Chimneys, fireplaces and gas units serviced in Biscayne Island

Shine a flashlight up past the damper and you may see the space where the fireplace narrows toward the flue. That sloped space is the smoke chamber, and its walls should be smooth rather than stepped. The Florida Building Code describes the smoke chamber as part of a masonry fireplace and expects its walls to be parged smooth.

Rough, stepped brick slows the smoke, collects deposits and can let heat reach the masonry behind open joints. A smoke chamber in poor condition can also push smoke back into the room. Our family team repairs smoke chambers in Biscayne Island by cleaning the surface and applying a smooth parging suited to the heat. Our team is locally owned and explains what it finds before any work is approved.

Sweeping comes first, because nobody can judge a smoke chamber through a coat of soot. The free inspection also looks at the damper, the throat and the flue above, because a repair there may need to happen at the same time. Tell us whether the fireplace smokes, whether you burn often and whether bits of mortar fall onto the grate.

If the damper still closes properly, keep it shut between fires until the work is done. Approve the smoke chamber work, or anything else we list, before 72 hours pass from your free inspection, and you save 10%. Sweep, smoke chamber work and any damper or flue repair are kept apart on the free written estimate, each priced upfront.

Smoke chamber work is messy, so the room is sheeted before we start, and every scrap of debris leaves with us. The written record describes the parging and any related repair, and our workmanship warranty applies to both. Maintenance visits afterward can keep the smoke chamber from collecting deposits again in Biscayne Island.