A wood insert sized, lined and installed in Camellia Gardens
Wood stove inserts installed in Camellia Gardens by a family-owned team that treats your home like its own.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
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- Same-day service available
Measured at your Camellia Gardens fireplace, then written down
None of this comes from a brochure. Our installers confirm it at your fireplace during the free visit.
- Fireplace measured against the manual's minimum sizes
- Top plate sealed on the flue tile with a rain cap
- Surround sized to the fireplace face and sealed where required
- Your 10% off for booking within 72 hours, written on the estimate
Before an insert slides into your Camellia Gardens fireplace
Explained by the crew that lines and fits inserts in Camellia Gardens.
A stainless liner from the collar to the top
The flue path most wood insert makers prefer is a stainless steel liner running unbroken from the insert collar to the top of the chimney. Pacific Energy rates a full liner as the safest way to install and credits it with a proper draft, so the fire starts easily and smoke does not roll out when the door opens.
A full liner also sizes the flue to the insert rather than to the original open fireplace, whose flue was built to carry a far larger stream of air. Your written estimate lists the liner, the connector at the bottom and the closure at the top as separate lines with upfront pricing.
Hot glass in a busy living room
An insert's glass and door get hot enough to cause a burn. The Travis manual advises teaching children about the danger of a high-temperature appliance and supervising young children when they are in the same room as it.
We ask where children and pets spend time and whether a free-standing barrier would help your household. It is a short conversation, and it belongs before the first fire rather than after it. The same goes for a firewood basket parked too close to the door, which we flag at the walkthrough.
No face-seal shortcuts
Some older installations sealed an insert only at the fireplace face, with no pipe carrying the exhaust into the flue. The Travis manual states that face seal connections are not allowed with its insert.
We never install an insert that way. If we remove an old unit and find that arrangement behind it, we show you, because it explains a great deal about how that fireplace has been behaving. The new insert then connects to a liner or a sealed direct connection exactly as its own manual describes.
When a wood insert is not the right choice
A wood insert suits owners who want to burn wood and who have a fireplace and flue that can take one. If the fireplace cannot pass the manual's requirements, or you would rather not handle wood, a gas or electric insert may suit better.
Those are separate installations with their own requirements, and we can explain the differences at the same free inspection. We would rather recommend a different path than install a wood insert that does not fit how you live.
Other work in Camellia Gardens
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- Smoke Chamber RepairRepair the transition above the fireplace opening.
- Ventless Gas Fireplace ServiceService the unit within its exact installation limits.
Learn more about wood-burning fireplace insert installationCamellia Gardens services
What Camellia Gardens homeowners want to know about wood inserts
What people in Camellia Gardens ask us before an insert is ordered.
Can the glass door stay open while the fire burns?
No. The insert manuals we work from say the insert runs with the door closed and latched. Open it to load wood, then close and latch it again.
Why is the insert glass turning dark?
One maker lists unseasoned wood and long burns at a low setting as common causes, because both work against the airwash that keeps the glass clear. Drier wood usually helps, and we can check the door seal if the glass keeps darkening.
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