Fireplace restoration for American Beach homes
Local restoration pros bring an old fireplace in American Beach back to safe use without changing how it looks. The inspection is free.
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- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
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- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Old joints come out by hand, so the brick edges of your American Beach fireplace stay sharp.
- Family owned and operatedA family business plans your American Beach fireplace as one job, so each step happens once and in the right order.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedYou approve the trial patch and the mortar sample before the face is touched, and our guarantee covers the result.
Preparing a fireplace for sale
A buyer's inspector will look inside the firebox, up past the damper and at the face. An old fireplace with open joints, a seized damper and soot on the brick invites a report line and a request for credit, and sometimes a delay while someone gets a quote.
Restoring it before listing turns those into finished items, with each repair and its materials recorded for the listing file. The work carries our workmanship warranty. Listing a house in American Beach soon? Book the free restoration inspection at (904) 920-5495.
The county for American Beach is Nassau County. American Beach is on the coast.
Clean, repair, repoint, protect
- Flue, smoke chamber and firebox cleaned before assessment
- Face joints repointed to match the original
- Mismatched old patches cut out and redone
- Stone fireplace faces cleaned and repointed
Clean, repair, repoint, finish
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Clean and assess
Everything from the hearth to the flue top is cleaned, then checked and written up part by part.
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Heat side first
Firebox, parging and damper repairs are made in refractory materials and left to dry.
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Trial, then the face
A trial patch is cleaned and a mortar sample made for your approval before the face work.
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Repoint, cure, clean
Face joints are repointed in layers, left to harden, then the face gets its final cleaning.
Storm season and an old fireplace in American Beach
Between June 1 and November 30, a coastal storm can drive rain down an open flue into a fireplace nobody has used in a while.
Water marks in the firebox or on the face in American Beach go on the list, with their source.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
An old fireplace in American Beach can take several jobs to restore, and each one is discounted.
What restoration keeps and what it leaves out
Restoration puts a fireplace back in working order with the materials, size and shape it was built with. The opening keeps its proportions, the face stays brick or stone, and new mortar follows the old joints. A new facing, a different surround or a new mantel design would be remodeling, which changes the look and is a different kind of job.
Keeping that line clear keeps the estimate honest. Every line on it either repairs something that exists or cleans something that exists, and nothing adds a new look. Where a part cannot be saved, the replacement is matched to what was there, and the estimate says so.
Preparing a joint to take new mortar
Clean, damp joints bond best. After raking, the National Park Service guidance has the joints rinsed to remove dust and loose particles, and dampened so they are wet at the time of filling but hold no standing water. Very absorbent brick can be misted for a few hours beforehand.
Indoors, we do the rinsing with a hand sprayer and catch the water, rather than running a hose at a living room wall. A dry joint pulls water out of new mortar too fast, which weakens the bond, so the dampening is as important as the mix itself, and we check it before each section is filled.
Protecting the room around the fireplace
Brick cleaning guidance starts with protecting the materials next to the masonry, and a fireplace sits in a finished room with floors, rugs and a mantel close by. Cleaning solutions and rinse water have to be kept where they belong.
Before any water goes on the face, we cover the floor and the hearth, mask the mantel and the walls on either side, and set containers to catch runoff. Work is done in small sections so nothing runs down unseen. When the job is done, the coverings come up and the room is swept and wiped before the crew goes.
Safety work and face work on one page
- Firebox joints and firebrick in C199 refractory mortar
- Damper freed and rehung, or replaced where rusted through
- Face mortar matched in sand, color and profile, softer than the brick
- Hearth extension size and condition noted separately
Fireplace restoration questions from American Beach
Will all the soot come off?
That depends on the brick and how long the stain has been there. We clean a small trial patch first and show you the result once it is dry.
Will the new mortar match the old?
We match the sand, color and joint profile, and test a sample first. Fresh mortar looks slightly different at first and blends as it cures.
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