The hearth is the oldest piece of furniture in the house, older than the house itself as an idea, and it deserves better than to sulk, smoke or sit cold because nobody local works on them anymore. We do. Wood, gas or electric, from a seasonal once-over to a whole new fireplace set into a wall that never had one: the hearth trade in all its sizes, done proper.
Repair work covers the whole appliance: fires that refuse to light or refuse to stay lit, dampers seized open or shut, smoke where smoke should not be, gas units that click and will not catch, and the general weariness of a fireplace that has outlived its parts. Installation work runs from replacing a spent unit in kind to fitting a new hearth to a remodel, finished to code and to the eye.
The trades under one roof
- Wood-burning fireplaces and stoves: draft troubles, firebox and damper work, and full installs.
- Gas fireplaces and log sets: service, repair and new fittings, with the venting run right and tested.
- Electric fireplaces: the simplest install of the family, set in clean and wired right.
- The chimney above all of them, because a fireplace is only ever as good as its flue.
One bench, the whole job
The advantage of a chimney workshop doing fireplace work is that the whole system gets one set of hands. A new hearth often wants a liner sized to it; a tired open fireplace is often best served by a gas insert; a smoky one often needs its firebox rebuilt before anything else will help. We carry all of those trades, so you get the right fix instead of the fix the contractor happens to sell.
Modernized without losing its face
Some of our favorite work is giving an old hearth new manners: an insert inside an original surround, a rebuilt firebox laid to match the brick around it, a new liner hidden entirely inside the old stack. The room keeps its character, the fire gets easier to live with, and nothing worth keeping gets torn out.
What fireplace work costs
A seasonal service call and a full hearth installation sit at opposite ends of the book, and everything between is its own job. So the method holds: a free look first, then one written number that does not wobble. The pricing page lays the method out plain.
Frequently asked about fireplace work
My fireplace smokes into the room. Can it be fixed?
Nearly always. Smoke in the room means the draft is losing the argument, and the culprit is usually one of a short list: a cold or dirty flue, a wrong-sized opening, a broken smoke chamber, a seized damper or a starved air supply. The inspection reads the whole system and names the culprit before any money changes hands.
Wood, gas or electric: which should I choose?
Honest answer: it depends what you want from the fire. Wood gives the true article with the true labor. Gas gives real flame and real heat at the turn of a knob. Electric gives the look and gentle warmth anywhere a cord reaches, no flue required. Tell us how you live and we will tell you plainly what suits, including the cheaper option when it is the right one.
Can you put a fireplace where there has never been one?
Very often, yes. Gas and electric units open up walls that never had a chimney, and a new flue can be run where the house allows it. It starts with a look at the room and the routes, and the look, as ever, is free.