Old fireplace restoration for Lake Eola Heights homes
Our pros tell you what your Lake Eola Heights fireplace needs for safe use and what is only about looks, before any work starts.
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Before any restoration work starts in Lake Eola Heights
Our technicians look at these points during the free inspection in Lake Eola Heights, then write them into your proposal.
- Fireplace type and your goal for its use
- Smoke chamber parging and smoke shelf
- Old paint and the lead question first
- Water entry traced before firebox repairs
What goes into restoring a fireplace in Lake Eola Heights
What our specialists look at, and why, on restoration jobs around Lake Eola Heights.
Small fireplaces built for coal
Some older fireplaces were built for coal. They are small and shallow, sometimes fitted with a cast iron grate sized for coal instead of logs. A full wood fire in one can smoke badly and overheat the back of the firebox.
If yours looks like it was built for coal, you hear that before any work is priced. The choices usually come down to keeping it as a decorative feature, restoring it for small fires where the design allows, or another option. We explain each without pushing.
Where the damper belongs
Under the Florida Building Code, a masonry fireplace gets a ferrous metal damper set 8 inches or more above the top of its opening, in the fireplace or in the chimney that vents it, and it has to work from inside the room.
When a damper is missing, cut out or replaced with something that cannot be worked from the room, it goes into your notes. The replacement choices, from a new throat damper to a sealing damper at the top of the flue worked from below, are set out in the written proposal.
Raised hearths and low openings
When the firebox opening is 8 inches or more above the hearth extension, the code accepts a thinner extension made of approved noncombustible material. Raised hearths bring repairs of their own, such as loose cap pieces, cracked top slabs and open joints along the front edge.
We check a raised hearth as carefully as the firebox. Crumbling edges are repointed and loose cap pieces are reset. Your Lake Eola Heights proposal names the pieces involved, so the work stays small and exact.
Testing the cleaning method first
Some cleaners react with minerals in brick and create new stains. Industry guidance is to try any cleaning method on a small, out-of-sight area before treating the whole face.
On a restoration in Lake Eola Heights, we pick a spot low on the face or beside a side wall, clean it and let it dry before judging the result. You look at the test with us, so the finished face matches what you expected.
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What Lake Eola Heights homeowners ask about old fireplaces
If yours is not here, call and our Lake Eola Heights team will answer it.
Is my hearth extension big enough?
The code sets minimum hearth extension sizes, larger for bigger openings. We measure yours and tell you if flooring or carpet sits too close, then explain your options.
Is the restoration work guaranteed?
Our workmanship warranty covers the repairs we carry out, and our 100% satisfaction guarantee means we come back to make things right. Old parts left in place at your request are noted separately.
Request your free estimate
Share the job details and arrange a free inspection with our local team.
- Free inspection
- No hidden fees
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