Fireplace firebrick replacement in Arlington
The back wall, the side walls and the floor of your Arlington firebox, each checked free and quoted separately.
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Firebox experts for Arlington fireplaces
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A relining is measured against the firebox depth first, so the fireplace stays within the code.
- Free inspection and estimateEvery wall of the firebox in Arlington is tapped and probed cold, and the failed bricks and joints are marked at no charge.
- Upfront pricing, no hidden feesEach wall is quoted for what it needs, a few joints, a few bricks or a full reline, so a small repair stays small.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedIf a joint we repointed opens again after it has cured and been used as the ticket says, we come back and redo it.
Firebox work on a Rumford fireplace
A Rumford fireplace has a tall opening and a shallow firebox with widely angled sides, built to throw heat into the room. The Florida code gives this design its own depth rule, at least 12 inches and not less than a third of the opening width, and its own throat rule.
When we repair or reline a Rumford firebox, the angles and the depth stay as they were, because they are what makes the fireplace work. New firebrick is cut to the old lines, and the throat is left untouched unless it is part of the job. Rumford firebox needing work in Arlington? Our number is (904) 920-5495.
Arlington is one of the named neighborhoods of Jacksonville. Arlington falls within Duval County.
What firebox repair covers in Arlington
- Failed patches removed and the joints redone
- Rumford fireboxes relined to their original angles
- Water-marked fireboxes dried before work begins
- Each wall of your Arlington firebox priced on its own line
How firebox repair runs
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Keep the firebox cold
Let the fireplace go unused for several hours ahead of our visit, so each wall is cool to the touch.
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Tap, probe and mark
Each brick is sounded, each joint probed, and the failed ones marked and written up by wall.
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Rake, rebrick or reline
Joints are raked and repointed, failed bricks replaced and worn walls relined in C199 mortar.
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Cure date on the ticket
The mortar maker's drying time sets the date of the first small fire, written down before we leave.
Painted firebrick in Arlington homes
Inland homes in Arlington sometimes have fireboxes painted to cover stains. Paint hides joint wear and keeps new mortar from bonding.
We clean the paint off where repairs go and leave the rest as you choose.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
Open firebox joints? The repair you book before three days are out is 10% off.
What medium duty means on a mortar bag
The Florida code asks for firebrick to be laid in medium-duty refractory mortar conforming to ASTM C199. That standard is a pier test: brick is laid up with the mortar, heated, and checked to see whether the mortar has run out of the joints.
One maker of a medium-duty product states that its mortar passed at 2,550 degrees Fahrenheit for at least six hours, and puts ordinary mortar at about 600. That gap explains why a bag of regular mortar used as a firebox patch breaks down after a few fires. We read the bag for the C199 classification before anything goes into a joint.
Why a regular mortar patch fails
A patch of ordinary bag mortar in a firebox can look sound for a season and then crumble. Portland cement mortar is made for walls, not flame, and one refractory mortar maker puts the limit of regular mortars at around 600 degrees Fahrenheit, far below the heat a firebox face sees.
The fix is to remove every trace of the old patch from the joint, back to the brick edges, before the refractory mortar goes in. Leaving some of the patch behind puts a weak layer inside the new joint, and that layer fails first. The estimate notes where old patches were found so you know why those joints took longer.
When the firebox is a steel unit
Behind some masonry fireplace openings there is no firebrick box at all. Section R1001.5.1 of the Florida code permits a steel fireplace unit built into solid masonry, installed to its listing or to the section's own rules.
A steel firebox is repaired as the metal unit it is, not with firebrick and refractory mortar, and the listing or the maker's instructions set what can be done to it. When we find a steel unit, the estimate says so and describes its condition, including any warping or rust through the metal, and whether parts can still be had for it.
Checked in Arlington before any brick comes out
- Cracked or hollow firebrick cut out and replaced one at a time
- Joint widths checked against the quarter-inch limit in R1001.5
- Cure time from the mortar maker's data written on the ticket
- Smoke chamber, damper and hearth items kept on their own lines
Before the first fire after a repair
Do you do firebox rebuilds as well as repairs?
Yes, where the backing masonry itself has failed as well as the firebrick. The rebuild keeps the code's wall thickness, the firebox depth and the throat height, and the estimate explains why a rebuild is needed.
Can you repair the firebox in a metal fireplace?
A factory-built fireplace uses molded refractory panels from its maker, not laid firebrick. That work is prefab fireplace repair, and the rating plate tells us which parts fit.
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