New fireplace installation, planned for your Tangelo Park home
Wood-burning fireplaces installed in Tangelo Park by a family-owned team that treats your home like its own.
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- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Chimney, hearth and face items for Tangelo Park fireplace jobs
Every point below is checked against the fireplace manual or the code chapter that applies, then priced as its own line.
- Fireplace model and placement agreed against the manual
- Exterior chase framed and finished to match
- Masonry footing, firebox and hearth to code
- First fire lit together and controls explained
What decides where a fireplace can go in Tangelo Park
A closer look at the chimney route, the hearth and the face in Tangelo Park.
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 insulation shield in the attic
Florida Residential Code section R1005.8 says that where factory-built chimneys pass through insulated assemblies, an insulation shield of steel at least 0.0187 inch thick, No. 26 gage, shall provide clearance between the chimney and the insulation.
In an attic with blown or batt insulation, that shield is what keeps insulation off the pipe. The E-series manual pairs it with a firestop spacer that supports it. We install the shield listed for your chimney system and check the insulation around it before we climb down.
The first few fires
A new fireplace's first fires cure its paint and the materials inside the firebox, and that can produce an odor for a while. Most manuals describe a break-in routine of smaller fires before the fireplace is used hard.
We light the first fire with you, explain the break-in your manual describes and suggest opening a window for fresh air while the curing finishes. Any smoke alarm that sounds during those fires should stay connected, with the room ventilated instead.
What never goes into a fireplace
EPA lists what should never be burned: household trash, cardboard, plastics, foam, colored ink on magazines and packaging, and coated, painted or pressure-treated wood. Construction offcuts left over from the fireplace project often fall into that last group.
We mention it at handover because a pile of painted trim and treated lumber next to a new fireplace is a common sight after a renovation. Those scraps belong in a dumpster, never in the firebox.
Other work in Tangelo Park
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- Prefab and Zero-Clearance Fireplace RepairRepair the fireplace according to its model.
- Stone Chimney RepairKeep stone repairs suited to the existing masonry.
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What Tangelo Park homeowners want to know about adding a fireplace
Answered by the family-owned team that builds fireplaces in Tangelo Park.
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.
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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