Todays Project - What did you do today?

[TomG]

Today's project was to finish installing a gas fireplace insert for my mom and dad. I had already run the gas and electrical and my son helped pull the flex ducts through the chimney for the intake and exhaust. Today I finished up a few details on that and permanently installed the chimney cap. Then I pulled wire for the thermostat and hooked it up to the gas valve, hooked up the flex line to the gas supply, leveled the insert and installed the decorative surround. It took longer than I expected to purge the air from the supply line via the pilot light, but once that was done, it fired right up. The only real issue I ran into was the blower wouldn't turn on. The cause turned out to be a thermo-switch that had worked loose in shipping, so it was no longer in contact with the fire box. I'll have to go back and fix it because by the time I had it figured out, the insert was too hot to handle.

Mom and Dad are happy and warm.  

Tom