Majestic Contemporary Vented Gas Burner and Glass Media Set

A vented gas log set borrows the fireplace's own clearances: the mantel, hearth and side-wall rules of the wood-burning fireplace it goes into stay exactly as they were built and inspected. What the log set adds is the room the burner and the flames need inside the firebox, below, and three rules: the damper fixed fully open with the clamp supplied, glass doors open or removed whenever the burner runs, and nothing stored or draped within 3 feet of the front of the fireplace.

Firebox room for the burner. Majestic sizes each burner to a firebox width: the 18-inch burners need a firebox wider than 18 inches at the back, the 24-inch wider than 24, the 30-inch wider than 30, with the flame kept off the walls and the front of the burner behind the hearth line. The exact minimums are in the installation manual linked below, and we check every order against them; send the firebox width at the front and at the back, the depth and the height.

Maximum heat input per hour, from the burner manual. A vented burner is tested as a decorative appliance or a supplemental heater; most of the heat goes up the chimney.

Burners on this page

Media and accents

Ignition

Match light burners have no valve of their own: you light them with a long match and set the flame with the fireplace's key valve. Safety pilot burners add a standing pilot and a valve at the burner, so the gas shuts off if the pilot goes out. Electronic (IPI) burners have no standing pilot; they light from the remote and include a battery-powered control. The burner part number tells you which one it is, and the table above prices each.

From the burner manual: the burner goes only in a solid-fuel masonry or UL 127 factory-built fireplace, on the grate, with the fireplace and chimney professionally cleaned first and any ash clean-out or fresh-air door sealed. The damper stop in the box must be fitted so the damper cannot close; the manual's Table 4.1 gives the minimum free damper opening by chimney height, and some burners are not allowed on a 10-foot chimney. Gas: a listed 1/2-inch T-handle shutoff and flexible connector to the 1/2-inch NPT inlet; natural gas 5.0 to 10.0 inches of water column at the inlet (3.5 manifold), propane 11.0 to 13.0 (10.0 manifold); above 2,000 feet the input is reduced 4 percent per 1,000 feet. Glass doors must be open when the burner runs. The appliance is tested as a supplemental heater or decorative appliance, not primary heat.

• IPI - Battery Powered Electronic
• Ignition
• RCB On/Off Remote
• Black Steel Burner
• Lava Rock
• Flex Connector
• Damper Clamp
• The log set ships in its own carton.

• For wood-burning fireplaces only, with a chimney in good repair. The damper must be fixed open whenever the burner runs.
• Installation is by a licensed gas installer. Match-light burners are not allowed in some cities; check with your building department.
• Every burner is made for natural gas or propane. These pages are natural gas; add a note to your order for propane and we will confirm the LP burner before it ships.
• Once gas logs are installed, do not burn wood in the fireplace.

A vented gas log set is the way to keep an open wood fireplace and stop hauling wood: the burner sits on the grate under ceramic logs, the damper stays open, and the fire lights from a match, a knob or a remote depending on the burner you choose. The flame is a real gas flame, yellow and moving, and it looks most like wood on the multi-tier burners that lift the fire up through the stack.

Trade-offs to know

• Vented logs are decorative: with the damper open, most of the heat goes up the chimney, and you feel radiant warmth in front of the fire.
• They go only in a wood-burning fireplace with a working chimney, never in a gas fireplace or a vent-free firebox.
• The burner must be sized to the firebox, and a match-light burner is not permitted in some cities.

Living with it

Brush the logs gently once a season and keep the burner ports clear; never wash the logs. Electronic burners take batteries in the control; keep a spare set. The damper clamp stays on for the life of the set.

Warranty

Source: Hearth & Home Technologies Limited Lifetime Warranty, the document packed with the appliance and linked from the owner's manual above. "Lifetime" means 20 years for gas appliances, 10 years for wood and pellet appliances and 5 years for standalone gas log sets, counted from the start of coverage, which begins no later than 24 months after the appliance ships from the factory.

• Install Manual: Contemporary Burner (PDF)
• Install Manual: 24 and 30 Cannon Balls (PDF)
• Service Part List: 24" / 30" Contemporary Cannonballs (PDF)
• Service Part List: 24" Contemporary Burner (PDF)
• Service Part List: 30" Contemporary Burner (PDF)
• Majestic user guides and manuals