Family-owned wood insert installation in Bel Air
Local experts in Bel Air who tell you whether an insert fits before you spend anything. The first visit is free.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
What the insert plan for your Bel Air home includes
Checked once, carefully, so install day in Bel Air runs without a second visit.
- Surround sized to the fireplace face and sealed where required
- Clearances to mantel, side trim and top facing measured
- Insert leveled and door latch checked
- Metal altered-fireplace tag fastened to the back wall
The flue, the fit and the fire, for Bel Air inserts
What our installers look for, and why it matters, on Bel Air insert jobs.
The hearth in front of an insert
Insert manuals set the noncombustible hearth required in front of the fireplace opening. The Pacific guide asks for a hearth raised above an adjacent combustible floor and extending 16 inches in front of the opening and 8 inches past each side, and allows a flush hearth only if it reaches further forward.
Many fireplaces already have a hearth that meets the manual, and some do not. We measure yours against the model you choose, and if it falls short, the extension and its material are written into the estimate before work begins.
Old glass doors, grates and screens come out
An insert needs the bare opening. Existing glass doors, a grate, andirons and a mesh screen are removed so the insert and its surround can seat against the fireplace face.
We remove those pieces carefully and leave them with you unless you ask us to take them. If the old doors were bolted into the masonry, the anchor holes are dealt with so the surround covers a clean edge. The bare firebox is then cleaned before the new unit goes anywhere near it.
A fireplace that always smoked
Some open fireplaces smoke into the room because the opening is large for the flue. An insert with a properly sized liner changes that relationship. Pacific credits a full liner with preventing difficult start-ups and smoke rolling out of the door.
If your fireplace has a history of smoking, we look at why before promising a fix. The flue height, the house pressure and the fireplace shape all play a part, and we tell you what an insert can and cannot change.
How install day usually runs
A typical sequence is protection laid, old parts removed, firebox cleaned, liner lowered from the top and connected, insert slid in and leveled, surround fitted and sealed, top plate and cap finished, and a first fire lit together.
The order can change with the fireplace, and we explain the plan for yours at the inspection. You know when the crew needs the roof, when the living room is out of use and when you can light the first real fire.
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Wood insert questions we answer in Bel Air
Undecided? These help, and the insert visit in Bel Air costs nothing.
Do I need a liner for a wood insert?
Most insert makers call for a stainless liner from the insert collar to the top of the chimney, and some also allow a short direct connection into the first flue tile. In a factory-built fireplace, one maker requires the full liner. We follow your model's manual.
Should I buy the insert before you measure?
It is better to measure first. The manual lists minimum fireplace sizes, chimney height, flue size and clearances, and we check all of them against your fireplace so the model you buy is one that fits.
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