Local fireplace installation in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Replacing a failed metal fireplace in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace? A free inspection plans the new unit, the chimney it lists and framing resized to fit.
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Why Choose Us
Fireplace installation specialists for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace homes
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off when you book today
The permit and its inspections are on the schedule, with the walls left open until the inspector signs off.
- Family owned and operatedOne family business owns your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace fireplace plan, from the framing or footing to the top of the chimney.
- Free written estimatesUnit, chimney, framing, hearth, permit and any other trade sit on one free written estimate.
- Workmanship warrantyOur installation work is covered by our workmanship warranty, and the unit carries its maker's terms.
When gas or electric suits the room better
A wood-burning fireplace needs a chimney that rises through the roof. Some rooms cannot give it one: a condo-style layout, a room under a second floor with no clear path, or a roof where the chimney cannot reach the required height.
In a house in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace with that problem, a direct-vent gas unit that exits through a wall, or an electric unit with no vent at all, may be the answer. Those are separate jobs, and we tell you when wood will not work in the space. That conversation happens on the first visit, before anything is drawn. Want a fireplace in a room of your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace home that never had one? Before anything is chosen, we check the route; call (904) 920-5495.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is in Clay County. The 2020 Census count for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace was 14,482 people.
What's Included
Fireplace installation work we take on in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
- Outside chase framed and finished to match the house
- Hearth extension laid to the listing or the code
- Permit and inspections for your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace home on the schedule
- Final walk-through of your new Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace fireplace
How It Works
How fireplace installation runs
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Route walked, hearth to roof
The room, the attic and the roof are checked for a clear chimney path before any unit is chosen.
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Unit and chimney system chosen
A listed factory-built system from one maker, or a masonry fireplace on its own footing.
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Framed, built and inspected
Framing and clearances follow the manual or the code, and the inspector sees them before the walls close.
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Hearth, air supply and handover
The hearth extension and outside air go in, and we explain how to run the break-in fires.
Local Conditions
Outside air for a new fireplace in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Outside combustion air reaches the firebox through a duct from an inlet on the exterior. The code rules out drawing it from a garage or other spots where fumes collect.
On installs in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, the inlet goes where the manual and the code both allow.
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The shape of a new smoke chamber
The smoke chamber sits between the damper and the flue, and the code limits its shape. Its inside height, from the throat to the start of the flue, is no greater than the inside width of the fireplace opening. Its walls lean no more than 45 degrees from vertical when built with prefabricated linings or rolled walls, or 30 degrees when corbeled. They are at least 8 inches thick, or 6 inches with a firebrick or clay lining, and the inside is parged smooth with refractory mortar.
A chamber built to those limits carries smoke up cleanly. It is the part of a masonry build that is hardest to fix later.
Taking out the old unit
Removing a failed factory-built fireplace is a job of its own. The facing comes off first, then the unit is disconnected from its chimney, unfastened from the framing and slid out in one piece where the framing allows.
When the chimney is being replaced too, it comes down section by section from inside, with its firestops and shield. The old framing is measured against the new unit's manual, and the opening is resized where the dimensions differ. Debris leaves the house bagged, and you know in advance what happens to the finished wall around the opening. The old unit's rating plate is kept with your paperwork.
Blowers and the outlet they need
Some factory-built wood fireplaces take an optional blower that moves room air around the firebox and back out through a grille. The blower needs power from a receptacle placed where the manual shows, which can be inside the unit's lower grille area.
If there is no circuit or outlet there, an electrician adds it before the wall is closed. We place the blower kit from the maker's parts list and route its cord as the manual shows, and the electrician's part is named separately. The blower's speed control and thermal switch come with the kit and mount where the manual places them.
Free Inspection
Checked in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace before a fireplace goes in
- Chimney route with each offset and elbow counted
- Footing size for a masonry fireplace, per R1001.2
- Permit application and each inspection on the schedule
- Handover walk-through, with the manual left at the house
FAQ
Before any wall is opened
Can you install a wood-burning fireplace in a house in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace that has none?
Yes, where the house allows it. It depends on a route for the chimney from the hearth to the roof that meets the listing or the code, and on room for the hearth extension. The first visit walks that route and tells you whether it works.
Who patches the roof around a new chimney?
The estimate names who does it. The chimney parts at the roof come from the chimney maker's list, and the roof covering around them may be handled by a roofer, depending on the roof.
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