Family-owned hearth repair for Sunbeam fireplaces
Before new flooring meets your Sunbeam hearth, we mark the extension line and fix the edge the right way.
- Fully licensed and insured
- Locally owned
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service
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Hearth experts who measure before they tile
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Heights at the firebox, the doors and the floor are checked before the slab is set.
- Free inspection and estimateYour hearth in Sunbeam 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.
Tile cracking along the front edge
When a crack starts at the front edge of the hearth and runs back toward the opening, we look at the slab before the tile. Tile cracks straight through when the bed under it moves or was never full, so new tile on the same bed tends to crack along the same line.
On a hearth in Sunbeam, we tap every tile, check the slab for level and measure the extension before writing anything down. The estimate says whether the fix is a few tiles on a sound slab or a new slab first. Local, family owned and free to inspect, so call (904) 920-5495.
Sunbeam falls within Duval County. The coastline lies beyond Sunbeam.
From loose tile to a new slab
- Cracked hearth tile cut out and replaced
- Hollow tiles found by sound and reset
- Your hearth in Sunbeam measured and sketched before work
- Heat-cracked tile near the opening rebedded
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.
Sizing up the ember zone in Sunbeam
How far an ember travels has nothing to do with the coast. In Sunbeam, what decides whether the floor past the hearth gets scorched is the extension's depth, the screen and the size of the fire.
If the floor beyond a hearth in Sunbeam carries dark spots, we measure the extension and check the screen before anything else.
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Room for movement at the hearth's edges
Where a tiled hearth meets a wall, a raised platform or the firebox, a rigid grout joint has no room to move. Heating, cooling and settling push on that edge, and the tile or grout there cracks first. The movement joint guidance in the TCNA Handbook calls for soft joints where tile meets other materials and changes plane.
At a hearth the soft joint has to handle heat as well, so its filler is chosen for the temperature at that spot, and a joint beside the firebox stays noncombustible. We mark where the movement joints go on the sketch, so the next person does not grout over them.
Replacing a hearth pad on a listed unit
On a factory-built fireplace, the extension is part of the listing. The manual gives its size, what it may be made of and sometimes an insulating value. A pad that cracked, or was replaced with the wrong material, can take the installation out of its listing without anyone noticing.
The model comes off the rating label, and the manual governs the repair. Where the maker allows a listed hearth extension product, it carries a UL 1618 listing, and R1004.2 asks that the extension stand out clearly from the surrounding floor. A tile surface that blends into the floor is changed to one that does not.
Keeping the ember zone clear
The extension exists to catch sparks, embers and a rolling log on a floor that will not burn. A rug, a wood box or a stack of newspaper set on it puts fuel back in that zone. Fireplace screens and doors help, but they do not change what the floor in front is for.
At the walk-through we point out the full required extension so you can see where the clear zone ends. Tools with wooden handles and a log holder belong beside it rather than on it. A strip of painter's tape along the line for the first few fires helps everyone in the house learn it.
What we check on a hearth in Sunbeam before pricing
- Slab level checked across the front and at both corners
- Grout raked and renewed, product and color written down
- Flooring or trim inside the clear zone cut back, installer named
- Water source above the hearth named and priced as its own line
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.
Is the hearth inspection in Sunbeam really free?
Yes. We measure and check the hearth, show you what we found and leave a written estimate at no charge. You decide afterward, with no pressure from us.
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Hearths in Sunbeam are rebuilt on a sound base by local family specialists, and our 100% satisfaction guarantee comes with the work.
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