Local hearth tile and slab repair in Brentwood
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Local hearth repair pros for Brentwood homes
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
We measure the extension against the code on every hearth job, not only when asked.
- Free inspection and estimateYour hearth in Brentwood is sounded, leveled and measured on a free visit before any price is written.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedA tile or stone we set that comes loose is ours to fix, and we return to reset it.
- Family owned and operatedA family-owned local crew explains each layer of the repair, from the support to the grout line.
Refacing a hearth that looks dated
Some hearth calls are about looks: tile from another decade, or a stone that no longer suits the room. A new surface can go over a sound extension only if the added height works at the firebox floor, the doors and the flooring edge. Otherwise the old surface comes off first.
We check the slab, the heights and the size against the code before you pick a finish for your hearth in Brentwood, so the new look is not built over a problem. The written estimate lists each layer, from the base to the grout.
Brentwood is a neighborhood inside Jacksonville city limits. Brentwood lies within Duval County.
Hearth repair work we take on in Brentwood
- Loose brick on the hearth relaid in fresh mortar
- Wood flooring cut back from the ember zone
- Raised hearth caps reset on a sound base
- Factory-built hearth pads checked against the listing
From the first tap to the first fire in Brentwood
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Describe the hearth on the call
Cracked, hollow, sunken or too small, a short description sets up the free visit and what we bring.
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Sounding and measuring
Each tile is tapped, the slab's level is read and the extension is measured against the opening.
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Support first, surface second
A moving slab or missing support is fixed before tile or stone goes back on a full bed of the named mortar.
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Cured before heat, then handed back
The bed cures before grout and fire, and we show you the finished edge and where the clear zone ends.
Support and settling under a hearth in Brentwood
Away from the coast in Brentwood, a hearth's trouble starts with its support and with heat. A slab that settles, or a setting bed that shrinks away from the tile, shows up as cracks and hollow sounds.
We sound and level the hearth first, so the estimate for your home in Brentwood fixes the cause as well as the surface.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
A hearth in Brentwood measured short of code can be extended, and that job is discounted too.
Sounding tile for lost bond
A hollow tile has lost contact with its bed, fully or in part. Tapping with a hard, light tool across the surface finds it by sound before it cracks. We mark each hollow unit and note whether the hollow spots cluster, since a cluster along one line can follow a crack in the slab below.
Scattered hollow tiles on a sound slab are reset one by one. A large hollow area, or hollow tile over a moving slab, is a bed or slab problem, and patching single tiles there buys little time. The count of hollow tiles is written on the estimate so the price follows the real extent of the damage.
Where flooring and trim may meet the hearth
Combustible trim and flooring edges may touch the hearth extension, but only far enough from the fire. R1001.11 allows sheathing and trim edges to butt against the extension once they are 12 inches or more away from the firebox lining. Inside that distance, the material has to be noncombustible.
A wood floor that butts against the front edge of a full-size extension is normally past that distance. A strip of wood along the side of a narrow extension may not be. We measure those distances on every hearth job and note them on the ticket, so a flooring change later does not undo them.
Cure time before the first fire
Fresh mortar and setting materials hold water, and heat drives it out too fast. A fire lit on a new bed can crack it or weaken the bond before it has reached strength. Each product's data sheet gives its cure time before heat and traffic, and refractory products carry their own heat-up instructions.
The cure time for your hearth goes on the ticket with the date the work finished. If the hearth has to take foot traffic sooner, we protect it with boards. Planning a gathering around the fireplace? Tell us the date when you book so the schedule allows for it.
Tile, slab, support and size, in writing
- Grout raked and renewed, product and color written down
- Extension enlarged to code size, with support and joint detail shown
- Stone slab glued or replaced, both options priced when both work
- Seam at the firebox cleaned and refilled with a heat-suited material
Hearth repair questions from Brentwood
When can I light a fire on the repaired hearth?
That depends on the setting materials, and each product's data sheet gives a cure time before heat. We write that time on your ticket along with the date the work was finished.
How does the guarantee apply to hearth work in Brentwood?
It covers the work we quoted. If something we set on your hearth is not what we agreed, we return and fix it.
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Loose tile, sunken slab, short extension
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