Factory-built fireplaces repaired with listed parts in Lawsona/Fern Creek

Factory-built units lined with loose firebrick

Loose firebrick lines the steel walls of some factory-built fireplaces, set in the maker's pattern with its joint material and spacers. One maker's instructions cover that firebrick wall installation step by step, with wall spacers and grate retainers listed as parts.

When a brick in this kind of unit cracks or falls, the repair follows that maker's method and materials. We check the spacers and retainers along with the bricks, since a loose wall can lean toward the fire.

What holds up a factory-built chimney

Metal chimneys hang on supports and straps fastened to the house framing. Section R1005.5 says that where factory-built chimneys are supported by structural members such as joists and rafters, those members shall be designed to support the additional load.

Loose straps, missing fasteners and supports altered during other work let a chimney sag, which strains its joints. We check the supports we can reach and restore them with the maker's parts.

• Straps fastened to rafters or joists
• Supports above any offset
• Fasteners in place
• No sag at the joints

Firestop spacers at every floor and ceiling

Wherever the chimney passes through a floor or ceiling, one maker's system uses a firestop spacer that holds the required clearance between the pipe and the framing and separates one floor space from the next or from the attic.

A missing, bent or displaced firestop leaves framing closer to the pipe than the listing allows. We check firestops wherever access allows and replace damaged ones with the maker's part.

• A firestop at every floor or ceiling the pipe crosses
• Clearance to framing held
• Damaged firestops replaced with the maker's part

Who works on your prefab fireplace

Prefab repair is parts work, manual work and careful handling of a steel appliance inside a finished wall. Our family-owned team handles the identification, ordering and fitting, from the first look at the rating plate to the last retainer.

The person who inspects your fireplace explains the scope, and the crew that returns works from that written plan. If the result is wrong in any way, our 100% satisfaction guarantee brings us back.