Our gas fireplace has a switch on the wall as well as a gas control valve that needs an external key.
We had not used the fireplace in 5 years and called a plumber to get it to light. He put valve inside fireplace to pilot position then pressed red button no pilot came on. He repeated process multiple times.
Finally lit pilot with butane light with same valve in pilot position. Pilot is on and switch on wall turns fireplace on and off. Pilot stays on.
Should Pilot stay on?
Best Answer
In almost every case you have a gas valve with “pilot” and on yes the pilot stays on. This is normal, the quantity of gas is very small. The air in the line had to be purged and because the flow is low it took a while so none of what you described was out of line. If it’s summer and you don’t plan on using the unit turn the gas to the off position with the yet and save a little and no additional heat from the pilot.