Factory-built and masonry fireplaces installed in Fairvilla
Local experts in Fairvilla who tell you which wall works before you fall in love with the wrong one. The first visit is free.
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Before any fireplace is ordered for your Fairvilla home
The room, the attic and the roof are measured in person in Fairvilla, and each result lands on your estimate.
- Exterior chase framed and finished to match
- Old fireplace and chimney removed and hauled away
- Drop cloths and dust control during the work
- First fire lit together and controls explained
A fireplace installation in Fairvilla, start to finish
Each point below turns into a line on your written estimate in Fairvilla.
The ten-foot rule for a masonry chimney
The termination rule in section R1003.9 covers masonry chimneys too, so the top stands 3 feet or more over the roof penetration and 2 feet or more over anything on the house within 10 feet.
For a masonry chimney, extra height means extra brick, extra weight on the footing and taller scaffolding. We work it out at the planning stage, so the chimney's final height is agreed before the first course is laid and the footing is sized for it.
Taking the old fireplace out
Removing a factory-built fireplace means opening the face finish, disconnecting the chimney, lifting out the pipe sections and sliding the firebox out through the room. The old chimney is usually removed from the roof down.
Our crew protects the floor and furniture, keeps the roof opening closed at the end of each day and hauls the old unit away when that is in the scope. Removal and disposal are separate lines on the estimate, and the room is cleaned before the new fireplace arrives.
Opening the roof for the chimney
A new chimney needs an opening through the roof, framed between rafters or trusses where possible and closed around the pipe with the listed roof parts and a storm collar. Where a truss sits in the way, the route is rethought rather than cut through without a design answer.
Our crew closes any open roof at the end of each working day and finishes the roof covering around the chimney parts as their instructions show. The estimate states how we will reach the roof and how the surface is protected while we work.
Handling ashes safely
Ashes can hold live coals for days after a fire looks dead. They go into a metal can with a snug lid, placed on a noncombustible surface far from the house and from anything that burns, and the lid stays on until the last ember is cold.
We point out a safe spot for that container before we leave. A paper bag, a plastic bin or a corner of the garage is never the place, however cold the ashes feel.
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New fireplace questions, answered for Fairvilla
Honest answers from our Fairvilla fireplace specialists, no pressure attached.
Will our roof be left open overnight?
No. The chimney goes through a framed opening between rafters or trusses and is closed with the listed roof parts and a storm collar. Any open roof is covered at the end of each working day, and the estimate says how we reach the roof and protect it while we work.
Is a smell during the first few fires normal?
For a short while, yes. The early fires cure the paint and the materials inside the firebox, and most manuals ask for a run of smaller fires first. We light the first one with you, watch the draft with the doors open and shut, and suggest a window open while the curing finishes.
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