At the end of the heating season, you should clean your gas fireplace. Use your manual to find out how to remove the front glass panel of your fireplace. Use a mini shop vac to vacuum out all of the dust and black powdery soot that forms at the bottom of the logs, and also underneath where the controls are located. Carefully remove each log and vacuum off the black powdery soot. You will need your manual to correctly replace the logs back in their normal position. If your gas fireplace is vented to the outside, you very well may find spiders down in that area. Vacuum any cobwebs that you find, then go outside and spray the outside vent with Ortho Home Defense bug spray to keep the bugs away from that area. They usually climb into the vent looking for a warm place and end up in the bottom of your fireplace.
While you have the glass off, use Windex to clean both the back and front of the glass (the back of the glass will be very dirty). You may have to repeat the cleaning a few times. Replace the glass in its correct position and you are ready for the next heating season.
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