A new fireplace framed, installed and finished in Boggy Creek
A real wood fire for your Boggy Creek home, with the chimney, hearth and outside air done right. 10% off work booked within 72 hours after the inspection.
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- Family owned and operated
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Every item on your Boggy Creek fireplace estimate
Our family-owned crew measures, notes and explains each point in plain words at your Boggy Creek home.
- Hearth extension built to the manual or code
- Reframing for a replacement unit
- Electrical work by an electrician, listed separately
- Manual, model and chimney parts list left with you
What a new fireplace asks of your Boggy Creek home
How the manual, the code and your house shape the plan in Boggy Creek.
The UL 127 label inside the firebox
Factory-built wood fireplaces are tested to UL 127, the standard for factory-built fireplaces. One maker's wood-burning manual, for its E-series fireplaces, states the system was tested and listed to UL 127 and to the Canadian standard, for installation and operation as described in that manual.
The label that records the listing sits on the unit and names the model, the standard and the approved chimney. Inspectors read it, and so do we. It is the fastest way to confirm that a fireplace, its chimney and its accessories belong together.
The framed opening the manual calls for
Every factory-built fireplace manual gives a framed opening width and height and a minimum finished cavity depth for the model. The E-series manual lists the framed width by model and sets the minimum depth of the finished cavity behind the face.
Frame it too small and the unit does not fit or loses its required air space; frame it too large and the face finishes have nothing to land on. Our crew frames from the manual's table for your model, and we check the opening again before the fireplace is slid in.
Firebox walls in a masonry fireplace
Section R1001.5 says masonry fireboxes shall be built of solid masonry units, hollow units grouted solid, stone or concrete. Where a firebrick lining at least 2 inches thick is used, the back and side walls must each be at least 8 inches of solid masonry, including the lining.
Those walls separate the fire from the framing of the house. When we plan a masonry fireplace, the firebox is drawn to the code's minimums first, and any design wish is fitted around them.
What never goes into a fireplace
EPA lists what should never be burned: household trash, cardboard, plastics, foam, colored ink on magazines and packaging, and coated, painted or pressure-treated wood. Construction offcuts left over from the fireplace project often fall into that last group.
We mention it at handover because a pile of painted trim and treated lumber next to a new fireplace is a common sight after a renovation. Those scraps belong in a dumpster, never in the firebox.
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What Boggy Creek homeowners want to know about adding a fireplace
Answered by the family-owned team that builds fireplaces in Boggy Creek.
Does a new fireplace need a permit?
A new or replacement fireplace and chimney is permitted work under the Florida Building Code. We check what the building department asks for at your address, list any fee separately and keep framing open for inspection.
How high does the mantel have to be?
It depends on the fireplace. For a factory-built unit, the manual sets mantel height and depth, and on masonry the code keeps combustible trim 6 inches or more from the opening. We mark the line during installation.
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