Family-run fireplace insert installation in Brentwood
Your Brentwood insert installation priced in writing, part by part, with repairs listed first and no hidden fees.
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- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
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- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Clearances to your mantel and trim in Brentwood are measured to the label before you order.
- Free inspection and estimateYour Brentwood firebox, chimney height and hearth are measured against the insert's manual at no charge, before anything is ordered.
- Upfront pricing, no hidden feesEvery part of the job is priced before ordering, from repairs to the rain cap, and nothing is added without your yes.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the insert smokes or draws poorly after installation to its manual, we come back and set it right.
More heat from the same fireplace
Open fireplaces pull a great deal of room air up the chimney along with the smoke, so much of the warmth leaves with it. A wood-burning insert closes the opening with a steel or cast-iron firebox and a glass door, burns slower behind that door and sends its heat into the room instead.
Whether your fireplace can take one depends on its size, its condition and its chimney, and we check all three before anything is ordered. Want more warmth from a fireplace in Brentwood? Book a free inspection at (904) 920-5495.
Brentwood is a neighborhood inside Jacksonville city limits. Brentwood lies within Duval County.
What fireplace insert installation covers in Brentwood
- Top plates and rain caps closing the old flue
- Surrounds sealed or left open per the manual
- Outside air kits through the old ash chamber
- Blower outlets planned with an electrician
From tape measure to first fire in Brentwood
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Measure against the manual
Firebox, chimney height, hearth and clearances are checked against the insert's table before ordering.
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Repair and clean first
Fireplace repairs are made and cured, and the flue is cleaned before the liner goes up.
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Liner, plate and cap
A listed stainless liner runs to the top, closed with a top plate and a rain cap.
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Set, seal and fire
The insert and surround go in as the manual directs, and the first fire is run with you.
An old flue inland in Brentwood
Chimneys well back from the coast in Brentwood can still have cracked flue sections or open joints from years of use. A liner hides them once it is in.
Cleaning and checking the flue before the liner goes up puts anything found on paper first.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
The insert, the liner and the labor are all discounted.
What may not be taken out of the fireplace
Fitting an insert can tempt an installer to cut away brick for a better fit. One maker's guide warns against removing bricks or mortar from the existing fireplace, apart from the smoke shelf and damper frame allowance.
The firebox walls, the lintel and the hearth stay as built. When an insert will not fit without cutting into them, the answer is a smaller insert or a different plan, not a weaker fireplace. We measure with that limit in mind and show you which models fit your fireplace as it stands, so the choice is made before the work.
No grate inside the insert
Open fireplaces burn on a grate, but an insert usually does not. One maker's manual says not to raise the fuel on grates or andirons and to burn directly on the firebricks inside the insert, replacing any broken or missing bricks before use.
Those firebricks line the insert's own firebox and are a maintenance item of their own. We check them at installation and show you what a cracked one looks like, so a broken brick is replaced from the maker's parts list instead of being ignored. The old fireplace grate comes out before the insert goes in.
Ash in the insert and where it goes
Ash builds up inside an insert, and one maker suggests removing the excess once it is 3 to 4 inches deep and the fire is out and cool, leaving about an inch as a base for the next coal bed.
The ashes go into a metal container with a tight-fitting lid, set on a noncombustible floor or the ground away from anything that burns until final disposal, with nothing else placed in that container. We bring this up at the walk-through because a paper bag of warm ash near the hearth is an easy mistake to avoid.
Fireplace, flue and hearth on paper first
- Mantel, side facing and side wall clearances measured to the label
- Hearth depth and ember protection checked against the manual
- Surround sealed or left open as the manual directs for the air source
- First fire run with you, covering the air control and loading
Wood insert questions from Brentwood
Is the inspection before an insert free?
Yes. Measuring the firebox, checking the chimney and writing the estimate cost nothing, and the price is set out upfront. Order the insert within 72 hours of that visit and the job is 10% off.
Do you sell the insert or only install it?
We install to the insert's listing, and the estimate spells out which parts we supply, from the liner to the cap. Call (904) 920-5495 and tell us whether you already have a model for the fireplace in Brentwood.
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