Our Process

The details behind fixing your Markham fireplace

When a fireplace damper has to be replaced

Some dampers cannot be saved. A plate rusted through, a frame cracked by heat or a missing piece that is no longer made all point to replacement. The new damper has to fit the throat of your fireplace, close properly and still be worked from the room, which is the rule the code sets for masonry fireplaces.

We measure the throat, explain the replacement options that suit it and price the one you choose before the old unit comes out. The estimate for your Markham fireplace names the damper type and lists any firebox or smoke chamber repair found during the work as a separate item.

Throat repairs that open up a choked fireplace draft

Smoke travels from the firebox through the throat, past the damper and up the smoke chamber before it reaches the flue. The Florida Building Code (R1001.6) requires that whole passage to be no smaller in cross-section than the flue itself, with the throat at least 8 inches above the opening and at least 4 inches deep.

Fallen brick, a damper frame set crooked or an old repair that narrowed the throat can squeeze that passage. Our specialists check it with the damper open and point out any spot where the opening has been reduced. Restoring the full passage is often part of curing a fireplace in Markham that has started to smoke.

Fireplace repair around a gas log set

Some fireplaces burn wood, some have a gas log set where the wood used to go and some are sealed gas units behind glass. Under R1004.4, an unvented gas log heater cannot go into a factory-built fireplace unless the fireplace itself is tested, listed and labeled for that use.

Our fireplace repair covers the firebox, damper, hearth and surround around a gas log set. Faults in the gas appliance itself, such as a burner, control or ignition problem, go to our gas fireplace repair service, which works from the appliance manual. We tell you which service applies before the visit to your Markham home is booked.

Fireplace service visits between repairs

Once the fireplace is repaired, a maintenance visit now and then keeps small problems small. We check the damper action, the firebox joints, the hearth, the doors and the outside air intake if there is one, and we tighten or adjust whatever has worked loose.

Maintenance visits are booked on the same terms as repairs: a clear price upfront, a written record of the work and the same 100% satisfaction guarantee. Homeowners in Markham can ask for same-day service when the schedule allows.