It is approximately 18 off the ground and the fire ring relatively new is 36 in diameter filled with gravel at the bottom and lava rock on the top.
Increase flame height gas fire pit.
For your safety ensure your gas is turned off and then simply brush away some of the media from the holes in your burner.
I need help finding a device or method to increase the flame height.
I currently have a gas run from our house gas line fire pit in my backyard.
Turn the gas control knob to high to increase the flames in your fireplace if applicable.
This time you want to see an ideal reading of 3 5 inches or the pressure rating indicated in the manual.
If your answer is yes then maybe the system just needs a little maintenance.
2 inspect the burner itself possibly a crack in it 3 log placement.
The fire glass or media should rest directly on the burner.
What you should not do to try and increase the flame of your gas fire pit.
If you already have a gas fire pit and are not happy with the flame height my first question to you would be have you ever had a reasonable flame height from the existing installation.
Once cleared turn your gas back on and your flames should be vastly improved.
Don t forget to turn off the burner and the gas and then tighten the screw again.
Install a larger burner with higher btu rating in your fire pit this will only reduce the flame height even more because it will demand even more gas at more pressure.
One reason may be simply that the holes in your gas pipe are clogged and are preventing a flame that is hot enough for your cooking requirements.
Turn the burner on and set the flame height to high.
Gas piped in directly from my residence and is at a standard rate flow.
During the fall we are able to sit around it and feel quite warm.
Any ideas or solutions out there.
If the flame height was acceptable before and just recently it has dropped then i would look at the following.
To increase flame height when using a large ring the delivery of gas must be greater usually meaning larger gas orifice or valve.
The fire ring is 8 ft long so i need a device that increases the gas flow or pressure to increase the flame height.
1 with a manometer test the incoming and outgoing gas pressure to rule out gas and valve.
Also make sure that there is nothing between your fire media and your burner.
If delivery of gas cannot be increased then reducing the fire ring size will increase the flame height.
You re be back to where you started only this time you re be worse of.
There may be a number reasons you might want to increase the height of the flame in your gas fire pit.
We are not able to lower the pit.