Fireplace restoration for Arlington homes

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Fireplace restoration experts for Arlington homes

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
100% satisfaction guaranteed
Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
10% off any service

Old joints come out by hand, so the brick edges of your Arlington fireplace stay sharp.

Family owned and operatedA family business plans your Arlington 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.

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A fireplace nobody has lit in years

Fireplaces that sit unused for years collect problems quietly: joints that open, a damper rusted in place, soot on the face, a smoke chamber nobody has looked at. None of it shows until someone gets close with a light, and in an old fireplace it tends to turn up all at once rather than one item at a time.

Restoration puts it into one plan. We clean first so the real condition shows, then list each part with the repair it needs and its place in the order of work. Want an old fireplace in Arlington working again? Book the free inspection at (904) 920-5495.

The county for Arlington is Duval County. Arlington sits away from the coastline.

What fireplace restoration covers in Arlington

Smoke chamber parging restored
Soot-stained faces cleaned after a trial patch
Hearth condition and size recorded
Rooms protected while the work is done

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From first cleaning to first fire in Arlington

Clean and assess
Everything from the hearth to the flue top is cleaned, then checked and written up part by part.
Heat side first
Firebox, parging and damper repairs are made in refractory materials and left to dry.
Trial, then the face
A trial patch is cleaned and a mortar sample made for your approval before the face work.
Repoint, cure, clean
Face joints are repointed in layers, left to harden, then the face gets its final cleaning.

Old hearths in Arlington homes

Old hearths in Arlington can be cracked, or smaller than today's code asks for.

Restoration measures it and lists hearth work separately.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

An old fireplace in Arlington can take several jobs to restore, and each one is discounted.

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Old bricks with rounded edges

Old brick that has worn round at the edges makes a joint look wider if the mortar is brought flush to the face. The National Park Service guidance suggests recessing the final mortar slightly behind the face in that case.

The recess keeps the joint looking the width it was built, and it avoids a thin featheredge of mortar that breaks off easily and lets water in. We look at how the surviving joints sit against worn brick and set the new ones the same way, so the repair reads as part of the old work rather than a patch laid over it.

Why the face is not blasted

Abrasive blasting takes stains off by taking off the surface of the brick with them. The Brick Industry Association's guidance says not to use it except in narrow cases, and warns that abrasive methods and high-pressure water can etch mortar joints and damage the brick face.

Once the fired surface of an old brick is gone, the softer body underneath is exposed and takes up water and dirt faster. Restoration cleans with water, brushes and mild cleaners, tested first, so the face that is left is the original one. Where a stain resists all of that, we say so plainly.

Cleaning the face after repointing

Fresh face mortar has to harden before it is cleaned. The National Park Service guidance says the mortar should be fully hardened first, with thirty days usually sufficient, and that the masonry should be soaked with water before any chemical cleaner and flushed afterward.

So on a restoration, the final cleaning of the face waits for the new joints. We schedule that visit on the estimate, a month or so after the repointing, and the fireplace can be used for fires in between once the heat-side repairs have dried. The final visit also checks the new joints for any hairline cracking.

Safety work and face work on one page

Condition of each part, hearth to flue top, written up after cleaning
Smoke stains and efflorescence identified before cleaning
Lintel checked for rust, sag and bearing
Floors, mantel and walls protected, rinse water contained

Fireplace restoration questions from Arlington

Why not use acid on the brick?

Brick industry guidance advises against unbuffered muriatic acid, which can etch mortar, discolor brick and cause new stains on light-colored brick. We use the gentlest method that works in a trial.

What if the damper cannot be saved?

A new damper sized to the throat is priced separately on the estimate. Call (904) 920-5495 and tell us how the damper in your Arlington fireplace behaves.