Chimney inspections and repairs for Stone Crest homes

Store-bought fire logs make a fire easy to start, and not every fireplace is built to burn them. Stone Crest is a neighborhood of Winter Garden in Orange County, and before a box of wax or sawdust logs goes into the fireplace at your Stone Crest home, it pays to know what kind of fireplace you are feeding.

EPA's Burn Wise guidance notes that many wax and sawdust logs are made for open-hearth fireplaces only. It tells owners of wood stoves and fireplace inserts to check their operating instructions before using any artificial log, and where manufactured logs are allowed, to choose ones made entirely of compressed sawdust. The directions printed on the log wrapper deserve the same attention as the fireplace manual.

An open masonry fireplace, a factory-built fireplace and an insert are three different appliances. A factory-built fireplace is a listed system used within the terms of its listing, and its owner's manual is the place to check what may be burned in it. An insert has a closed firebox and instructions of its own. We identify which one you have before giving any advice about fuel.

Whatever goes on the grate, the chimney still needs the yearly inspection NFPA 211 calls for. Fires leave deposits in the flue, and a smoldering fire leaves more of them. EPA advises building hot fires rather than letting them smolder, and burning dry, well-seasoned wood rather than green or wet wood. Our technicians check the firebox, damper, flue and cap, sweep the chimney when it needs it and tell you plainly which fuels suit the fireplace you own.

The inspection costs nothing, the estimate comes in writing and you save 10% by booking within 72 hours after it. Every job from our local, family-owned company carries our 100% satisfaction guarantee.