Fireplace installation in Neptune Beach by local specialists

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The mantel height is planned from the manual's chart before framing, which saves a costly fix later.

Family owned and operatedOne family business owns your Neptune Beach 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.

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When gas or electric suits the room better

A wood-burning fireplace needs a chimney that rises through the roof. Some rooms cannot give it one: a condo-style layout, a room under a second floor with no clear path, or a roof where the chimney cannot reach the required height.

In a house in Neptune Beach with that problem, a direct-vent gas unit that exits through a wall, or an electric unit with no vent at all, may be the answer. Those are separate jobs, and we tell you when wood will not work in the space. That conversation happens on the first visit, before anything is drawn. Want a fireplace in a room of your Neptune Beach home that never had one? Before anything is chosen, we check the route; call (904) 920-5495.

In the 2020 Census, Neptune Beach counted 7,217 residents. Neptune Beach lies on the coastline.

Fireplace installation work we take on in Neptune Beach

Chimney route walked from hearth to roof
Attic insulation shield where the pipe passes through
Listed firestops at each ceiling and floor
Permit and inspections for your Neptune Beach home on the schedule

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How our installation pros put in a fireplace in Neptune Beach

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.
Permit and framing
The permit is pulled, and framing, firestops and shields go in to the listed clearances.
Unit, chimney and hearth set
The unit goes in, the listed chimney runs to its termination, and the hearth extension is laid.
Inspection, finish, hand-over
The inspector checks the open framing, the finish goes on, and we walk you through the unit.

Outside chases on coastal homes in Neptune Beach

A chase is a framed box on an outside wall, built and sheathed like the wall itself. On the coast it takes onshore wind and rain on its full height.

The Florida Building Code maps design wind speeds by location (R301.2.1), and a chase for a home in Neptune Beach is framed and fastened with that in mind.

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From the framing to the first fire, a fireplace installation in Neptune Beach earns the discount.

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Thirty degrees and four elbows

Bending a factory-built chimney around a beam or a ridge is allowed, within limits. The code keeps every part of the assembly within 30 degrees of vertical and allows no more than four elbows in it, and the manual can set tighter limits for its own system. Each offset also needs support and a strap where the manual shows one. Those numbers shape the route more than anything else in the attic.

When a straight run is not possible, we draw the offsets first and check them against both limits before the route is priced. Fewer offsets also mean fewer joints to check later.

The shape of a new smoke chamber

The smoke chamber sits between the damper and the flue, and the code limits its shape. Its inside height, from the throat to the start of the flue, is no greater than the inside width of the fireplace opening. Its walls lean no more than 45 degrees from vertical when built with prefabricated linings or rolled walls, or 30 degrees when corbeled. They are at least 8 inches thick, or 6 inches with a firebrick or clay lining, and the inside is parged smooth with refractory mortar.

A chamber built to those limits carries smoke up cleanly. It is the part of a masonry build that is hardest to fix later.

What can cover the face of the unit

The face of a factory-built fireplace, the metal around the opening, gets hot, and the manual limits what can cover it. It calls for noncombustible materials such as tile, stone or brick veneer, set with an adhesive rated for the temperature the manual names, and it shows where the facing has to stop short of the opening or the grilles. Combustible board and wood trim stay outside that zone.

We give you the manual's facing rules with the plan, so the tile or stone you choose fits them before it is bought. Grout and setting materials follow the same temperature rule.

Checked in Neptune Beach before a fireplace goes in

Clearance to combustibles marked on each side of the unit
Chimney route with each offset and elbow counted
Footing size for a masonry fireplace, per R1001.2
Roofer, electrician or other trades named with their part of the job

Before any wall is opened

Can the new fireplace use my old chimney pipe?

Only if the new unit's manual lists that pipe. If it does not, the chimney is replaced with the system the new unit was tested with.

How much floor space does the hearth take?

For a masonry fireplace, the extension reaches 16 inches out from the opening, with 8 more on each side, and grows for openings of 6 square feet or larger. A factory-built unit follows its listing. The plan draws it to size.