Why won't my gas fireplace light after a power outage?

Which fireplace is dark matters

Waynesville runs on both fuels — natural gas closer in, propane out toward the ridges — but the ignition question is the same either way. If a Hazelwood home has a vented gas log set sitting in one of the area's older open fireboxes, it most likely burns a constant pilot, which means the grid going down shouldn't stop it at all. A no-light there points to a clogged pilot or a spent thermocouple, not the outage.

If instead you have a sealed, electronic-ignition fireplace, it lights on demand and relies on backup batteries — and a cold-weather outage is exactly when a weak set gives up.

Cold makes the reset matter

Swap the batteries at both the receiver and the remote, then let the control board clear its lockout — repeated failed sparks in the cold will trip one. On a sound unit that usually restores heat quickly, which counts for a lot when the house is dropping into the 20s and the power's still out.

Backup heat earns its keep up here

If reset and batteries don't do it, the electronics likely took damage — licensed diagnostic work we permit through Haywood County and quote before we begin. Given Waynesville's long, hard winters, plenty of homeowners use one cold outage as the push toward heat that never needs the grid: a Valor on millivolt or a wood-burning Regency that stays independent entirely. We're 35 minutes west. Call (828) 545-0525.