How much does it cost to repair the electronic ignition on a gas fireplace?

What "electronic ignition" actually includes

An intermittent-pilot system — IntelliFire on Heat & Glo, Heatilator, and Majestic units, similar systems on other brands — is a small chain of parts: a control module, a spark electrode, a flame-sensing rod, the wiring between them, and usually a battery backup box. Any link can break the chain, and the fireplace just clicks or does nothing at all.

The good news is the failure pattern is lopsided toward cheap causes. Dead or corroded backup batteries top the list. Right behind them: a flame sensor coated with off-season grime, and the classic WNC culprit — spiders and dust packed into the pilot assembly over the summer. We clear that one weekly every fall.

The cost shape, cheapest to priciest

At the bottom: batteries, cleaning, and reseating connections — quick labor, barely any parts. In the middle: a new electrode or flame sensor, still firmly in inexpensive-part territory. At the top: a failed control module, the priciest single component in the system — and even a module swap sits nowhere near replace-the-fireplace money. Every repair is quoted before we touch a tool, so there are no mystery charges.

When a stubborn ignition means something bigger

If the ignition on a twenty-plus-year-old unit fails and the module is discontinued, we'll tell you straight whether chasing parts still makes sense or whether that money belongs in a newer fireplace — one with battery-backup ignition that keeps lighting when the power's out, a lesson a lot of the mountains learned during Helene. Either way you get an honest read, not an upsell. Call (828) 545-0525.