Local fireplace repair in Green Cove Springs

Masonry and factory-built fireplaces in Green Cove Springs repaired to the code or the maker's listing, once a free inspection has found the fault.

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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

Factory-built units are repaired with the maker's parts, so they stay within their listing.

Locally ownedA locally owned business shows you the failing part of your Green Cove Springs fireplace before any price.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesSafety repairs come first on the estimate, and items that can wait are priced on their own lines.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the fireplace still smokes or sticks after the repair we quoted for it, we come back.

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Why the price comes after the look

Described on the phone, a fireplace problem can point to more than one repair. A stuck damper might free up with cleaning, or it might need a new plate cut to fit the throat. Smoke in the room might be the house pulling air, or an opening too tall for its flue. That is why the price for a fireplace in Green Cove Springs comes after we have looked, in writing, with the cause beside it. The estimate is free, and looking first is how we keep you from paying for a repair that does not fix the problem. Firebox cracked or damper stuck in Green Cove Springs? Call (904) 920-5495 for a free fireplace inspection.

Green Cove Springs lies inland. Clay County Historic Courthouse lies within Green Cove Springs.

Firebox, damper, hearth and trim

Damper plate, pivot and handle worked and repaired
Rough smoke chamber parged smooth
Spark screen fitted to your Green Cove Springs fireplace opening
Unsafe items for your Green Cove Springs fireplace flagged in writing

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How our fireplace pros repair a fireplace in Green Cove Springs

Type and rating plate read
We settle whether the fireplace is masonry or factory-built and read the model where there is one.
Joints, damper and hearth checked
Joints are probed, the damper worked through its travel, and the hearth and trim measured.
Repair with the right materials
Refractory mortar and firebrick for masonry, the maker's parts for factory-built units.
Test fire and cleanup
Where smoke was the problem, a short test fire checks the fix, and the room is cleaned before we go.

Tight houses and fireplaces in Green Cove Springs

Kitchen hoods, bath fans and a clothes dryer can pull more air out of a house than leaks back in. The fireplace becomes the way outside air comes back, and it brings smoke with it.

We check the house pressure during a repair visit in Green Cove Springs and explain what helps.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Fireplace repairs in Green Cove Springs come 10% off whether the fix is small or large.

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Raised hearths and the thinner extension

When the floor of the firebox sits at least 8 inches above the hearth extension, the code allows the extension to be thinner: at least 3/8 inch of approved noncombustible material instead of the 2 inches it otherwise requires. That exception is why a raised hearth can carry a thin stone or tile apron. It does not change how far the extension has to reach. A raised hearth that has been lowered, or a room where new flooring has built up the floor level, can take the fireplace out of the exception, so we measure the height as it stands today.

A lintel that is pushing the brick

The masonry above a fireplace opening sits on a lintel, which the code requires to be noncombustible, with at least 4 inches of bearing at each end. Where that lintel is a steel angle, rust is its weakness. Steel grows as it rusts, and a rusting angle can lift or crack the brick it carries, which shows as a horizontal crack just above the opening or a course of brick that has bowed. Surface rust that has not moved the brick is cleaned and protected.

An angle that has lost metal or already cracked the face needs the brick above it taken down, a new angle set with full bearing at each end, and the brick relaid. We tell you which, with what we measured.

An outside air inlet that no longer opens

Factory-built fireplaces with an outside air kit have a duct from an exterior inlet to a small damper near the firebox. The outside end is screened, and the code calls for corrosion-resistant mesh with openings no larger than a quarter inch. Lint, leaves and insects can close the screen, and the inside damper can stick shut. Either way the fire goes back to feeding on room air, which is what the kit was installed to prevent. We open the control, check that air actually moves at the firebox end, and clean or replace the screen and damper parts from the maker's list.

Tested in Green Cove Springs before a fireplace repair is priced

Refractory panels ordered by model number from the rating plate
Damper plate, pivot and handle freed, adjusted or replaced
Hearth extension measured from the opening and checked against the code
Smoke guard sized to lower an opening that is too tall

Before the firebox is opened up

Is refractory mortar really different from regular mortar?

Yes. Refractory mortar is made to take firebox heat, and the code calls for the medium-duty grade under ASTM C199 between firebricks. Regular masonry mortar breaks down when a fire burns against it.

Do you look at gas logs in a wood fireplace?

Yes. The fireplace around the logs gets the same repair visit, and we check that the damper is held open as the log set's instructions require. Faults in the burner or controls are handled as gas fireplace work.