Our Process

Inside a vent repair on your Fern Park fireplace

A termination that stays clear

A wall termination must not be easily blocked or obstructed, DuraVent's direct vent instructions say, and the same instructions tell owners to look for bird nests and other foreign material during the yearly inspection. Shrubs that grow up around a cap, a stored ladder or a new fence can all interfere with it.

When we inspect the venting at your Fern Park home, our team checks the space around the cap as well as the cap itself and recommends trimming or moving what crowds it. Where only a relocated termination will solve it, we price that work.

One vent for each appliance

DuraVent's direct vent instructions require the gas appliance and vent system to be vented directly outside and never attached to a chimney serving a separate solid fuel or gas-burning appliance. Each direct vent gas appliance must use its own separate vent system, and common vent systems are prohibited.

Older additions and conversions can tie a vent into whatever passage was already there. Our team traces where the vent from your Fern Park fireplace goes and confirms it runs on its own to the outside.

Condensate and corrosion in the vent

Continuous condensate can corrode vents, caps and draft hoods, the Type B instructions warn, and they call the situation extremely dangerous and in need of immediate correction. Named causes include incorrect vent sizing, long lateral runs, too many elbows and cold spaces, with laterals kept to no more than three quarters of the vertical height.

Beads of moisture on the outside of the pipe and rust at the joints are early signs. If our team finds them on the vent for your Fern Park fireplace, we trace the cause, whether sizing, layout or an exposed section, before replacing the damaged parts.

Checking the vent after a storm

Each year's Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 to November 30. Wind can dent or loosen a vent cap, and debris can collect around a termination at ground level.

After a storm passes over your Fern Park home, look at the vent caps from the ground. A cap that is bent, loose, missing or blocked is a reason to leave the fireplace off until our team has checked the vent.