Gas conversion help

[astingrl]

What a great web site! Thank you.
I have a ventless gas fireplace. And hate it. It looks beautiful but is not at all practical. I am wanting to cap off the gas and use candles in it until I can have a chimey built for a wood burning fireplace. In Austin we only need the fireplace one or two months a year at most. I am having trouble finding information on capping off the gas. Any ideas?

 

[MountainStoveGuy]

To cap off the gas, simply shut off the emergency shut off valve (that should be located within 4' of the fireplace and has a key) remove the flex line that is attached to the black pipe and buy the correct size cap and install. Make sure you use teflon tape on that connection.

 

[Gooserider]

FWIW, when our (Licensed, Master) plumber was changing out our gas hot water heater, and in any of his threaded pipe connections, he uses a layer of teflon tape, and puts "Rector seal" plumbers dope on top of the teflon - says it's the best method that he has found over many years of doing different things to make a reliably leakproof connection....

Not saying it's the only way, but we've never had a connection he made that way leak on us, and I've never had a problem with one that I made after doing it that way.

Gooserider