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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Fireplace installation specialists for Nocatee homes

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
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Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
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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 Nocatee 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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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, within about six miles of the coast. Measured in a straight line, Nocatee is about 17 miles from Jacksonville.

What's Included

What a fireplace installation covers in Nocatee

Unit and chimney system named by maker and model
Listed firestops at each ceiling and floor
Offsets kept within the listing's angle and elbow limits
Old worn-out unit removed and hauled away

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How It Works

How our installation pros put in a fireplace in Nocatee

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

Framing a chase for storm wind in Nocatee

Within a few miles of 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.

The shield where the pipe meets insulation

When a factory-built chimney passes through an insulated ceiling or an attic, the code calls for a steel insulation shield of at least No. 26 gage around it. The shield keeps loose or batt insulation off the pipe and holds the clearance the listing needs.

In an attic, it has to stand at least 2 inches above the top of the insulation, which matters when insulation is added later. We fit the shield the chimney maker lists for that pipe size and leave the insulation level marked, so anyone who blows in more knows where the top has to stay.

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.

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Checked in Nocatee before a fireplace goes in

Unit and chimney system named by maker, model and listing
Firestops and attic insulation shield where the pipe passes
Termination height above the roof and nearby parts of the building
Permit application and each inspection on the schedule

FAQ

Before any wall is opened

Can you install a wood-burning fireplace in a house in Nocatee that has none?

Yes, where the house allows it. It depends on a route for the chimney from the hearth to the roof that meets the listing or the code, and on room for the hearth extension. The first visit walks that route and tells you whether it works.

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.

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