Prefab fireplace replacement and new installs in Piedmont
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The written fireplace scope we leave in Piedmont
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- Old fireplace and chimney removed and hauled away
- Electrical work by an electrician, listed separately
- First fire lit together and controls explained
- Manual, model and chimney parts list left with you
Fireplace details our installers explain in Piedmont
Useful to know before you approve a fireplace installation in Piedmont.
Plan the outside air kit on day one
An outside air kit brings combustion air from outdoors to the firebox through a listed duct. The E-series manual notes that optional parts can be added later, with one exception: adding an outside air kit after the fact requires significant reconstruction, so it should go in during the initial installation.
That is why outside air is decided at the planning stage, well before the drywall is finished. We show you where the duct would run, where the inlet would sit on the outside wall and how it ties into the framing, before any wall is closed.
The screen and the doors in use
The E-series manual says a firescreen is always provided to control sparks, and when the glass doors are open, the screen must be closed. It also says glass doors and screens must not be used to hold logs in place.
We show you the screen and the doors at the walkthrough and explain how the manual asks you to use them together. A screen left open during a crackling fire is how embers reach the rug, and a log propped against the doors is how glass cracks.
Mantels and trim on a masonry fireplace
An exception in section R1001.11 lets exposed combustible mantels or trim sit directly on the masonry fireplace front around the opening, provided the combustible material is not placed within 6 inches of the fireplace opening.
Mantel choice and position therefore belong in the design stage, long before the finishing week. We mark the 6 inch line on the drawings and on the masonry itself, so the mantel and any wood trim are sized to it, and we tell the finish carpenter before the first piece is cut.
A replacement unit needs its own chimney
A replacement factory-built fireplace comes with a listing that names its own chimney system. Pipe installed for the old unit belongs to the old unit's listing, even when the diameter looks the same.
That is why a fireplace replacement usually includes a new chimney from the firebox to the cap. We explain why at the inspection, so the estimate is not a surprise and you are not tempted by a lower quote that reuses pipe the new listing does not include.
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New fireplace questions, answered for Piedmont
Undecided? These help, and the fireplace visit in Piedmont costs nothing.
Why can the chimney not take any path it likes to the roof?
Section R1005.7 holds a factory-built chimney to 30 degrees from vertical at most, with four elbows as the limit for the whole run. If a spot in the room would break either limit, the spot moves. We draw the route before recommending where the fireplace should sit.
What paperwork should stay with the house afterwards?
The manual, the model and serial number, the chimney parts list, the permit record and the date it went in. We hand them over together, and the listing label stays reachable on the unit, so a later inspection, repair or sale can start from the facts.
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