Old fireplace restoration in Fruit Cove

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Family owned and operated
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Old joints come out by hand, so the brick edges of your Fruit Cove fireplace stay sharp.

Family owned and operatedA family business plans your Fruit Cove 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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What a restoration estimate lists

Every restoration estimate we write lists the fireplace part by part: flue and smoke chamber, damper, firebox walls and floor, lintel, face, hearth and trim. Each part has its condition, the repair and the material, or a note that it is sound and staying as it is.

Safety items are marked, and the sequence and waiting times are given at the end. The pricing is upfront, with nothing added later without your approval. Want that kind of estimate for your Fruit Cove fireplace? Request one at (904) 920-5495.

Fruit Cove sits in St. Johns County. At the 2020 Census, Fruit Cove was home to 32,143 people.

Clean, repair, repoint, protect

Seized dampers freed or replaced
Efflorescence identified and its water source found
A written order of work for your Fruit Cove fireplace
Drying times and the first fire date for your Fruit Cove home

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From first cleaning to first fire in Fruit Cove

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.

Restoring before a sale in Fruit Cove

Buyers' inspectors in Fruit Cove look at the firebox, the damper and the face. A restored fireplace with a written record answers their questions.

We can schedule the safety half first if time is short.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Restoration booked within 72 hours of the inspection in Fruit Cove comes 10% off.

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A partly open damper and the flue

The code sets a floor for the passage over the firebox: its cross-section may not be smaller than the flue's. A damper plate stuck partway open shrinks exactly that passage, and the smoke has to squeeze through.

In an old fireplace, a smoky first fire is often traced to a plate that only opens halfway. Restoring full travel, or replacing the plate, gives the smoke its full path back. We measure the opening with the plate fully open and compare it with the flue before signing off the damper work, so the fix is confirmed rather than assumed.

Preparing a joint to take new mortar

Clean, damp joints bond best. After raking, the National Park Service guidance has the joints rinsed to remove dust and loose particles, and dampened so they are wet at the time of filling but hold no standing water. Very absorbent brick can be misted for a few hours beforehand.

Indoors, we do the rinsing with a hand sprayer and catch the water, rather than running a hose at a living room wall. A dry joint pulls water out of new mortar too fast, which weakens the bond, so the dampening is as important as the mix itself, and we check it before each section is filled.

Taking smoke stains off brick

Smoke staining is its own category in the Brick Industry Association's cleaning guidance, which notes that scrubbing with a scouring powder, particularly one containing bleach, and a stiff bristle brush is often effective.

That is mild compared with what people reach for, and it is where we start, after a trial patch. How much comes off depends on how deep the stain has worked into the brick; some faces come up close to new and others only lighten. We tell you after the trial which to expect, rather than pushing harder chemistry at a stain that will not come out.