Fireplace installation and prefab replacement by local pros in Fairview Shores
Fireplace and chimney installation in Fairview Shores with permits, inspections and finishes planned from the start.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
The route, the framing and the hearth, checked in Fairview Shores
A fireplace location works or it does not. These checks decide it, written down before anything is ordered.
- Fireplace model and placement agreed against the manual
- Noncombustible face finish chosen with you
- Manual, model and chimney parts list left with you
- Our workmanship warranty on the fireplace work we do
Fireplace installation, explained by our Fairview Shores team
Three parts of the job our fireplace specialists walk through with Fairview Shores homeowners.
The ten-foot rule at the roof
Florida Residential Code section R1003.9 requires a chimney to extend at least 2 feet higher than any portion of a building within 10 feet, and at least 3 feet above the highest point where it passes through the roof. The E-series manual repeats the same rule for its chimney.
The rule protects draft and keeps sparks and exhaust away from the roof. We measure the roof around the planned penetration, including nearby ridges and taller parts of the house, and the chimney height on the estimate comes from that measurement.
Building the chase around the chimney
A chase is a framed enclosure around the chimney, and sometimes around the fireplace too, most often on an outside wall. The E-series manual says it is built much like the walls of the house, finished with brick, stone, veneer or siding, with a 2 inch air space around the chimney and a chase top made of noncombustible material.
We frame the chase to the manual, keep the air space clear and fit the chase top and storm collar that come with the chimney parts. The chase finish can match the house, and the estimate names what that finish is.
The screen and the doors in use
The E-series manual says a firescreen is always provided to control sparks, and when the glass doors are open, the screen must be closed. It also says glass doors and screens must not be used to hold logs in place.
We show you the screen and the doors at the walkthrough and explain how the manual asks you to use them together. A screen left open during a crackling fire is how embers reach the rug, and a log propped against the doors is how glass cracks.
A raised hearth or a flush hearth
The hearth extension in front of a new fireplace can sit flush with the floor or be raised as a step. Either way it has to meet the manual's size and material rules for your model, and it should read clearly as a hearth rather than a patch of floor that somebody might cover with a rug.
A raised hearth gives a seat and a clear edge, while a flush hearth keeps the floor open. We help you choose based on the room, the flooring and how people walk past, then build it to the manual.
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New fireplace questions, answered for Fairview Shores
Short answers from our fireplace installers in Fairview Shores. Anything else, just call.
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.
Can a television hang over a wood-burning fireplace?
Sometimes. The fireplace manual sets the mantel line, the television's maker sets its own heat limits, and both have to be satisfied. We show you how warm air climbs the wall, and the answer may be a deeper mantel, a higher mount or a different wall for the screen.
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