Local chimney liner installation for Lake Geneva homes

From measuring the flue to the first fire, your Lake Geneva liner job is planned on a free inspection before it starts.

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Gas appliances get a liner sized from the venting tables, since their exhaust behaves differently.

Free inspection and estimateWe sweep and measure the flue in Lake Geneva at no charge before any liner is ordered.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesLiner size, alloy, insulation and cap are one written price, set before the order goes in.
Workmanship warrantyHow we install the liner is covered by our workmanship warranty, and the maker's terms come in writing.

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Smoke in the room and flue size

When smoke spills from an open fireplace, flue size is one of the suspects. The code ties the flue area to the fireplace opening, and a flue that is too small for the opening, or one choked by broken tile, leaves smoke nowhere to go but back into the room.

A liner sized to the opening can cure that, but only when size is the cause. If the chimney is short for the roof, or the house pulls air down the flue, a liner will not change the result, and you hear that on the Lake Geneva visit, before anyone orders one. Changing stoves or inserts in Lake Geneva? Get the new liner sized at no charge by calling (904) 920-5495.

Lake Geneva is part of Clay County. Lake Geneva lies inland.

What relining covers in Lake Geneva

Flue proved with a test piece or guide cone
Stainless alloy picked for the fuel you burn
Rigid sections or flexible liner chosen for the flue's path
Broken tile cleared out of the liner's way

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How our liner specialists reline a chimney in Lake Geneva

Sweep and prove the flue
The flue is swept clean, then a test piece or cone is lowered to make sure the liner will pass every bend.
Size and alloy chosen
The diameter comes from the appliance collar or the fireplace opening, and the alloy from the fuel.
Liner run down and joined
The liner goes down with its insulation where the listing asks, and joins the stove, insert or smoke chamber below.
Top plate, cap and record
The top plate is clamped and sealed, the cap fastened, and you get the installation record.

Short chimneys and liners in Lake Geneva

Liner systems are listed for a range of chimney heights, and a very short chimney may not draw well even when lined.

We measure the height of your Lake Geneva chimney and check it against the liner's listing before ordering.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Cracked flue tile? Book the relining in the 72 hours after we inspect and save 10%.

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When the chimney's clearances cannot be confirmed

A liner's zero-clearance rating depends on its listing and, for some systems, on insulation. Liner makers say that if the chimney's own airspace to combustibles cannot be confirmed, the liner must be installed with an approved insulation wrap.

Clearances can be hard to confirm: the chimney sits behind drywall, the attic side is packed with insulation, or framing was built tight to the brick. In those cases the insulated system is what the listing requires. We say whether insulation is required for that reason or recommended for draft and condensation. The insulation also takes up room, which the flue proof has to allow for.

Sizing a liner for a gas appliance

Gas appliances are sized differently from wood. The flue for a gas appliance vented into masonry is sized from the venting tables in NFPA 54, the National Fuel Gas Code, and from the appliance's installation manual, and the Florida Building Code sends gas flue lining to its fuel gas chapter.

The tables account for the appliance's input, the height of the chimney and the length of any lateral run. Too large a liner lets the exhaust cool and condense; too small restricts it. When two gas appliances share a flue, the combined sizing rules apply, and we note which table was used. The appliance's rating plate gives the input figure the tables need.

The smoke chamber below a fireplace liner

For an open fireplace, the liner's lower end starts above the throat, and the smoke chamber below still has to guide smoke from the wide firebox into the smaller liner opening. That chamber needs sound, reasonably smooth walls to do it.

Stepped brick, open joints or missing mortar in the chamber slow the smoke and let heat into the masonry, and a new liner above does not change that. The relining inspection looks at the chamber for this reason. Where the walls have failed, smoke chamber repair is listed with the liner, so the new flue gets a clean feed from below.

Measured before a liner is ordered in Lake Geneva

Liner diameter set from the appliance collar or the fireplace opening
Broken tile and mortar bulges cleared out of the passage
Insert adapter fitted and clamped to the insert's flue collar
Damaged tile at the top cut back flush and the surface patched

Before a liner is ordered

Can relining be done in one day?

A plain liner in a straight, clean flue can go in within a day. Tile removal, insulation, crown repair or a new wall opening add time, and the estimate gives the schedule.

What paperwork do I get after relining?

The liner maker's instructions and an installation record with the liner size, alloy, length and insulation. Keep them with the house papers for the next sweep, inspection or sale.