A wood insert sized, lined and installed in Audubon Park
A cleaner, more controllable wood fire behind glass for your Audubon Park home, with a workmanship warranty on our work.
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Measured at your Audubon Park fireplace, then written down
None of this comes from a brochure. Our installers confirm it at your fireplace during the free visit.
- Full-length stainless liner sized to the insert collar
- Surround sized to the fireplace face and sealed where required
- Gas line in the firebox capped by a gas contractor, listed separately
- Existing chimney cap checked for fit with the liner
Before an insert slides into your Audubon Park fireplace
Explained by the crew that lines and fits inserts in Audubon Park.
Matching the liner size to the insert collar
Every insert manual states the flue size the unit needs, which usually matches its collar. A liner that is too small restricts the exhaust and can push smoke back toward the door, and one that is much larger than the collar lets the gases cool and slow on their way up.
We read the required size from the manual for your model and confirm the existing flue has room for it, paying particular attention to the damper frame, which is often the tightest point. Where that opening is too narrow, the manual's own exceptions decide what may be taken out to pass the liner.
Inserts in factory-built fireplaces
A metal factory-built fireplace can take a wood insert only when the insert manual allows that use and the fireplace and its chimney carry a UL 127 listing. The Pacific Insert, as one example, is approved for masonry fireplaces or listed factory-built fireplaces under stated conditions.
Plenty of factory-built units were never designed to receive an insert, and their own manuals say so. We read the label inside your fireplace and both manuals before recommending anything, because a mismatch here is a listing problem that no surround can cover.
Room air and a surround left unsealed
The second route in the Pacific guide uses room air. The insert is installed as described, and the surround is deliberately not sealed to the fireplace, so enough air can enter the fireplace cavity and reach the insert. An air cover can also be removed for more supply.
Which route applies depends on the model and on the fireplace. We follow the one the manual names for your setup and explain why, so a later handyman does not caulk a gap that was left open on purpose.
Cleaning a lined insert later
A full liner gives a smooth, correctly sized path that brushes cleanly from the top. The Travis manual calls a full reline the easiest arrangement to clean. A short connection leaves the larger old flue above it, which collects deposits differently.
We explain how your installation is swept, whether the insert has to move for it and what the baffle does during cleaning. Knowing that on day one saves guesswork for the next sweep, and it is one more reason we write the liner type and size into your records.
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Asked by Audubon Park homeowners before an insert goes in
If we missed your question, our Audubon Park insert team answers the phone.
Can the insert share a flue with another appliance?
No. Both insert manuals we work from say not to connect the insert to a flue that already serves another appliance. Where the chimney has several flues, we confirm which one belongs to the fireplace and keep the insert on it alone.
How should I get rid of the ashes?
Scoop them into a metal container with a tight-fitting lid, and leave it on a noncombustible surface, clear of anything that burns, until the ashes are cold. Insert manuals give the same instruction.
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