Fireplace insert installation matched to your Union Park firebox
From an open fireplace to a closed wood heater in Union Park, planned around your firebox and your room.
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Before any insert is ordered for your Union Park home
The firebox, the flue and the hearth are measured in person in Union Park, and each result lands on your estimate.
- Chimney height checked against the model's minimum
- Old insert, doors, grate and screen removed
- Hearth depth and width checked, extension if needed
- Drop cloths from the door to the hearth
A wood insert job in Union Park, start to finish
Each point below turns into a line on your written estimate in Union Park.
What a wood-burning insert changes about an open fireplace
A wood-burning insert is a closed steel or cast iron firebox with a glass door that slides into the opening of an existing fireplace. The fire burns behind that door on an air supply the owner controls, and the smoke leaves through a liner connected to the collar on top of the unit.
An open fireplace pulls a steady stream of room air up the chimney, with a lively fire or a dying one. A sealed firebox burns on a measured supply, so more of the heat stays in the room. Our installers walk through that difference at the free inspection, before any model is chosen.
No liquid starters in a wood insert
The Travis manual states that gasoline or other flammable liquids must never be used to start a fire or to freshen one up, and that they should not be stored or used near the appliance. Other insert manuals carry the same rule.
A fire in an insert starts well with newspaper, small dry kindling and a few small splits, which is how our installers show you the first fire. The door is then closed and the air control does the rest.
Why the air control is not left on high
Running a wood heater flat out is not the goal. Pacific reserves the high air setting for starting and preheating fresh loads, and warns against overfiring, which it says can permanently damage the heater and the chimney.
We point out the markings on your air control and explain what each range is for. Most evenings the right setting sits well below full once a good bed of coals has formed, and the insert then gives steady heat with a clean flame instead of a roar.
When a wood insert is not the right choice
A wood insert suits owners who want to burn wood and who have a fireplace and flue that can take one. If the fireplace cannot pass the manual's requirements, or you would rather not handle wood, a gas or electric insert may suit better.
Those are separate installations with their own requirements, and we can explain the differences at the same free inspection. We would rather recommend a different path than install a wood insert that does not fit how you live.
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Fireplace insert questions, answered for Union Park
Undecided? These help, and the insert visit in Union Park costs nothing.
What happens to the old damper?
Insert manuals direct that it be locked fully open or removed. We secure or remove it during the installation, so it cannot be closed on the exhaust path later.
What if my mantel is too close to the opening?
We measure it against the model's clearance table. The options are usually a model with a smaller mantel clearance, raising or replacing the mantel with noncombustible material, or a protection method the manual itself describes.
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