New fireplace installation, planned for your Countryside home
Framing, chimney, hearth and face installed to the manual or the code. Our Countryside pros back it with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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Measured on your Countryside roof and walls, then written down
None of this comes from a showroom. Our installers confirm it on site during the free visit.
- Listed chimney sections, firestops and attic shield
- Air space kept around the fireplace and chimney
- Glass doors and screen from the approved list
- Old fireplace and chimney removed and hauled away
Before any wall is opened for a fireplace in Countryside
Explained by the crew that frames and pipes fireplaces in Countryside.
Along a wall, across a corner or in a chase
A factory-built fireplace offers more placement choices than masonry. One manual we work from shows the same fireplace used as a room divider, along a wall, across a corner or set in an exterior chase, with framing details for each arrangement.
Each placement changes the framing, the chimney route and how much floor the hearth extension takes. We sketch the options that suit your room during the free inspection and explain what each one would involve, so you choose the layout with the work in view.
Air space around every chimney section
Chimney sections need their own clearance to framing. In one maker's instructions, a minimum air space of two inches is kept between the framing and the chimney section at any level, from the top of the fireplace to the roof.
That clearance governs how chases, closets and attics are framed around the pipe. We lay out the chimney route before framing begins, so the openings in each floor and ceiling are cut to leave the required space on every side, with nothing stuffed into the gap later.
Inspections before the walls close
Fireplace manuals tell installers to check with the local building code agency before installation, including the need for permits and follow-up inspections. The E-series manual says exactly that on its listings page, before any framing instructions begin.
An inspector needs to see air spaces, firestops and framing before they disappear behind drywall. We sequence the job so rough work stays open for that visit, and the walls are closed only after it. If the building department asks for a different order, we follow it.
Counting chimney sections before ordering
A factory-built chimney is ordered as a parts list: straight sections, any offsets and their straps, a firestop for each floor or ceiling, an attic shield, the roof parts, a storm collar and the listed cap. The count comes from floor heights, attic depth, roof pitch and the ten-foot rule.
We measure each of those at the planning visit and build the list from them, with a little margin where the manual allows. That way the crew arrives with the right chimney for your house and no second trip to the supplier.
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Asked by Countryside homeowners before a fireplace goes in
What people in Countryside ask us before a fireplace is ordered.
Is a masonry fireplace better than a factory-built one?
Neither is automatically better. Masonry is heavier, needs a footing and takes longer to build; factory-built frames in faster and lighter. We lay out the trade-offs for your house and recommend the one that suits it.
What can cover the face of the fireplace?
For a factory-built unit, noncombustible materials such as tile, brick or stone, with cooling slots and the door frame left clear. We confirm your finish against the manual before it is ordered.
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