Just a few weeks ago, I noticed that my fireplace was having trouble with igniting.
I bought a propane fireplace a few years ago, and I actually really enjoyed using it. It is not that cold here where I live even during the winter months, so I hated turning my furnace on because it cost quite a bit of money in electricity to run it. I did use my furnace for a few winters, but then, I stopped using it because I got sick of the high electric bill. It would be warm some days and cold other days, so I had to turn my furnace on and off all of the time anyways. It was just a pain. I ended up going a couple of months one winter without using any type of heater, and that was cheaper, but I got quite chilly at times. My friend recommended that I get a propane fireplace since propane is cheaper than electricity. I took her advice, and I bought a propane fireplace. I used that propane fireplace for about three years. It worked great! It had a little bit of a propane smell which I did not particularly care for, but it was not too bad. I got used to it after a little while, and I usually could not smell it at all. Just a few weeks ago, I noticed that my fireplace was having trouble with igniting. After a few days of struggling to light it, it finally stopped lighting altogether. I had a friend come over and check it out, and he said that it needed a new thermocouple. I bought one, and he will be installing it next week, and I honestly can’t wait to have a working fireplace once again.