Log lighter (shutoff valve)

cgee · 10-25-2012, 05:19 PM

Since my contractor took off, and I have nowhere to turn, I'm hoping someone can help me. I have 2 fireplaces in my house, and I cannot use a key to turn on/off the gas.

I unscrewed the round piece in the picture to show you what it looks like. I'm holding a key right up to it, to show you the scale of how it looks, but there is no square thing for the key to turn. The middle part does look threaded, so is there something I can put on there to give it a square to turn? Or, is this the wrong key?

http://i48.tinypic.com/wungj7.jpg

Thank you!

joecaption · 10-25-2012, 05:24 PM

Hard to see in that picture but looks more like a hex then a square.
May want to try a socket instead of that key.

pwgsx · 10-25-2012, 05:27 PM

think you need the other part shown here

cgee · 10-25-2012, 06:39 PM

Do you mean the round chrome piece? I unscrewed that for the picture so you'd get a better picture of what I'm looking at. The chrome piece just screws on, but there's nothing inside the cylinder.

Is it common to have a hex there? Would turning that hex turn my gas on to the fireplace?

cgee · 10-25-2012, 06:40 PM

@pwgsx - what does that look like with the chrome ring unscrewed?

cgee · 10-26-2012, 02:38 PM

Attached is a picture of the downstairs one (same problem). Is there a piece broken off? Or am I supposed to have a key or ratchet to turn the hex nut?

10-25-2012, 05:19 PM	#1
cgee Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4	Log lighter (shutoff valve) Since my contractor took off, and I have nowhere to turn, I'm hoping someone can help me. I have 2 fireplaces in my house, and I cannot use a key to turn on/off the gas. I unscrewed the round piece in the picture to show you what it looks like. I'm holding a key right up to it, to show you the scale of how it looks, but there is no square thing for the key to turn. The middle part does look threaded, so is there something I can put on there to give it a square to turn? Or, is this the wrong key? http://i48.tinypic.com/wungj7.jpg Thank you! Last edited by cgee; 10-25-2012 at 06:37 PM.

10-25-2012, 05:24 PM	#2
joecaption Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,821	Log lighter (shutoff valve) Hard to see in that picture but looks more like a hex then a square. May want to try a socket instead of that key.

10-25-2012, 05:27 PM	#3
pwgsx Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 286	Log lighter (shutoff valve) think you need the other part shown here Attached Images

10-25-2012, 06:39 PM	#4
cgee Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4	Log lighter (shutoff valve) Do you mean the round chrome piece? I unscrewed that for the picture so you'd get a better picture of what I'm looking at. The chrome piece just screws on, but there's nothing inside the cylinder. Is it common to have a hex there? Would turning that hex turn my gas on to the fireplace?

10-25-2012, 06:40 PM	#5
cgee Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4	Log lighter (shutoff valve) @pwgsx - what does that look like with the chrome ring unscrewed?

Log lighter (shutoff valve)