Family-owned wood fireplace installation in Rose Isle
Our Rose Isle specialists read the manual for your model before any stud is cut or any part is ordered.
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Measured on your Rose Isle roof and walls, then written down
None of this comes from a showroom. Our installers confirm it on site during the free visit.
- Roof height set by the ten-foot rule
- Hearth extension built to the manual or code
- Noncombustible face finish chosen with you
- Manual, model and chimney parts list left with you
Before any wall is opened for a fireplace in Rose Isle
Explained by the crew that frames and pipes fireplaces in Rose Isle.
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.
Standoffs and the header above the firebox
Factory-built fireplaces carry standoffs, metal spacers built into the top and sides that hold framing at the tested distance. Any framing across the top of the fireplace, one manual says, must sit above the level of the top standoffs.
A header dropped too low presses combustible lumber against hot metal the listing never allowed. We set the header to the standoffs, confirm the gaps with the unit in place and leave the framing open for inspection where the building department asks to see it.
Metal strips where the hearth meets the fireplace
Some fireplaces ship with small parts that matter. The E-series units come with metal hearth strips that slide under the front edge, overlap in the middle and extend past the front and sides of the opening, protecting the joint where the fireplace and the hearth extension meet.
Small parts like these are easy to lose in a busy renovation. We fit them as the manual describes before the hearth goes down and seal the joint with the noncombustible sealant the manual calls for, so the seam between fireplace and hearth is protected.
A fireplace set across a corner
A corner fireplace saves floor space and can face the seating well, but it changes the framing. The unit sits in a triangular cavity, the hearth extension angles out into the room and the chimney route above has to clear the corner framing.
The manual shows corner framing for models that allow it. We frame to that drawing, check the air space at the back corners and make sure the hearth extension still reaches where the listing requires.
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Asked by Rose Isle homeowners before a fireplace goes in
What people in Rose Isle ask us before a fireplace is ordered.
Can the old chimney pipe be reused with a new fireplace?
Usually not. A factory-built fireplace's listing names its own chimney system, so pipe installed for the old unit belongs to the old listing. We explain what applies to your replacement before anything is ordered.
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.
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