About Fort Collins Gas Fireplace Repair

Fort Collins Gas Fireplace Repair is an independently operated local service that connects homeowners across Fort Collins and Larimer County with licensed, insured Colorado gas and hearth technicians. Repairs are priced from the ranges on the pricing page, diagnosed with instruments rather than guesses, and scheduled with the right parts on the truck because you told us the model number first.

What we are and are not

We are not a fireplace showroom, and we do not sell you a $6,000 insert when a $250 thermopile brings your existing unit back. We are a repair and service operation first. Installation is on the menu, and the insert installation page explains when replacement is the honest answer, but the default assumption on every call is that the fireplace you own can be fixed.

We also do not invent things. There are no fabricated reviews on this site, no made-up years in business, no stock photo of a crew that does not exist. What you get is the information a good hearth tech would give a neighbor: how the ignition system works, what the altitude does to it, what the fix costs, and when to leave the house and call the utility.

How the work is done

Every call follows the same order, because the order is what keeps gas work safe:

1. Triage first. The rating plate inside the bottom louver tells us the brand, the model, the fuel, and whether the unit is a standing-pilot millivolt system or an electronic intermittent pilot. That plus your symptom decides what rides out on the truck.
2. Safety before diagnosis. A combustible gas detector at the valve, the flare fittings, and the firebox. A CO reading. A look at the vent termination and clearances. A fireplace that fails this step stays off until it passes, and you get told why in plain language.
3. Instruments, not opinions. Thermocouple and thermopile output in millivolts. Inlet and manifold pressure in inches of water column. Spark and flame-sense on IPI units. Orifice size against the elevation, because at 4,997 feet in Fort Collins, and at 7,743 feet in Estes Park, a sea-level setup runs rich and soots.
4. Clean, replace, test-fire, document. You get the readings on paper so the next visit, or the next tech, has a baseline.

Licensing, honestly

Colorado licenses plumbers at the state level, and the State Plumbing Board’s rules require a permit and inspections for all fuel gas piping work. Gas appliance and mechanical work is licensed by the city or county: Fort Collins issues Fireplace Appliance and Gas Piping trade licenses through Building Services, Larimer County licenses Mechanical and Gas Piping contractors, Loveland issues National Standard Master Mechanical licenses, and Wellington, Timnath, and Estes Park each require their own town contractor license before a permit is issued. Technicians working through this site hold what the job’s jurisdiction requires, and you are welcome to ask for the license and the insurance certificate before anyone touches the valve.

The National Fireplace Institute’s Gas Specialist certification is a real, independent credential. We do not claim it here on anyone’s behalf. Ask your tech directly; a good one will be glad you did.

The gas smell rule

It is on every relevant page of this site and it belongs here too. If you smell gas, leave the house, leave the door open, do not touch a light switch, and call Xcel Energy or 911 from outside. A leak is the utility’s emergency first and our repair second. Once the house is cleared, the safety inspection and leak check page explains how the source gets found and fixed.

Where we work

Fort Collins and Larimer County, Loveland, Windsor, Timnath, Wellington, Greeley, and Estes Park. Everything but Estes Park is within about half an hour of Fort Collins; Estes Park runs about 41 road miles up US 34 and is scheduled in blocks.

How to get a quote

Send the model number from the rating plate, the symptom in a sentence, and whether the pilot burns all the time or sparks on demand. You will get a diagnosis, a number from the published ranges, and a scheduled visit. If the honest answer is “put new batteries in the remote receiver and try again,” that is the answer you will get, for free. The FAQ covers the rest of the process questions.