Homes around Lake Jessamine Estates and Granada Woods often have 1970s fireplaces, either site-built brick or early factory-built units. That’s the backdrop for most fireplace calls here.
Firebox, damper, smoke chamber, doors
Fireplace repair works from the fire outward. The firebox takes the heat: in a masonry fireplace that means firebrick and refractory mortar (firebox and firebrick repair); in a factory-built unit, refractory panels (refractory panel replacement). The damper above it controls the draft and seals the flue when the fireplace is off (damper repair). The smoke chamber funnels smoke into the flue, and rough or damaged walls there push smoke back into the room (smoke chamber repair).
Doors and glass keep sparks in and room air from being pulled up the flue; cracked glass is new glass for the fireplace doors.
Fireplaces in Edgewood
Early factory-built units are the harder repair: some parts are no longer made, and a worn metal firebox can’t be patched. Masonry fireboxes from the same decade are usually straightforward to repair.
Why fireplaces smoke into the room
Smoke spills into the room when the draft can’t carry it away: a damper that isn’t fully open, a rough or damaged smoke chamber, a blocked or dirty flue, an opening too large for the flue, or a house that pulls air down the chimney. Each has a different fix, so the cause is found first; see why a fireplace smokes into the room.
A draft coming into the room when the fireplace is off is related: usually a damper that no longer seals; see cold air coming down the fireplace.
Wood-burning fireplace repair
Wood-burning fireplaces take the hardest use: real heat, creosote and ash. Firebrick joints erode, dampers warp and smoke chambers roughen. Most of it is repairable; the details are in wood fireplace repair in depth. When a factory-built wood unit is past repair, the answer is a new listed unit.
Gas logs, gas inserts and electric units
- Gas fireplace won’t light, shuts off or has a lazy flame: gas fireplace troubleshooting
- Electric fireplace with no flame, heat or remote: repairs for electric fireplaces
- Firebox, damper or doors around a gas log set: repaired here
- Gas lines and connections: separate, permitted gas-line work
Fireplace repair across Edgewood
Repairs are available anywhere in Edgewood, including Granada Woods. Tell us whether the fireplace is brick or factory-built, wood or gas, and what it’s doing; the rating plate model helps for prefab units. If you’d like the chimney checked too, add an inspection in Edgewood. For the rest of the house, see everything we handle across Edgewood. The same service covers firebox and damper repair in Belle Isle, repairs for Orlando fireplaces and fixing fireplaces in Winter Park.
Background reading: the repair guide for wood and prefab fireplaces and how a smoke chamber works.
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Figures for Edgewood and the references used on this page.