A new fireplace framed, installed and finished in Horizon West
Framing, chimney, hearth and face installed to the manual or the code. Our Horizon West pros back it with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Fireplace installation items we confirm in your Horizon West home
Upfront pricing sits beside each item, so you can see where the fireplace budget goes in Horizon West.
- Chimney route checked for offsets and elbows
- Outside air kit and inlet location
- Old fireplace and chimney removed and hauled away
- Drop cloths and dust control during the work
What a proper fireplace installation involves in Horizon West
From our family-owned crew, the details that decide how a new fireplace works.
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.
Standoffs and the header above the firebox
Factory-built fireplaces carry standoffs, metal spacers built into the top and sides that hold framing at the tested distance. Any framing across the top of the fireplace, one manual says, must sit above the level of the top standoffs.
A header dropped too low presses combustible lumber against hot metal the listing never allowed. We set the header to the standoffs, confirm the gaps with the unit in place and leave the framing open for inspection where the building department asks to see it.
A chimney through a second floor
In a two-story house, the chimney may have to pass through a bedroom, a closet or a framed chase on the upper floor. Every floor it crosses needs a firestop spacer, and every enclosure around it needs the manual's air space kept clear on all sides.
We plan that path with you, often through a closet corner or along an exterior wall, so the enclosure lands where it takes the least from the room above. The route is agreed on paper before any ceiling is opened.
The documents that stay with the fireplace
The manual, the model and serial number, the chimney parts list, the permit record and the installation date all belong with the house. The listing label on the unit also has to stay accessible, because inspectors and technicians read it first.
We leave those documents with you in one place. Future service, a yearly inspection or a home sale then has what it needs without anyone pulling the face apart to find out what was installed.
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Fireplace questions Horizon West homeowners ask next
What people in Horizon West ask us before a fireplace is ordered.
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.
Does an addition with a fireplace need a carbon monoxide alarm?
Under Florida Statutes section 553.885, a new building or addition with a fireplace gets an approved, working carbon monoxide alarm no more than 10 feet from each bedroom, or wherever the building code places it. We raise it while planning and price the alarm work on its own line.
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