Docbrown25
New Member
Hello - Looking for a little advice here. I am converting my fireplace back to wood burning from having a gas log insert. (** Yes I have had the chimney and fireplace inspected and cleaned **).
I would like to cap the gas line that is coming up through the fireplace floor. I was talking with the builder who built the house about something else and the fireplace came up. He mentioned I could just pull the log set and cap the gas line using some pipe dope.
So, fast forward to today, I shut off the valve on the gas line that goes to the fireplace. I pulled the old gas log set. I went to my local plumber supply store, told them what I needed. They gave me a cap and some pipe dope and I installed.
I'm just being a little bit extra cautious here because of the gas and fireplace. But, I'm looking for confirmation I have the right cap on there.
Attached are pictures of the cap I was given, and also another type of cap I found at Lowes. The pipe is just 1/2 black iron. I'm having doubts as to which cap I should be using.
Which one do I want to use in this scenario?
So just to confirm. I have the valve shut off in the basebent on the gas line that goes up through the fireplace and I have capped the line using pipe dope on the male threads, with the cap shown in picture 1. Does anyone see any problems with this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You in advance...
I would like to cap the gas line that is coming up through the fireplace floor. I was talking with the builder who built the house about something else and the fireplace came up. He mentioned I could just pull the log set and cap the gas line using some pipe dope.
So, fast forward to today, I shut off the valve on the gas line that goes to the fireplace. I pulled the old gas log set. I went to my local plumber supply store, told them what I needed. They gave me a cap and some pipe dope and I installed.
I'm just being a little bit extra cautious here because of the gas and fireplace. But, I'm looking for confirmation I have the right cap on there.
Attached are pictures of the cap I was given, and also another type of cap I found at Lowes. The pipe is just 1/2 black iron. I'm having doubts as to which cap I should be using.
Which one do I want to use in this scenario?
So just to confirm. I have the valve shut off in the basebent on the gas line that goes up through the fireplace and I have capped the line using pipe dope on the male threads, with the cap shown in picture 1. Does anyone see any problems with this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank You in advance...