Prefab fireplace replacement and new installs in East Park
We check the chimney route, the structure and the room in East Park before you choose. Book within 72 hours after your free inspection and take 10% off.
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What the fireplace plan for your East Park home includes
Checked once, carefully, so framing day in East Park starts on a settled plan.
- Listed termination cap and roof parts
- Framed opening and header set to the standoffs
- Glass doors and screen from the approved list
- Old fireplace and chimney removed and hauled away
The chimney, the framing and the fire, for East Park homes
What our installers look for, and why it matters, on East Park fireplace jobs.
Choosing a spot away from moving air
Where a fireplace sits affects how it draws. One maker cautions that a location near frequently opened doors, central heating outlets or returns, or other places with considerable air movement can affect performance and cause intermittent smoke spillage from the front of the fireplace.
When we look at possible locations in your room, we mark the patio door, the supply registers and the return grille and keep the firebox out of their path. A few feet can make the difference between a fireplace that draws cleanly and one that puffs smoke when the air conditioning starts.
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.
Mantel height above a factory-built fireplace
Mantel rules for a factory-built fireplace come from its manual. In one example, a combustible mantel may sit no lower than 12 inches above the top of the fireplace opening and may have a maximum depth of 12 inches, and the maker states this clearance follows a section of NFPA 211.
Other models give other figures, so the mantel height is read from your manual before it is set. We mark the mantel line on the framing during installation, so the mantel you choose later lands where the listing allows.
Throat and smoke chamber in a new masonry fireplace
Above the firebox of a masonry fireplace, the throat narrows to the damper and the smoke chamber tapers into the flue. Their shape decides how smoke is gathered and sent up the chimney.
We build these parts to the code's shape and keep their surfaces smooth, because rough or badly shaped smoke chambers slow the draft and gather soot. They are hidden once the chimney is finished, so they have to be right as they are laid, course by course.
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Answers on adding a fireplace for East Park households
Short answers from our fireplace installers in East Park. Anything else, just call.
Why can the chimney not take any path it likes to the roof?
Section R1005.7 holds a factory-built chimney to 30 degrees from vertical at most, with four elbows as the limit for the whole run. If a spot in the room would break either limit, the spot moves. We draw the route before recommending where the fireplace should sit.
What happens where the chimney passes through attic insulation?
Section R1005.8 calls for a steel insulation shield at least 0.0187 inch thick wherever a factory-built chimney crosses insulated space, so the insulation stays off the pipe. We fit the shield listed for your chimney system and check the insulation around it before we leave the attic.
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