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Planning the firebox, the chimney and the finish
Firebox, chimney and finish, planned as one project by our specialists in Geneva.
Building the chase
An exterior chase encloses the chimney on the outside of the house. One fireplace maker asks for it to be framed like the house walls, with the listed air space around the chimney, a noncombustible chase top and never a single-wall pipe inside.
Our crew frames and sheathes the chase to the manual and fits the chase top from the system. The outside finish can match your walls, and the estimate lists who handles it. Inside the chase, the chimney keeps its listed air space from top to bottom, and insulation stays off the chimney sections as the manual requires.
Where outside air may come from
The Florida Building Code calls for exterior combustion air for a wood-burning fireplace unless the room is mechanically ventilated to neutral or positive pressure. The intake must draw from outdoors or a ventilated crawl space or attic, never a garage or basement, behind a corrosion-resistant screen.
We locate the intake with those rules in mind and use the duct the fireplace lists. The intake location appears on the plan, so nobody later covers it with a patio or a planter. The duct run is kept as short and direct as the manual allows, which also makes the outside hood easy to find and keep clear.
Permits before construction
The Florida Building Code asks anyone who plans to build, alter or repair a building to apply to the building official and obtain the required permit first. Fireplace and chimney makers repeat the same advice to check with local building or fire officials. The specific permits, fees and inspection stages are set by the local building department, never by the installer.
Approvals go on the project schedule from the first meeting, and any required inspections are booked around the work. The permit paperwork is filed with the written record of the installation.
Alarm requirements for new rooms
Florida law requires an approved, working carbon monoxide alarm within 10 feet of each room used for sleeping in new buildings and additions that include a fireplace, a fossil-fuel appliance or an attached garage, or where the Florida Building Code requires one.
We raise this during planning for any addition or new home that includes a fireplace, so the alarm is on the project list from the start. Its placement is part of the builder's or electrician's scope. Whether the alarm is battery powered or hardwired, it is one more line on the project list, and we note it in the written record.
