Chimney damper replacement for Gainesville fireplaces

Your damper is the iron plate over the firebox that shuts the flue whenever the fire's out. Rust, heat warping or a snapped handle can leave it jammed open, stuck shut or rattling loose. Our pros, part of a locally owned family business, free and rehang a sound plate, replace worn handles and linkage, or fit a new damper once the old one is past saving, all once the free inspection is done.

• Stuck plates freed, cleaned and rehung
• Fireplace damper repair for broken handles and linkage
• Throat damper replacement when the frame has rusted through
• Fireplace damper installation sized to your throat opening
• A fit check so the plate closes flush and opens fully

1. Work the damper together

   Our pro opens and closes it with you, then checks the plate, frame, pivots and handle.

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2. Free or remove the plate

   Rust and deposits come off the pivots and seat, or the plate comes out when it's past saving.

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3. Repair it or fit new

   Handles and linkage are replaced, or a new damper sized to your throat is fitted and secured.

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4. Test the full swing

   You try the handle yourself, and the plate has to close flush and open all the way.

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A damper can be freed, fixed or replaced, and the frame decides which.

Cast-iron or steel damper

A ferrous metal damper, the kind the Florida Building Code requires in masonry fireplaces, sized to your throat.

Handles and linkage

Rotary, poker or lever controls matched to the damper style so the plate moves smoothly.

Refractory mortar

Heat-rated mortar for resetting any damper frame bedded in the masonry.

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   Repair or replacement

   Freeing a plate is quick; a new damper means removing the old frame.

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   Damper style

   Some older or unusual dampers need custom-fit parts or a different type altogether.

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   Masonry around the frame

   A frame set deep in brick can mean opening and patching the throat.

• The damper plate, frame and pivots, checked for rust and warping
• The handle and linkage, worked through a full swing
• How well the plate seats when closed
• The throat opening's size, for any new damper
• Deposits on the smoke shelf behind the damper
• Chimney damper repair or replacement options, priced both ways

• The damper handle won't move

  Rust or deposits have seized the pivots. Our pros free and clean them, or replace the plate if it's warped.

• Drafts with the damper closed

  The plate no longer seats against its frame. We reset it or fit a new damper that closes flush.

• Orange grit dropping onto the grate

  The plate or frame is corroding. We check how much metal is left before choosing repair or replacement.

• The plate rattles or drops shut

  Linkage or a pivot has worn through. New linkage parts or a new damper put it right.

• Fireplace Repair and Service Fireplace faults fixed, from firebrick and dampers to hearths and smoke.
• Firebox Repair Worn firebrick and gaps in the brick box your fire burns in.
• Fireplace Hearth Repair Cracked, loose or undersized hearths and hearth extensions in front of the fire.
• Prefab and Zero-Clearance Fireplace Repair Panels, metal fireboxes and chimney pipe on factory-built fireplaces.
• Fireplace Restoration Neglected fireplaces brought back to safe, working order and their original look.
• Electric Fireplace Repair Heating, flame and control faults on electric fireplaces and inserts.

• Your fireplace repair bill starts with what it's built from Brick fireplaces and factory-built units break in different ways and get fixed with different materials, which is why their repairs are priced so differently.

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