Fireplaces and chimneys installed together in Florida Center North
Framing, chimney, hearth and face installed to the manual or the code. Our Florida Center North pros back it with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Measured on your Florida Center North roof and walls, then written down
None of this comes from a showroom. Our installers confirm it on site during the free visit.
- Listed termination cap and roof parts
- Old fireplace and chimney removed and hauled away
- Electrical work by an electrician, listed separately
- Our workmanship warranty on the fireplace work we do
Before any wall is opened for a fireplace in Florida Center North
Explained by the crew that frames and pipes fireplaces in Florida Center North.
Type HT chimney for a wood-burning fireplace
Wood fires need a chimney rated for them. Section R1005.3 requires factory-built chimneys in homes with solid-fuel-burning appliances to meet the Type HT requirements of UL 103, marked Type HT and Residential Type and Building Heating Appliance Chimney.
For a factory-built fireplace, the chimney that meets that requirement is the one its manual names. We check the marking on the pipe we install and on any existing pipe we are asked to reuse, because a chimney without the right marking is not one we connect a wood fire to.
Wood trim close to the opening
The same manual allows combustible trim that projects no more than an inch and a half from the face to sit no closer than 6 inches from the top of the opening, and says combustible trim must never cover the black metal surfaces of the fireplace.
Wood trim is where finish carpenters and fireplace manuals most often disagree. We share the manual's trim rules with whoever is doing the finish work, so the casing and the surround are cut correctly the first time.
A replacement unit needs its own chimney
A replacement factory-built fireplace comes with a listing that names its own chimney system. Pipe installed for the old unit belongs to the old unit's listing, even when the diameter looks the same.
That is why a fireplace replacement usually includes a new chimney from the firebox to the cap. We explain why at the inspection, so the estimate is not a surprise and you are not tempted by a lower quote that reuses pipe the new listing does not include.
Access for service after the wall is finished
A fireplace needs service over its life: doors adjusted, the damper checked, a blower replaced where one is fitted and the chimney swept from the top. Some of those jobs need access that a heavy stone face or a built-in cabinet can block.
We keep the access the manual calls for when the face, the surround and any built-ins are planned. A future repair should start with a screwdriver rather than a hammer, and planning for it now costs almost nothing.
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What Florida Center North homeowners want to know about adding a fireplace
Answered by the family-owned team that builds fireplaces in Florida Center North.
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.
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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