Our Process

Inside a top sealing damper job in Sanford

Where the code lets a damper sit

Section R1001.7.1 of the Florida Building Code, Residential says masonry fireplaces shall be equipped with a ferrous metal damper, and that dampers shall be installed in the fireplace or the chimney venting the fireplace and be operable from the room containing the fireplace.

A top sealing damper closes the chimney itself, and the cable and handle inside the firebox keep it operable from the room. Our installers mount the bracket where you can reach it easily in your Sanford fireplace. The product's own instructions and the fireplace in front of us decide the rest.

When the damper handle will not move

A stuck handle is a reason to stop, not to pull harder. Forcing the cable can bend the lid, snap the cable or pull the bracket out of the firebrick, and a damper that is stuck closed must never have a fire lit under it.

Leave the fireplace unused and call us. Our team checks the damper on your Sanford chimney from the top, frees or repairs the mechanism and confirms that it opens fully before the fireplace goes back into use.

Knowing open from closed

With a throat damper, the lever near the opening usually shows whether it is open. With a top damper the lid is out of sight, so the handle and chain do that job. On the Lyemance design, the handle locked in its bracket holds the damper closed, and releasing it lets the lid open.

Our team walks you through the positions on the damper fitted in your Sanford fireplace and writes them into the record of the work, so anyone using the fireplace can check before lighting it.

Roof work done with care

Fitting a top damper means working at the top of the chimney, on the roof. Our crew uses proper ladders and roof access, protects the roofing around the chimney and works only when the roof and the weather allow it.

You never need to go on the roof yourself. Our team describes what we found at the top of your Sanford chimney, and everything is written into the estimate before the work and into the record after it.