Fireplace restoration, firebox to face, for Sunset homes
We clean gently, repoint with matched mortar and reset loose units, one agreed step at a time.
- Owned and run locally
- Available for same-day service
- Fully licensed and insured
- Family owned and run
Signs a fireplace needs restoring
- Heavy soot across the face brick
- Damper that no longer moves
- Smoke stains above the opening
- Several small faults at once
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Fireplace refurbishing, item by item
One plan for a neglected fireplace
Restoration returns a neglected fireplace to safe use and to the look it was built with, under a single plan. It is the right approach when several parts need attention at once. Treating them one by one, months apart, often means later work damages earlier work.
We look at every part together, from the firebox and damper up to the smoke chamber, and down to the hearth and face. The plan then sets an order and a price for each item. You can approve all of it or part of it. Either way, each repair is chosen to fit the ones around it.
Resetting a stone face
A stone face can lose stones as its joints fail. Loose stones can shift, crack or fall, and the gaps they leave let the backing weaken.
We reset loose stones in a mortar suited to the stone and repoint open joints to match the existing ones. Broken stones are replaced with the closest available match. Where a manufactured stone face is involved, its maker's instructions guide the repair. The stone work is described on the estimate separately from any brick or tile.
A discontinued factory-built model
Parts for a factory-built fireplace that has gone out of production can be scarce. Scarcity still does not turn an unlisted part into an acceptable one.
We search the manufacturer's parts information for approved alternatives. If none exist, we explain the options openly, including the point at which restoring the unit stops making sense. We do not adapt a listed fireplace to take parts it was not tested with. You decide the next step with the facts in front of you. Sometimes a unit is worth keeping as a decorative piece, and we explain what that would mean for its use.
Brick fireplace restoration from firebox to face
A brick fireplace has two kinds of brick doing two jobs. Firebrick lines the firebox and takes the heat. Face brick frames the opening and gives the fireplace its look.
Brick fireplace restoration treats each kind on its own terms. Firebrick is set and pointed in heat-rated mortar. Face brick is cleaned gently and repointed with a mortar matched to its color and strength. The estimate lists firebox work and face work separately, so you can see where the effort goes.
Restoration work priced before it starts
- Smoke shelf cleared of debris
- Hearth cracks and loose units repaired
- Surround tiles reset or matched
- Small hidden test area before cleaning
Before you approve restoration work
Do you replace every firebrick during a restoration?
No. Sound firebrick stays. We replace units that are loose, broken or badly eroded, and refill open joints with a heat-rated mortar. The estimate shows which units are to be replaced and where they sit.
Can you restore a painted brick fireplace?
We can repair the brick and joints under the paint. Whether the paint should come off is a separate decision, because removal can damage some brick faces. We test and explain before recommending anything.
How is brick fireplace restoration different from a repair?
A repair fixes one part. Restoration plans the whole fireplace, so several repairs fit together and the finished look is consistent. If only one part needs work, we say so and quote that repair on its own.
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Chimney & Fireplace Brands We Work With
DuraVent 
Olympia Chimney and Venting 
Copperfield Chimney Supply 
Rutland 
Heatilator 
Heat & Glo