Family-owned hearth repair for San Marco fireplaces
Loose tile on a hearth in San Marco gets a free visit from local specialists who check the slab underneath.
- Fully licensed and insured
- Locally owned
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service
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Hearth specialists who check the base first in San Marco
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Floor and trim distances around the hearth are measured and written down.
- Free inspection and estimateYour hearth in San Marco is sounded, leveled and measured on a free visit before any price is written.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedA tile or stone we set that comes loose is ours to fix, and we return to reset it.
- Family owned and operatedA family-owned local crew explains each layer of the repair, from the support to the grout line.
Wood flooring that runs onto the hearth
A new floor sometimes gets laid right up to the firebox, or a strip of wood ends up inside the area the extension is supposed to cover. The code keeps that zone noncombustible because embers and rolling logs land there. Wood, carpet or vinyl inside it gets cut back, and the extension fills the space.
The estimate for a hearth in San Marco shows where the new edge falls, what closes the joint and whether the flooring cut is ours or your flooring installer's. Family owned, local and plain about who does what.
San Marco is one of the named neighborhoods of Jacksonville. San Marco falls within Duval County.
From loose tile to a new slab
- Undersized extensions enlarged to the code size
- Raised hearth caps reset on a sound base
- Inner hearth firebrick replaced in refractory mortar
- Ash dump frames and lids reset or replaced
The order of a hearth repair
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Describe the hearth on the call
Cracked, hollow, sunken or too small, a short description sets up the free visit and what we bring.
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Sounding and measuring
Each tile is tapped, the slab's level is read and the extension is measured against the opening.
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Support first, surface second
A moving slab or missing support is fixed before tile or stone goes back on a full bed of the named mortar.
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Cured before heat, then handed back
The bed cures before grout and fire, and we show you the finished edge and where the clear zone ends.
Inland hearths and water from above in San Marco
Being inland does not keep rain out of an open flue. In San Marco, a missing cap or a failed seal at the top still lets water run down to the inner hearth.
Water marks at the back of a hearth in San Marco send us up the flue before any tile is reset.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
A hearth repair booked the same day as the inspection comes 10% off too.
Working out the 6 square foot line
R1001.10 switches from the smaller extension to the larger one at an opening of 6 square feet. The opening is its width times its height in inches, and 6 square feet is 864 square inches. A 36 by 24 inch opening lands exactly on the line. A 32 by 26 inch opening comes to 832 and falls just under it.
At or over the line, the extension runs 20 inches in front and 12 inches past each side. Under it, 16 and 8. The measurements and the arithmetic go on the ticket, so anyone can check the size we built to.
Matching tile that is no longer made
Hearth tile from a few decades back may be discontinued. A close match from a supplier is one option. Another is to take matching tile from a spot nobody sees, such as under a raised platform, and put the new tile there instead. A third is a deliberate contrast, like a border row in a different tile.
We lay out those choices before any tile is removed, because the wrong order can leave a patch that stands out. If the whole surface has to come up for the slab anyway, a full new finish may be simpler than matching. The estimate prices the options you ask about.
Steel in the slab and the concrete over it
Hearths and extensions are built reinforced. Reinforcement helps only while it stays sound, and it stays sound while enough concrete covers it and water stays out. Thin cover near the top surface lets moisture reach the steel, and the rust that forms pushes the concrete off in flakes and pieces.
A patch over rusted steel fails from underneath, so the steel is exposed and cleaned or the slab is recast. We check cover depth where a crack lets us see it and write the finding down. A slab we pour gets its reinforcement placed with concrete cover on every side.
What we check on a hearth in San Marco before pricing
- Extension enlarged to code size, with support and joint detail shown
- Stone slab glued or replaced, both options priced when both work
- Ash dump frame reset in refractory mortar and lid fit checked
- Room and floors covered, with dust kept to the work area
Before your hearth is lifted
Can my hearth be made bigger without tearing it out?
It can when the existing slab is sound. An addition on proper support, joined cleanly to the old slab, brings the size up, and new tile across both hides the seam. The estimate shows the new outline.
How does the guarantee apply to hearth work in San Marco?
It covers the work we quoted. If something we set on your hearth is not what we agreed, we return and fix it.
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A solid hearth and a clear ember zone
Hearth work in San Marco starts with the base, because tile on a moving slab will crack again. Call (904) 920-5495.
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