A wood insert installed to its manual in Park Central
Measured, planned in writing and installed to the listing. That is how our Park Central team fits every wood insert.
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What the insert plan for your Park Central home includes
Checked once, carefully, so install day in Park Central runs without a second visit.
- Connector to the collar made as the manual shows
- Clearances to mantel, side trim and top facing measured
- Insert leveled and door latch checked
- Drop cloths from the door to the hearth
The flue, the fit and the fire, for Park Central inserts
What our installers look for, and why it matters, on Park Central insert jobs.
A shallow firebox and a unit that sits forward
A fireplace built shallow leaves little room for an insert body. Some models are designed to project onto the hearth, with part of the firebox standing in front of the opening. That can work well, but it brings the hot door and falling embers closer to the floor and to any trim nearby.
The manual shows how far a given model may stand out and what floor protection it then requires. We compare that drawing with your hearth as it is today, and the written estimate says plainly whether the hearth is enough or needs to be extended with noncombustible material first.
Type HT liners listed to UL 1777
For a factory-built fireplace, the Pacific guide calls for a full stainless liner meeting the Type HT requirements of UL 1777, the standard for chimney liners, fastened securely to the insert collar and to the chimney top. The HT rating comes from testing at very high flue temperatures.
In a masonry fireplace too, the liner our crew proposes is a listed product with its own installation instructions. Those instructions set how the liner is joined, held and capped, and we follow them alongside the insert manual, so two sets of requirements agree on one flue.
Ashes go in a lidded metal container
Insert manuals are specific about ashes. The Pacific guide has ashes go into a metal can with a snug lid that sits on the ground or a noncombustible floor, far from anything that burns, and stays shut until the last cinder is cold.
Ashes can hold live coals for days, which is why they never go into a paper bag, a plastic bin or a garage corner. We point out where a metal can with a lid can sit safely before we leave.
Finding the fireplace flue in a larger chimney
A wide chimney can hold several flues side by side. One may serve the fireplace, another a furnace or water heater, and a third may have been abandoned when an appliance was replaced. From the roof they can look alike, and from the room only one is visible.
Before any liner is fed down, our crew traces which flue opens into the firebox and confirms nothing else is tied into it. The estimate names that flue, so the liner goes down the right opening the first time and every other appliance keeps its own exhaust path.
Other work in Park Central
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- Fireplace RestorationBring an unused fireplace back with a coordinated plan.
- Stone Chimney RepairKeep stone repairs suited to the existing masonry.
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Answers on wood inserts for Park Central households
Short answers from our insert installers in Park Central. Anything else, just call.
Does a new wood insert have to meet EPA limits?
From May 15, 2020, every wood heater made or sold at retail, inserts among them, has had to meet EPA's Step 2 particulate limit. Look for the permanent label on the unit and its listing in EPA's public database.
Can you remove my old insert?
Yes. We take out the old unit and its surround, disconnect its pipe and any wiring, and haul it away when that is part of the scope. Then we look at the firebox and flue it was covering.
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