Old fireplace restoration in Sandalwood
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Restoration specialists who plan the whole fireplace in Sandalwood
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
We identify every stain before choosing how to clean it.
- Family owned and operatedA family business plans your Sandalwood fireplace as one job, so each step happens once and in the right order.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedYou approve the trial patch and the mortar sample before the face is touched, and our guarantee covers the result.
A hearth that has seen better days
An old fireplace's hearth can be cracked, loose at the edges or shorter than the code asks for today. It is part of the fireplace's look and part of its safety, since it is where sparks and embers land when a log shifts.
Restoration checks the hearth and extension and writes down their condition and size. Hearth repair is its own line, done in material that matches the original where that can be found, so it can be approved on its own. Cracked hearth on an old fireplace in Sandalwood? We look at it free; call (904) 920-5495.
Sandalwood is a neighborhood inside Jacksonville city limits. Sandalwood lies within Duval County.
Restoration work for Sandalwood fireplaces
- Flue, smoke chamber and firebox cleaned before assessment
- Face joints repointed to match the original
- Efflorescence identified and its water source found
- Mantel and trim distances checked against the code
From first cleaning to first fire in Sandalwood
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Clean and assess
Everything from the hearth to the flue top is cleaned, then checked and written up part by part.
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Heat side first
Firebox, parging and damper repairs are made in refractory materials and left to dry.
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Trial, then the face
A trial patch is cleaned and a mortar sample made for your approval before the face work.
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Repoint, cure, clean
Face joints are repointed in layers, left to harden, then the face gets its final cleaning.
One plan for an old fireplace in Sandalwood
Well back from the coast, an old fireplace in Sandalwood still needs every part checked: flue, smoke chamber, damper, firebox, lintel, face and hearth.
Restoration puts them on one page in the right order.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
Restoration earns the discount whether this is your first job with us or not.
Heat-side repairs use refractory materials
Inside the firebox and the smoke chamber, the building code sets the materials. Firebrick goes into C199 medium-duty refractory mortar, the class R1001.5 names, and firebox joints stay at a quarter inch or less.
The same mortar class is required for smoke chamber parging. Restoration uses those materials on the heat side even where the original builder did not, because they are what hold up to the fire. The ordinary mortars used on the face have no place inside the firebox, and the estimate names the refractory product separately from the face mortar so the two stay apart on site.
Getting the color from the sand
Most of a mortar's color and texture comes from its sand. The National Park Service guidance on repointing notes that when the sand is matched successfully, the color and texture of the new mortar usually fall into place.
We look at the old mortar broken open, not only its weathered surface, and choose a sand close in color and grain size before adjusting anything else. Tinting new mortar is a last resort. A small sample is mixed and left to cure so you can compare it with the old joints before the face work begins, and the chosen mix is recorded.
Taking smoke stains off brick
Smoke staining is its own category in the Brick Industry Association's cleaning guidance, which notes that scrubbing with a scouring powder, particularly one containing bleach, and a stiff bristle brush is often effective.
That is mild compared with what people reach for, and it is where we start, after a trial patch. How much comes off depends on how deep the stain has worked into the brick; some faces come up close to new and others only lighten. We tell you after the trial which to expect, rather than pushing harder chemistry at a stain that will not come out.
Safety work and face work on one page
- Damper freed and rehung, or replaced where rusted through
- Face joints raked out by hand to a depth set by their width
- Hearth extension size and condition noted separately
- Floors, mantel and walls protected, rinse water contained
Fireplace restoration questions from Sandalwood
Will the new mortar match the old?
We match the sand, color and joint profile, and test a sample first. Fresh mortar looks slightly different at first and blends as it cures.
Can you restore a stone fireplace too?
Yes. Stone joints and cleaning take their own methods, and we identify the stone before choosing any cleaner or mortar.
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