Chimney repair, cleaning and fireplace service in Stoneybrook East

A new deck, a screened porch, a fence or a shed can end up right beside the spot where a gas fireplace breathes. Stoneybrook East is an Orange County community, and on a home there with a direct-vent gas fireplace venting through an outside wall, the vent cap belongs in any plan for the yard.

A direct-vent fireplace takes its combustion air from outside and sends its exhaust out through the same termination cap. Each maker publishes minimum clearances around that cap, measured to windows and doors, soffits and overhangs, inside corners, decks and porches, and the ground. The Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas, requires vented gas fireplaces to be installed according to the manufacturer's instructions, so those clearances are part of the installation rather than a suggestion.

Heat & Glo's owner's manual for one current model asks owners to look at the termination cap each season for blockage from plants, nests or debris, and to verify its clearance to later construction such as building additions, decks, fences or sheds. A cap boxed in by new construction may no longer meet those clearances.

If the cap already sits under a new deck or behind a new fence, the fix may mean changing the structure, relocating the termination or altering the vent run, and that is venting work done strictly to the maker's manual. Our technicians compare the cap position with the clearance chart for your model and write down what, if anything, has to change before the fireplace runs again.

In Stoneybrook East the inspection is free, the pricing is upfront with no hidden fees, and our family-owned company takes 10% off work booked within 72 hours after it.