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Gas Fire Pit or Outdoor Fireplace Won’t Light or Stay Lit? What to Check

If your gas fire pit won’t light at all, it’s short of one of two things: gas reaching the burner or a spark reaching the pilot. One that lights and then goes out a few seconds or minutes later is a different problem. Its safety part, the thermocouple or thermopile, isn’t sensing the flame, so the gas valve shuts on purpose. Outdoor gas fireplaces fail the same two ways, and the checks below work for both. Note which of the two yours does before you take anything apart. Below is the order our technicians follow on service calls in Los Angeles County and Ventura County, and most of the early steps are safe for a homeowner. If you smell gas,

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