Your fireplace repair team in Eagle Creek
One local team for masonry and factory-built fireplace repair, with listed parts and a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Parts and finishes on your Eagle Creek fireplace estimate
- Hearth extension size in front and at the sides
- Glass door frame, panes and tracks
- Old patches removed and redone in refractory mortar
- Written record of parts and materials
Fireplace repair from the grate to the damper
Unvented gas logs and factory-built fireplaces
An unvented gas log set releases its combustion products into the room rather than up a chimney. The Florida Building Code keeps unvented gas log heaters out of factory-built fireplaces, except where that fireplace system was tested, listed and labeled to take one.
When unvented logs turn up in a factory-built unit, our technicians check the label and the manual for that permission. If it is not there, we explain the rule and do not service the logs in that fireplace. Gas log work and venting questions belong to our gas fireplace repair service, which picks up from there.
If the fireplace was built for wood and the logs came with the house, the written finding helps you choose between going back to wood and a listed gas option. Our crew in Eagle Creek writes that finding on the estimate.
Water in the firebox comes from higher up
Water in the firebox, rust streaks on the back wall or damp ash after rain are fireplace symptoms with a cause somewhere else. The water is usually getting in higher up the chimney and running down until it reaches the fireplace.
Repairing the firebox without stopping the water means repairing it again. Wet firebrick, a rusted damper or a water-damaged panel in a factory-built unit can keep failing for as long as the source stays open.
During the visit in Eagle Creek, our technician records the water damage inside the fireplace and routes the source to our chimney leak repair service, which traces where the water enters. Once the leak is fixed, the fireplace repairs follow, in that order, and both appear on one plan so nothing falls through the gap between two visits.
New flooring and the hearth extension size
The hearth extension is the noncombustible floor in front of a fireplace. For a masonry fireplace, the Florida Building Code sets how far it reaches, at least sixteen inches in front of the opening and eight inches past each side, rising to twenty and twelve inches where the opening is six square feet or larger. A factory-built unit follows its listing instead.
A flooring project is where the extension tends to get cut back. Installers pull up an old border, run wood or vinyl closer to the fireplace or raise the floor so the hearth ends up lower than before. The room may look finished while the extension no longer meets the code.
Before or after new floors go down, our crew measures the opening and the extension and tells you what the finished edge has to be. The fix may be a border of tile or stone. The size is written on the estimate, so any flooring installer in Eagle Creek can work to it.
Carbon monoxide alarms near the sleeping areas
Fuel-burning fires produce carbon monoxide, and EPA wood-burning guidance warns that it can be released into the home. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advises a CO alarm on each floor of the house and outside the bedrooms, powered by batteries or with a battery backup. NFPA heating safety tips also call for installing and maintaining them.
If a CO alarm goes off, take everyone out into fresh air and phone 911 from there. Do not go back in to check the fireplace.
Alarms age and batteries run down. Test them the way the alarm maker directs and replace units when their instructions say to. A fireplace that has just been repaired is a good reminder to check the alarms in the rooms around it and in the hallway outside the bedrooms. Keep the alarm instructions with the fireplace records so the replacement date is easy to find.
Other work in Eagle Creek
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- Fireplace InstallationPlan the fireplace before opening the wall.
- Stone Chimney RepairKeep stone repairs suited to the existing masonry.
- Ventless Gas Fireplace ServiceService the unit within its exact installation limits.
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Your fireplace repair questions, answered
Do you repair factory-built fireplaces as well as masonry ones?
Yes. We read the label, confirm the model and repair factory-built units with the maker's listed parts, while masonry fireplaces are repaired with firebrick and refractory mortar. The estimate says which approach applies to yours.
Can glass doors be added to my factory-built fireplace?
Only doors the fireplace's manual and listing allow, and a gasketed door only where the fireplace system has been tested, listed and labeled for it, as the Florida Building Code requires. We check the manual before recommending any doors.
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