Local fireplace installation for Garden City homes
Your Garden City fireplace installed with each part named, each clearance measured and each other trade planned on a free visit.
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Local fireplace experts for new installs in Garden City
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Factory-built units are installed with their own listed chimney parts, never mixed from other makers.
- Family owned and operatedOne family business owns your Garden City fireplace plan, from the framing or footing to the top of the chimney.
- Workmanship warrantyOur installation work is covered by our workmanship warranty, and the unit carries its maker's terms.
Planning outside air from the first sketch
Outside combustion air is one of those parts that is simple while the walls are open and awkward once they are closed. The code calls for it except where mechanical ventilation holds the room at neutral or positive pressure, and a factory-built unit takes the duct kit its listing names. On a plan in Garden City we mark where the intake leaves the house, how the duct runs to the firebox and how the control inside works.
If the room meets the ventilation exception, the plan says that instead, with the reason. The duct stays short where the plan allows, since each bend and each foot adds resistance. Call (904) 920-5495 and our installation pros will plan the new Garden City fireplace with you, free.
Garden City is in Duval County. Garden City lies inland.
Fireplace installation work we take on in Garden City
- Offsets kept within the listing's angle and elbow limits
- Outside chase framed and finished to match the house
- Outside combustion air ducted where the manual asks
- Old worn-out unit removed and hauled away
How our installation pros put in a fireplace in Garden City
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Route walked and drawn
The room, attic and roof are checked for a chimney path, and the plan is drawn to the unit's manual.
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Permit and framing
The permit is pulled, and framing, firestops and shields go in to the listed clearances.
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Unit, chimney and hearth set
The unit goes in, the listed chimney runs to its termination, and the hearth extension is laid.
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Inspection, finish, hand-over
The inspector checks the open framing, the finish goes on, and we walk you through the unit.
Planning a fireplace in Garden City
Garden City is inland, so salt is rarely what decides the metal for the rooftop parts here. The route decides most of the plan.
We walk the room, the attic and the roof to find a chimney path that meets the listing or the code.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
Planning a fireplace for your Garden City home? Take the 72 hours to settle the design and still save 10%.
How tall the chimney stands above the roof
A chimney has to end high enough to draft and to keep sparks away from the roof. For masonry, the code sets two minimums: 3 feet above the spot where the chimney comes through the roof, and 2 feet above anything on the building within a 10-foot radius.
Chimney height on a factory-built system follows what its manual sets. Roof slope, a nearby ridge or a taller wing of the house can push that height up, and a chimney more than a few feet above the roof can need bracing. We work out the height before the route is final. Bracing parts come from the chimney maker's list.
The combustion air duct
Outside combustion air reaches the firebox through a duct from an inlet on the exterior. On a factory-built unit, it is a listed component of the fireplace, installed as the manual shows. On a masonry fireplace, a listed duct is installed to its own listing.
Where a duct is not listed, the code keeps combustibles at least an inch from it within 5 feet of its outlet, and the passage into the firebox is sized between 6 and 55 square inches. We route the duct as short and straight as the framing allows. The kit's control at the firebox end closes it when the fireplace is not in use.
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.
Checked in Garden City before a fireplace goes in
- Clearance to combustibles marked on each side of the unit
- Firestops and attic insulation shield where the pipe passes
- Outside combustion air duct and intake location
- Roofer, electrician or other trades named with their part of the job
Before any wall is opened
Can a new fireplace go on an upper floor?
Yes for a factory-built unit, because it sits on a framed floor and its chimney runs up from there, as long as the floor framing is sized for the load. A masonry fireplace needs a footing at the ground, so it has to rise from the lowest level.
Is a new fireplace covered by the 10% offer?
It is. A new installation booked within 72 hours of the free inspection comes 10% off like any other job.
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