Gas fireplace inserts installed in Atlantic Beach homes

A cleaned chimney, listed liners and a sealed firebox: gas insert installation in Atlantic Beach done by the manual.

Fully licensed and insured
Locally owned
Family owned and operated
Same-day service

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Get Your Free Inspection

Get a quote for chimney and fireplace repair and installation in Jacksonville.

Quicker by phone? Call (904) 920-5495

Call our chimney crew

(904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Gas insert pros who measure first in Atlantic Beach

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

Old wood chimneys are cleaned before any gas appliance connects, as the fuel gas code asks.

Free inspection and estimateThe opening, flue and mantel of your Atlantic Beach fireplace are measured against the insert's plate at no charge.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesInsert, vent kit, surround, cleaning and repairs are priced line by line, and the gas and power trades are named.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the insert does not light, burn or seal the way its manual describes after our installation, we come back.

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Done with hauling wood

Plenty of people with a masonry fireplace reach a point where lighting a wood fire is more work than they want. A sealed gas insert fits into the existing opening, lights at a switch or remote, and sends its exhaust up the old chimney through its own pipes, with the glass front keeping room air out of the flame. Nothing about the fireplace's look has to change beyond the new front.

Size, flue and the mantel overhead settle whether your fireplace can take one, and all three get checked before you pick a model. Ready to switch to gas in Atlantic Beach? Book the free inspection at (904) 920-5495.

Atlantic Beach sits in Duval County. Census takers counted 13,513 people in Atlantic Beach in 2020.

Gas insert work for Atlantic Beach fireplaces

Chimneys cleaned before any gas appliance connects
Dampers removed or fixed open for the liners
Mantel clearances checked for height and depth
Surrounds sized to uneven fireplace faces

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

From wood fireplace to gas insert in Atlantic Beach

Measure against the plate
Opening, flue and mantel are checked against the insert's rating plate and manual.
Clean and check the chimney
The old flue is cleaned, examined and repaired if needed before the liners go up.
Liners, insert, surround
The vent kit runs to its termination, the insert is set and the surround fitted.
Hookups and first light
The gas and electrical hookups are made, then we light and test the insert with you.

A coastal chimney top in Atlantic Beach

A gas insert's termination sits on the chimney top, so the top itself has to be sound. Right on the coast, the metal around it corrodes sooner.

We repair the top before the termination goes on.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Vent and start-up included, a gas insert in Atlantic Beach comes 10% off.

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Cleaning a chimney that burned wood

Before a gas appliance connects, section 503.5.6 of the state fuel gas code has the chimney passage checked to be clear and cleaned if it once vented solid or liquid fuel. A fireplace that burned wood falls squarely under that rule.

So every gas insert installation in an old wood fireplace starts with cleaning and a look at the flue. What we find, a cracked flue lining, loose debris or missing parging above the throat, is written down before the liners go in and hide it. The findings are priced separately from the insert.

Co-axial venting, one pipe inside another

With co-axial pipe, exhaust rises through a pipe nested inside a larger intake pipe, and outdoor air comes down the ring of space around it. It is the arrangement many direct-vent fireplaces use through a wall or roof.

Inside a chimney, co-axial pipe needs a straighter, wider path than two flexible liners do. Some installations use co-axial pipe for part of the run and an adapter to co-linear liners for the rest. Which applies depends on the insert's manual and the shape of your flue, and the estimate names the kit chosen. Rigid co-axial sections also need more room at the throat than flexible liners.

How tightly a liner may bend

Flexible liners can kink if they are forced around a tight corner, and a kink narrows the passage. One maker sets a minimum bend radius of 3 inches for its intake liner and 4 inches for its exhaust liner.

The tightest spots are usually at the throat and the smoke shelf, where the liners turn from the insert's adapter into the flue. We plan the route through those spots before pulling the liners, and where the damper frame or smoke shelf crowds the bend, the estimate says what is trimmed or removed to keep the radius.

Opening, flue and mantel on paper

Inside flue size and route checked for the liners
Damper removed or fixed open, and any trimming noted
Mantel height and projection measured against the plate
Surround sized to the face, with noncombustible finishes around it

Gas insert questions from Atlantic Beach

Who runs the gas line?

The gas trade does: a gas contractor, the gas company or your propane supplier. Their part is on the estimate with a date, and our hookup follows once gas reaches the valve.

How soon can the insert be installed?

Once the chimney is cleaned, the insert and kit have arrived and gas is at the valve. Call (904) 920-5495 and we will lay out the dates for your Atlantic Beach installation.