Local fireplace installation for Keystone Heights homes

Factory-built or masonry, a new fireplace in Keystone Heights starts with a free planning visit that sets the chimney route and the clearances.

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Fireplace installation specialists who plan on paper first

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Other trades, such as a roofer or an electrician, are listed up front so nobody is guessing.

Family owned and operatedOne family business owns your Keystone Heights fireplace plan, from the framing or footing to the top of the chimney.
Free written estimatesUnit, chimney, framing, hearth, permit and any other trade sit on one free written estimate.
Workmanship warrantyOur installation work is covered by our workmanship warranty, and the unit carries its maker's terms.

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Installing while a remodel has the walls open

The easiest time to put a fireplace into a house is while a remodel already has the walls and ceiling open. Framing the enclosure, heading off joists and running the chimney through an open attic is faster than cutting into finished rooms, and the inspector can see everything at once.

If your Keystone Heights remodel is in planning, bring us in before the framing is final. The fireplace manual sets dimensions that the rest of the framing has to respect, and it is easier to draw them in than to move a wall later. Your contractor gets the manual's framing sheet from us. Planning costs you nothing in Keystone Heights; call (904) 920-5495 and tell us which room you have in mind.

By straight-line distance, Keystone Heights is more than about six miles from the coast. Keystone Heights lies roughly 43 miles from Jacksonville, measured directly rather than by road.

What's Included

From route walk to hand-over

Standoffs and clearances kept on every side of the unit
Outside chase framed and finished to match the house
Termination height checked above the roof
Old worn-out unit removed and hauled away

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How It Works

How our installation pros put in a fireplace in Keystone Heights

Route walked, hearth to roof
The room, the attic and the roof are checked for a clear chimney path before any unit is chosen.
Unit and chimney system chosen
A listed factory-built system from one maker, or a masonry fireplace on its own footing.
Framed, built and inspected
Framing and clearances follow the manual or the code, and the inspector sees them before the walls close.
Hearth, air supply and handover
The hearth extension and outside air go in, and we explain how to run the break-in fires.

Local Conditions

Planning a fireplace in Keystone Heights

More than about six miles of land lie between Keystone Heights and the coast, 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.

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Fireplace installation in Keystone Heights, booked today, comes with 10% off your first service.

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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.

Old chimney pipe, new fireplace

Replacing a factory-built fireplace raises one question before any other: can the existing chimney stay? The answer is in the new unit's manual. Some makers list chimney systems that match their older models, and some list only their current pipe.

If the manual does not name the existing pipe, it comes out with the old unit, including the firestops and the cap, and the new system goes in complete. We do not pair a new fireplace with pipe it was not tested with. The manual's page on chimney components is the document we read for this, and we cite it.

Carrying the weight

Light as a factory-built fireplace is, the chimney, a stone hearth and the finish around the opening add up. The code requires any framing that supports a factory-built chimney to be designed for the added load. Where the chimney hangs from roof or ceiling framing, or an offset puts weight on a single joist, the framing is sized and headed off to carry it.

A heavy hearth set on a framed floor gets the same attention. The plan shows what carries each load, and the inspector sees it before the ceiling closes. Framing sizes come from the load.

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Checked in Keystone Heights before a fireplace goes in

Unit and chimney system named by maker, model and listing
Clearance to combustibles marked on each side of the unit
Permit application and each inspection on the schedule
Spark arrestor or listed cap sized to the flue outlet

FAQ

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 new-customer offer?

It is. A new installation counts toward 10% off your first service when it is your first job with us.

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