Planning a fireplace installation in Three Lakes
An open roof penetration gets covered before we leave each day, and debris leaves the property with us.
- Owned and run locally
- Available for same-day service
- Fully licensed and insured
- Family owned and run
Worn prefab units and empty walls we plan around
- An exterior chase that needs a new unit
- A blank wall where a fire belongs
- Missing parts nobody can identify
- A masonry fireplace you want built new
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Installing a wood-burning fireplace, one decision at a time
Exhaust fans can compete with a fireplace
A wood fire needs air coming into the room to replace what goes up the chimney. Kitchen hoods, bathroom fans and clothes dryers push air out of the house at the same time. When they run together, the fireplace can lose that contest and spill smoke.
Tell us which exhaust fans the house has and where they are. We explain how the outside air supply and the manual's guidance on house pressure apply to your layout. Starting the fire with the strongest fans off is advice we repeat at handover.
Where our work meets the finish trades
A fireplace installation usually ends where the finish begins. Tile setters, stone masons, plasterers and painters complete the face, often after we are gone. Each of them needs to know the noncombustible zones, the mantel limit and the hearth extension outline.
We mark those limits on site and list them in the written record so the finish trades can work to them. If you want us to handle any part of the finish, the estimate names it. Anything not named is left clearly to others.
Finishing an exterior chase to match the house
An exterior chase can be clad to match the house, with siding, stucco, brick or stone veneer, as the manual and the local code allow. The cladding has to respect the chimney's clearances inside the chase and keep water out at the top.
We explain which cladding work we include and which needs another trade. If the chase is to match an existing wall finish, we discuss how close a match is realistic. The chase top and the storm collar are coordinated with the cladding so water sheds cleanly.
Running the chimney out through a wall
Some layouts send the chimney through an exterior wall with listed offset parts, then up the outside of the house in a chase. Manuals show this as a recognized arrangement, with the same clearance and firestop rules inside the wall. It can free the room above from a chimney path.
We explain when this route suits your floor plan and what it adds outside. The chase then needs its own framing, cladding and top. We compare it with a straight interior path so you can see the trade before choosing.
Installation items you approve before work begins in Three Lakes
- Outside combustion air supply
- Old chimney pipe removal and disposal
- Structural support for chimney sections
- Manual, listing label and serial number record
Your new fireplace installation, in questions
Why does my new fireplace need an outside air supply?
The Florida Building Code asks for exterior air to fireplaces unless the room is mechanically ventilated and kept at neutral or positive pressure. For a factory-built unit, the air parts must be listed components. We plan the intake with the chimney route.
Do you set the tile or stone around the opening?
Only if the estimate names it. Often the finish belongs to a tile setter or mason. Either way, we mark the noncombustible zones and the mantel limit so whoever sets the finish works to the manual.
What does the free inspection include for a new fireplace in Three Lakes?
We look at the room, the floor structure, the wall you prefer, the attic framing, the roof exit and a place for outside air. For a replacement, we add the old unit, its chimney and the enclosure.
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Chimney & Fireplace Brands We Work With
DuraVent 
Olympia Chimney and Venting 
Copperfield Chimney Supply 
Rutland 
Heatilator 
Heat & Glo