Local fireplace installation for Riverside homes
Installation in Riverside follows the maker's manual line by line, or the building code for masonry. Planning is free.
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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 Riverside 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.
What a masonry fireplace asks of the house
A masonry fireplace is heavy, and the code starts it below grade. The footing is concrete or solid masonry at least a foot thick and wider than the fireplace on every side, which in an existing Riverside house means cutting the slab or the floor structure and pouring new. Above it the firebox, smoke chamber and chimney go up course by course, with curing time between stages. Those are the reasons the estimate for a masonry build is longer, and why we set it next to a factory-built option when the house allows both. It is a bigger undertaking, and worth knowing early. Thinking about a fireplace for your Riverside home? Send the short form or call (904) 920-5495.
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is located in Riverside. Riverside is about 6 miles from Jacksonville in a straight line.
What's Included
What a fireplace installation covers in Riverside
- Chimney route walked from hearth to roof
- Outside chase framed and finished to match the house
- Hearth extension laid to the listing or the code
- Outside combustion air ducted where the manual asks
How It Works
How fireplace installation runs
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Route walked, hearth to roof
The room, the attic and the roof are checked for a clear chimney path before any unit is chosen.
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Unit and chimney system chosen
A listed factory-built system from one maker, or a masonry fireplace on its own footing.
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Framed, built and inspected
Framing and clearances follow the manual or the code, and the inspector sees them before the walls close.
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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
Hearths for new fireplaces in Riverside
The hearth extension for a factory-built unit follows its listing and has to be easy to tell from the floor around it. A masonry fireplace's extension grows with the opening.
The plan for your Riverside room draws the hearth to size before the unit is chosen.
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The air space around a masonry fireplace
Framing lumber keeps a 2-inch gap at the face and sides of a masonry fireplace, and a 4-inch gap behind it. That air space has to stay open, except where fireblocking closes it at floors and ceilings. The code allows combustible trim and sheathing edges to meet the side walls and hearth extension only where they sit at least 12 inches from the inside of the firebox lining.
When we frame the wall around a new masonry fireplace, those gaps are measured before the drywall goes up, because they cannot be checked afterward. Where a gap is short, the fix is framing. Insulation or caulk will not do it.
Carrying the weight
Light as a factory-built fireplace is, the chimney, a stone hearth and the finish around the opening add up. The code requires any framing that supports a factory-built chimney to be designed for the added load. Where the chimney hangs from roof or ceiling framing, or an offset puts weight on a single joist, the framing is sized and headed off to carry it.
A heavy hearth set on a framed floor gets the same attention. The plan shows what carries each load, and the inspector sees it before the ceiling closes. Framing sizes come from the load.
Inspections while the framing is open
The inspection that counts happens before the walls are finished. With the framing open, the inspector can see the unit's clearances, the firestops, the insulation shield, the chimney supports and the combustion air duct, and compare them with the manual. Once drywall is up, none of that can be checked without cutting.
On our installations the finish work waits for that sign-off. If the inspector asks for a change, it is made while everything is still open, and the final inspection follows once the room is complete. We schedule it as soon as the framing, chimney and duct are complete, so the room is not left open longer than needed.
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Checked in Riverside before a fireplace goes in
- Outside combustion air duct and intake location
- Termination height above the roof and nearby parts of the building
- Permit application and each inspection on the schedule
- Spark arrestor or listed cap sized to the flue outlet
FAQ
Before any wall is opened
Can you install a wood-burning fireplace in a house in Riverside 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.
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.
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