Factory-built and masonry fireplaces installed in Meadow Woods
Same-day visits available in Meadow Woods. Our crew explains the chimney, the hearth and the permit in plain words.
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What the fireplace plan for your Meadow Woods home includes
Checked once, carefully, so framing day in Meadow Woods starts on a settled plan.
- Outside air kit and inlet location
- Reframing for a replacement unit
- Permit and inspection timing planned in
- Our workmanship warranty on the fireplace work we do
The chimney, the framing and the fire, for Meadow Woods homes
What our installers look for, and why it matters, on Meadow Woods fireplace jobs.
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.
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.
Fireblocking around the fireplace
Section R1001.12 ties fireplace fireblocking to section R302.11, the code's general fireblocking rules. Fireblocking closes concealed spaces in the framing so that fire cannot travel through walls and floors alongside a chimney.
Around a masonry chimney and in a chase, those details are hidden once the house is finished. We install them as the code requires, leave them visible until the inspector has seen them and only then let the drywall go up.
Firebox depth in a masonry fireplace
The code sets a minimum firebox depth for concrete and masonry fireplaces, with a separate provision for shallow Rumford-style fireplaces built to specific proportions. Depth is what lets smoke rise into the throat instead of rolling into the room.
When we plan a masonry fireplace, depth, opening size and throat are laid out together from the code. A beautiful face with a shallow box behind it is a smoky fireplace, and we would rather draw it right than fix it later.
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New fireplace questions, answered for Meadow Woods
Honest answers from our Meadow Woods fireplace specialists, no pressure attached.
Can the fireplace go in a corner or inside a chase outside the wall?
Often it can. A factory-built fireplace may stand along a wall, across a corner, between two rooms or in an exterior chase, and one manual we use draws the framing for each. Every spot changes the chimney route and the hearth, so we sketch the choices for your room at the free inspection.
What happens where the chimney passes through attic insulation?
Section R1005.8 calls for a steel insulation shield at least 0.0187 inch thick wherever a factory-built chimney crosses insulated space, so the insulation stays off the pipe. We fit the shield listed for your chimney system and check the insulation around it before we leave the attic.
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