Chimney flue resurfacing and repair in Oceanway

Your Oceanway flue gets its cracks and open joints closed without shrinking it below what the fireplace needs.

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Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
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Same-day service available
10% off any service

Resurfacing systems are named with their listing, and installed by their instructions.

Free inspection and estimateThe flue at your Oceanway home is swept, examined from both ends and mapped at no charge.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the repaired flue is not sound and correctly sized when we finish, we make it right.
Family owned and operatedA family business maps the flue and does the repair, so the plan and the work stay in one set of hands.

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A sweep's note about cracked tiles

Many flue repairs start with a sweep who finished cleaning and found something behind the soot: a crack running up a tile, a joint with the mortar gone or a corner broken off. The note may be short, and it may leave you unsure how serious it is.

We start from that note. The flue is looked over again from top to bottom, each defect is placed by height and wall, and you get a repair path for the whole flue rather than for one crack. Sweep flagged your flue in Oceanway? Call (904) 920-5495 and our flue specialists will check it for free.

Oceanway is in Duval County. Oceanway is an inland community.

Tile, joint, seal and size

Flue size measured before any coat goes in
Inlet thimbles and cleanout doors checked on appliance flues
Cure time respected before the first fire
Flue mapped at your Oceanway home before any price is given

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How chimney flue repair runs

Swept and examined
The flue is cleaned, then looked over from the roof and the firebox with a light and mirrors.
Mapped and measured
Each defect is placed by height and wall, and the flue size is checked against what it serves.
Repaired by the chosen method
Top tiles swapped from the roof, damaged sections coated with a listed system, or a relining price when repair will not hold.
Checked and cured
The finished flue is examined from both ends and left to cure before the first fire.

Storm season and flue caps in Oceanway

Storms of the June to November hurricane season can tear a cap off an inland chimney as well, leaving its flue open to rain.

If the cap on your Oceanway chimney is missing after a storm, have the flue checked before the next fire.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

The 72 hours for flue work in Oceanway start at your own inspection.

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Why the flue is swept before it is judged

Soot and deposits cover cracks. A flue that has not been swept can look sound when it is not, and a crack can look like a stain. So the flue is cleaned before it is examined for repair, from the smoke chamber up to the last tile.

Once the tile surfaces are bare, cracks, open joints and flaking faces show clearly under a light. That is when the flue map is drawn. If sweeping is needed, it is listed on the estimate as its own item, because the repair cannot be judged or done over the deposits. Brushing also clears loose chips that would otherwise fall into a fresh coat.

Mortar ridges inside the flue

The code asks for only enough mortar to make each joint and hold the tile, with the joint left smooth on the inside. In practice, some flues were built with mortar squeezed out into the passage, leaving ridges at every joint.

Those ridges narrow the flue slightly, catch deposits and can hide gaps behind them. During a flue repair, loose ridges that would block a resurfacing tool or trap deposits are knocked back. Where the ridges hide open joints, those joints are part of the repair scope, and the flue map shows where they are.

Using the fireplace before the flue is fixed

A cracked or open-jointed flue lets heat and flue gas reach the masonry around it, and in an interior chimney that masonry sits two inches from framing (R1003.18). That is the reason we ask that a damaged flue not be used until it is repaired.

The repair itself is usually planned around your schedule, with any materials ordered in advance. Until then, the damper stays shut and the fireplace unused. If the flue serves an appliance you rely on, we tell you what that means for the appliance and who should look at it in the meantime.

What goes on the flue map in Oceanway

Offsets and bends noted with their height and angle
Dividers between neighboring flues checked where they can be seen
Inlet thimble and cleanout door condition on appliance flues
Water entry at the cap and bond break priced alongside

Before a flue repair is chosen

How do you see inside a flue?

From both ends, with a strong light and mirrors, after the flue is swept. Anything we could not see is written down as not seen, so nothing is guessed.

Is flue repair cheaper than relining?

When the damage suits a repair, it is usually the smaller job. When it does not, stacking repairs on a failing flue costs more in the end, and we price relining instead so you can compare.