Your family-owned chimney company in Westyn Bay

An outdoor fireplace on a patio takes weather on every side, not only from the top. If your home in Westyn Bay, a neighborhood of Ocoee in Orange County, has a masonry or stone fireplace out back, it needs slightly different care from the one in the living room. Rain reaches an outdoor fireplace from all directions and can sit in the firebox between fires.

Open mortar joints, a cracked cap on the chimney, loose brick or stone and a rusted damper or spark screen are the repairs these fireplaces tend to need. Brick Industry Association maintenance guidance recommends looking masonry over regularly and finding where water gets in before repairing the damage, and that advice fits an outdoor fireplace well.

The fire needs the same respect outdoors as indoors. NFPA heating safety tips call for keeping anything that can burn at least three feet from the fire, using a sturdy screen to stop sparks and letting ashes cool before they go into a metal container kept away from the house. Cushions, umbrellas, pergola fabric and planters all count.

EPA guidance adds dry, seasoned wood and no trash, cardboard or treated lumber on the fire. Some outdoor fireplaces are factory-built units rather than masonry laid on site. Those follow the maker's instructions and parts list, just like an indoor unit. Our technicians inspect the firebox, joints, cap and metal parts, clear out debris and write each repair on the estimate so you can plan around the patio season.

Westyn Bay homeowners pay nothing for the inspection, see upfront pricing with no hidden fees and take 10% off any service booked with our family-owned team within 72 hours after it. Our workmanship warranty covers the repairs we make.