New wood-burning fireplaces installed in Westfield
Our Westfield specialists read the manual for your model before any stud is cut or any part is ordered.
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Measured on your Westfield roof and walls, then written down
None of this comes from a showroom. Our installers confirm it on site during the free visit.
- Listed chimney sections, firestops and attic shield
- Outside air kit and inlet location
- Mantel line marked from the manual
- Manual, model and chimney parts list left with you
Before any wall is opened for a fireplace in Westfield
Explained by the crew that frames and pipes fireplaces in Westfield.
Counting chimney sections before ordering
A factory-built chimney is ordered as a parts list: straight sections, any offsets and their straps, a firestop for each floor or ceiling, an attic shield, the roof parts, a storm collar and the listed cap. The count comes from floor heights, attic depth, roof pitch and the ten-foot rule.
We measure each of those at the planning visit and build the list from them, with a little margin where the manual allows. That way the crew arrives with the right chimney for your house and no second trip to the supplier.
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.
A fireplace set across a corner
A corner fireplace saves floor space and can face the seating well, but it changes the framing. The unit sits in a triangular cavity, the hearth extension angles out into the room and the chimney route above has to clear the corner framing.
The manual shows corner framing for models that allow it. We frame to that drawing, check the air space at the back corners and make sure the hearth extension still reaches where the listing requires.
Checking the draft on the first fire
The first fire in a new fireplace is also the first test of the whole system. With the damper open, smoke should rise cleanly into the top of the firebox, and the house should not pull it back into the room when a door opens or the air conditioning starts.
We watch that first fire with you, check the draft with the doors open and closed and look at the chimney top once the fire is going. If anything needs adjusting, we say so on the spot rather than after we have packed up.
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Fireplace questions Westfield homeowners ask next
Answered by the family-owned team that builds fireplaces in Westfield.
Can the old chimney pipe be reused with a new fireplace?
Usually not. A factory-built fireplace's listing names its own chimney system, so pipe installed for the old unit belongs to the old listing. We explain what applies to your replacement before anything is ordered.
Will our roof be left open overnight?
No. The chimney goes through a framed opening between rafters or trusses and is closed with the listed roof parts and a storm collar. Any open roof is covered at the end of each working day, and the estimate says how we reach the roof and protect it while we work.
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