Fireplace insert installation for Nocatee homes
Mantel, hearth and side clearances in Nocatee measured against the insert's label on a free inspection, before the order is placed.
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Insert specialists who measure first in Nocatee
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
A blower's outlet is planned with an electrician, named on the estimate, not improvised.
- Free inspection and estimateYour Nocatee firebox, chimney height and hearth are measured against the insert's manual at no charge, before anything is ordered.
- Upfront pricing, no hidden feesEvery part of the job is priced before ordering, from repairs to the rain cap, and nothing is added without your yes.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the insert smokes or draws poorly after installation to its manual, we come back and set it right.
Firewood kept close to the insert
Stacking wood right beside the insert is convenient, but insert manuals keep stored wood out of the installation clearances and out of the space needed to load and clear ash. Those clearances protect the floor and walls as well as the mantel, and they apply to baskets and furniture too.
On install day we show you the clearance lines for your model so you know where wood, furniture and baskets can sit safely. Setting up the room around a new insert in Nocatee? Our insert specialists will help you lay it out; call (904) 920-5495.
Nocatee is part of St. Johns County. In the 2020 Census, Nocatee counted 22,503 residents.
What fireplace insert installation covers in Nocatee
- Listed wood inserts installed to their manuals
- Fireplace repairs finished before the insert goes in
- Hearth extensions and ember protection where required
- Blower outlets planned with an electrician
How our insert pros install a wood insert in Nocatee
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Measure against the manual
Firebox, chimney height, hearth and clearances are checked against the insert's table before ordering.
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Repair and clean first
Fireplace repairs are made and cured, and the flue is cleaned before the liner goes up.
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Liner, plate and cap
A listed stainless liner runs to the top, closed with a top plate and a rain cap.
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Set, seal and fire
The insert and surround go in as the manual directs, and the first fire is run with you.
When storm wind hits a liner cap near Nocatee
Wind from a hurricane-season storm can bend or loosen the rain cap on a liner, and near the coast in Nocatee the top of the chimney takes that wind.
A check of the cap before the next fire keeps water out of the liner and the insert.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
Ready for an insert? Save 10% on the installation by ordering within 72 hours of the inspection.
Repairs that come before the insert
Inserts sit inside the fireplace, so the fireplace has to hold up around them. Insert guides ask for the masonry to be checked for cracks, loose mortar and other defects, and for repairs to be finished before installation, with the masonry fireplace built to NFPA 211 or the local code.
Open firebox joints, cracked firebrick or a failed throat get fixed first, each priced on its own line, and repairs made in refractory mortar dry for the time on the data sheet before the insert goes in. We schedule the install after that drying time so nothing is rushed.
Cleaning the flue before the liner
Before a liner goes up an old flue, the flue is cleaned and checked for obstructions, which one maker stresses when a chimney has sat unused for some time. For a factory-built fireplace, the same guide calls for the chimney system to be cleaned thoroughly before installing.
Cleaning first also lets us see the flue lining and the smoke chamber, which a liner will hide once it is in. Anything found, a cracked flue section or missing parging, is written down before the liner goes up, so there are no surprises hidden behind it. Those findings are priced separately from the insert.
No grate inside the insert
Open fireplaces burn on a grate, but an insert usually does not. One maker's manual says not to raise the fuel on grates or andirons and to burn directly on the firebricks inside the insert, replacing any broken or missing bricks before use.
Those firebricks line the insert's own firebox and are a maintenance item of their own. We check them at installation and show you what a cracked one looks like, so a broken brick is replaced from the maker's parts list instead of being ignored. The old fireplace grate comes out before the insert goes in.
Measured in Nocatee before an insert is ordered
- Top plate trimmed, seated and sealed, with a rain cap on the liner
- Outside air through the ash chamber where the fireplace allows it
- Metal tag fixed to the fireplace back wall when the manual supplies one
- First fire run with you, covering the air control and loading
Before you order an insert
Does a new wood insert have to meet an EPA limit?
New wood heaters made or sold at retail since May 15, 2020 must meet the EPA Step 2 limit, and the permanent label says so. We read it before installing.
Do you sell the insert or only install it?
We install to the insert's listing, and the estimate spells out which parts we supply, from the liner to the cap. Call (904) 920-5495 and tell us whether you already have a model for the fireplace in Nocatee.
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