Fireplace insert installation for Sunbeam homes
Each wood insert fitted in Sunbeam carries an EPA Step 2 label and goes in to its listing, after a free inspection.
- Fully licensed and insured
- Locally owned
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service
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Insert specialists who measure first in Sunbeam
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
A blower's outlet is planned with an electrician, named on the estimate, not improvised.
- Free inspection and estimateYour Sunbeam firebox, chimney height and hearth are measured against the insert's manual at no charge, before anything is ordered.
- Upfront pricing, no hidden feesEvery part of the job is priced before ordering, from repairs to the rain cap, and nothing is added without your yes.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the insert smokes or draws poorly after installation to its manual, we come back and set it right.
A short chimney and an insert
Draft comes from height, and insert manuals set a minimum chimney height for their units. A short chimney can leave an insert slow to draw, which shows as smoke when the door opens and a fire that is hard to get going.
We measure your chimney from the hearth up and compare it with the manual of the insert you have in mind. Where the height falls short, we say so before anything is bought and suggest a model or a plan that suits it. Wondering whether the chimney on your Sunbeam house is tall enough? Get it measured through (904) 920-5495.
Sunbeam is part of Duval County. Sunbeam is an inland community.
Insert installation for Sunbeam fireplaces
- Hearth extensions and ember protection where required
- Surrounds sealed or left open per the manual
- Blower outlets planned with an electrician
- A first-fire walk-through at your Sunbeam home
How insert installation runs
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Measure against the manual
Firebox, chimney height, hearth and clearances are checked against the insert's table before ordering.
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Repair and clean first
Fireplace repairs are made and cured, and the flue is cleaned before the liner goes up.
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Liner, plate and cap
A listed stainless liner runs to the top, closed with a top plate and a rain cap.
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Set, seal and fire
The insert and surround go in as the manual directs, and the first fire is run with you.
An inland fireplace that smokes
Well away from the coast in Sunbeam, a smoking fireplace is about draft and air, not weather. A liner matched to the insert collar can steady that draft.
We check the cause first, so the insert solves the right problem.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
Book on inspection day or two days later, and the insert comes 10% off either way.
What may not be taken out of the fireplace
Fitting an insert can tempt an installer to cut away brick for a better fit. One maker's guide warns against removing bricks or mortar from the existing fireplace, apart from the smoke shelf and damper frame allowance.
The firebox walls, the lintel and the hearth stay as built. When an insert will not fit without cutting into them, the answer is a smaller insert or a different plan, not a weaker fireplace. We measure with that limit in mind and show you which models fit your fireplace as it stands, so the choice is made before the work.
The baffle above the fire
Inside the top of a wood insert sits a baffle, a plate with insulation that holds the flames and gases in the firebox longer. One maker says not to operate the insert with the baffle or its insulation removed.
The same maker prefers removing the insert and pipe to clean and inspect, taking out the baffle only when that is not possible. We set the insert up so the baffle and connection can be reached, and show you the baffle's position so it is not left out after cleaning. A missing baffle shows as a fire that roars up the flue.
A quick test for dry wood
Clean burning in an insert still depends on dry wood. One maker gives a simple test: put a large piece on a good bed of coals and watch. Wood burning on more than one side within a minute is dry; wood that blackens and lights within three minutes is damp; wood that hisses without lighting in five minutes is soaked.
The same maker asks for wood air dried for six months or more and warns that wet wood smoulders and gives little heat. We go through the test with you at the first fire so the insert burns the way its label promises.
Measured in Sunbeam before an insert is ordered
- Full-length stainless liner, listed to UL 1777, matched to the collar
- Damper locked open or removed, and what the manual lets us trim
- Mantel, side facing and side wall clearances measured to the label
- Blower outlet location, with any new circuit named for an electrician
Before you order an insert
Will the insert need electricity?
Only for a blower, if the model has one. It plugs into a grounded outlet, and an electrician adds one where none is within reach.
Is the inspection before an insert free?
Yes. Measuring the firebox, checking the chimney and writing the estimate cost nothing, and the price is set out upfront. Order the insert within 72 hours of that visit and the job is 10% off.
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