Local fireplace installation in Nocatee

A new wood-burning fireplace for a home in Nocatee, laid out from the hearth to the roof on a free visit before any wall is opened.

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Family owned and operatedOne family business owns your Nocatee 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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Handing over a new fireplace

A new fireplace is handed over with a walk-through. At the end of an installation in Nocatee we go through the damper or the air control, the screen, the grate the manual calls for, and what the manual says should stay out of the firebox.

You keep the manual, the inspection sign-off and a note of the model and chimney parts, which is what anyone servicing the fireplace later will need. NFPA 211 calls for a yearly inspection from then on. Questions after handover go to the same phone line you called first. Planning costs you nothing in Nocatee; call (904) 920-5495 and tell us which room you have in mind.

Nocatee sits a short way inland. Nocatee falls within St. Johns County.

What a fireplace installation covers in Nocatee

Framing built to the installation manual's dimensions
Outside combustion air ducted where the manual asks
Old worn-out unit removed and hauled away
Final walk-through of your new Nocatee fireplace

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How our installation pros put in a fireplace in Nocatee

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.

Framing a chase for storm wind in Nocatee

Near the coast, storms from June 1 to November 30 bring strong wind. An outside chase has to stand up to it like any exterior wall.

The code maps design wind speed by location, and a chase in Nocatee is framed and fastened to suit.

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What zero-clearance really allows

Zero-clearance describes where framing may touch a factory-built unit. It does not promise that nothing around it gets hot. The unit has standoffs, spacers built onto its top and sides, and the listing allows framing to rest against them. Everything else keeps the space the manual shows, including the air gap above the unit and around the chimney pipe. Packing insulation into those gaps, or framing tight against the chimney where the manual calls for space, defeats the test the unit passed.

We frame to the standoffs and leave the listed air spaces open. The inspector checks those gaps before the drywall goes on.

Blowers and the outlet they need

Some factory-built wood fireplaces take an optional blower that moves room air around the firebox and back out through a grille. The blower needs power from a receptacle placed where the manual shows, which can be inside the unit's lower grille area.

If there is no circuit or outlet there, an electrician adds it before the wall is closed. We place the blower kit from the maker's parts list and route its cord as the manual shows, and the electrician's part is named separately. The blower's speed control and thermal switch come with the kit and mount where the manual places them.

A spark arrestor sized to the flue

Where a masonry chimney has a spark arrestor, the code sets its size and mesh. Its net free area is at least four times the area of the flue outlet it covers. The screen is heat and corrosion resistant, equal to 19-gage galvanized or 24-gage stainless steel, with openings that stop a 3/8-inch sphere but pass a 1/2-inch one. It also has to be reachable for cleaning.

On a factory-built chimney, the listed cap does this job, and it is the cap from the chimney maker's list. Mesh that clogs with soot restricts the draft, so the screen gets checked at each yearly inspection.

Checked in Nocatee before a fireplace goes in

Chimney route with each offset and elbow counted
Firestops and attic insulation shield where the pipe passes
Hearth extension sized and built to the listing or R1001.10
Permit application and each inspection on the schedule

Before any wall is opened

Is a factory-built fireplace as safe as a masonry one?

Installed and kept to its listing, a factory-built fireplace is tested as a complete system with its chimney. Its safety depends on that listing being followed, which is why substitute parts are not used.

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.