Fireplace refurbishing and repair in South Apopka
Refractory repairs inside, gentle hand cleaning outside. That is how our family crew restores fireplaces in South Apopka.
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Inside a fireplace restoration quote in South Apopka
Book within 72 hours after the inspection and the same South Apopka estimate shows 10% off.
- Flue cleaning and check above the fireplace
- Old paint and the lead question first
- Lintel condition over the opening
- Model, label and listed parts on factory-built units
How our crew restores a fireplace in South Apopka
What our specialists look at, and why, on restoration jobs around South Apopka.
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.
A grate that suits the firebox
A grate that is too large pushes the fire toward the opening, where heat and smoke are more likely to reach the room and the face brick. A grate that is warped or broken lets logs roll forward.
When we hand back a restored fireplace, we check that the grate fits the firebox and sits well back from the opening. It is a simple point, and it protects the new work on the face and hearth through the first season of fires in your South Apopka home.
The lintel over the fireplace opening
The masonry above a fireplace opening rests on a lintel, usually a steel angle. Florida's residential code wants it noncombustible and resting on 4 inches or more of bearing at both ends. Heat and moisture can rust a steel lintel until it sags or cracks the brick above it.
Our technicians look for rust scale, a dip in the brick line and cracks rising from the corners of the opening. Surface rust can often be cleaned and treated. A lintel that has lost strength is replaced, and that item is priced separately in your estimate.
Questions we ask before we quote
How often do you plan to use the fireplace? Has it smoked in the past? Do you know of earlier repairs? Do small children or pets spend time in the room? Your answers shape the scope as much as anything we see.
Our technicians ask them at the start of the free inspection in South Apopka. They take a few minutes and keep the proposal focused on the fireplace you will actually live with.
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What South Apopka homeowners ask about old fireplaces
What South Apopka homeowners want to know before they book.
What does fireplace restoration include?
It depends on the fireplace. A typical restoration covers cleaning, the firebox lining, the damper, the smoke chamber, the hearth and the brick or stone face, each listed separately in your estimate. Work on the chimney above appears on its own lines.
Can you take paint off our brick fireplace?
Often, once we know what is under it. In a home built before 1978, the paint should be tested for lead first, because disturbing lead paint is regulated work. Where lead is ruled out, a stripping method is tested on a small section before the whole face.
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