for the first time, and it worked perfectly! At about 30% of the full gas volume, the fire puts out plenty of warmth, and looks beautiful. At 100%, you'll be sweating in 5 to 10 minutes. Pictures to follow, if I can figure it out.
I hope this review helps you to decide. I looked at fireplace kits at the big box stores, and they are crap compared to this. When I went to the fireplace stores, equivalent fireplace kits were easily double in price, IF they were on sale!
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Very happy with the gas logs. Once installed, they look really good. Why the 1-star deduction? The burner pan comes with the gas port on the right side. Our fireplace has the gas port on the left. While not impossible, it was really difficult to reverse the end plug and the gas port because they were factory installed very tight. However with 2 people, 2 pipe wrenches, and some pipe dope, they are now reversed. Easy install as well.
We have an 18" firebox and we didn't end up putting in all of the logs that came with the set as it seemed like too much. All that said, very happy with purchase.
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I take that back, it's a great log set regardless of where you choose to use it (I've purchased different sets for four different fireplaces, two indoor, two outdoor). For the price, I really expected that something would be missing, either in parts or quality. but it's all here, right down to the sand and "glowing embers" stuff that goes under the logs. And the 18" size fits my current outdoor fireplace perfectly. Quality is absolutely equal to the sets you'd find in stores like Barbeques Galore for much more than double the price. And from the time I opened the box to the time I ignited the first fire was only 40 minutes (granted, I've done this a few times, but it's easily a 1 on the 5 star difficulty scale). Just have a roll of Teflon tape on hand (or dope your choice), and you probably have the wrench and phillips-head screwdriver already. The directions are easy and straightforward and the delivery time was only 3 days. Hit that Buy button and enjoy!
