Antique fireplace restoration in Meridian Park
One family-owned team inspects, restores and hands back your fireplace in Meridian Park, with a workmanship warranty on our work.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Checked during your free visit in Meridian Park
These checks keep a restoration in Meridian Park from covering a problem it cannot fix.
- Fireplace type and your goal for its use
- Hearth and hearth extension condition
- Mantel and trim distance from the opening
- Face joints to be repointed and matched
Restoration know-how from our Meridian Park team
Worth reading before you approve restoration work in Meridian Park.
Why ordinary mortar has no place in a firebox
Mortar mixed for outside brick walls is not made for the heat inside a firebox. Used there, it can crumble and drop out after a handful of fires. Code-compliant firebox work uses refractory mortar, and the smoke chamber above is parged with refractory mortar too.
When we find hardware-store patches inside a firebox, they come out down to sound material before any new work goes in. Your estimate names the refractory products planned for the job, and our crew follows the maker's directions for mixing and curing.
Taking paint off brick the gentle way
Once lead has been ruled out, paint on brick can usually be softened with a stripper or poultice and lifted without harming the face. Brick Industry Association guidance is to try nonabrasive methods first and move to abrasive ones only if gentler methods fail.
Stripping is slow work, and brick under old paint often reveals repairs, patches and stains the paint was hiding. We test a section first so you can judge the result, then explain what the bare face in your Meridian Park home is likely to need next.
Rust inside a factory-built firebox
Rust on the metal walls of a factory-built firebox, or rust streaking down from the top, usually means water has been getting in from the chimney above, often at the chase top or the cap.
We trace the water before the firebox is restored. A rusted-through firebox is not something we patch. When the metal is still sound, the restoration can go ahead once the water entry has been fixed as its own item.
Checking the flue above the fireplace
A restored fireplace is only as safe as the flue above it. Cracks, blockages and missing parts in the chimney can turn a sound fireplace into a hazard the first time it is lit.
The chimney above your fireplace is cleaned and checked as part of our restoration in Meridian Park. Anything found up there is reported with its own estimate line, so you see the whole picture before approving the fireplace work below.
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What Meridian Park homeowners ask about old fireplaces
If yours is not here, call and our Meridian Park team will answer it.
Is the restoration inspection really free?
Yes. The inspection and the written estimate cost nothing, and there is no obligation. Work booked within 72 hours after the free inspection is also 10% off.
Why does our unused fireplace smell musty?
Damp air and old soot in the flue often cause a musty smell when the house is closed up and cooled. A damper that does not seal lets it in. Cleaning, a sealing damper and a sound cap usually solve it.
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