Relining chimneys for homes in Alachua

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Getting ready for a home sale

Did the buyer's inspector flag the chimney liner? A cracked or missing liner can turn up on the buyer's report and hold up a closing.

Once the flue is inspected and the need confirmed, the relining is priced so you can decide how to handle it with the buyer. The work comes with our workmanship warranty and paperwork showing the liner's listing and size, which helps close the loop with the inspector. We can work to your closing date where the schedule allows. Speak with one of our local pros about relining before your sale in Alachua: (352) 675-6366.

According to the 2020 Census, 10,574 people lived in Alachua. Alachua sits away from Florida's Gulf and Atlantic shoreline.

What's Included

Inside your chimney in Alachua, a new liner

Insulation wrapped to the liner's listing
Water heater flues resized after a furnace swap
Flues swept before any liner goes in
Liner make and listing recorded for homes in Alachua

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Local Conditions

A liner for a fireplace used now and then

An infrequently used fireplace in Alachua still needs an appropriate liner, connection and termination. A suitable cap helps protect the opening. Whether a top-sealing damper can also be fitted depends on the appliance and fuel, including any requirement to keep the vent permanently open.

How It Works

Sizing starts with what you burn

Read the appliance

The rating plate and manual come first, then the flue is measured and inspected.
Sweep and prove the path

After a sweep, a test piece is run down the flue to confirm the liner will pass.
Wrap, feed and connect

The liner is insulated where needed, fed down, and connected at the bottom.
Seal the top, explain break-in

The top plate and cap go on, the draft is checked, and you get break-in steps.

Why Choose Us

Relining from a local family business

Locally owned and run
A family-run company
100% satisfaction guarantee
Your inspection is free
Same-day visits available
Arrange a visit, take 10% off

Liner alloys are matched to the exhaust, from 316L to AL29-4C, on homes in Alachua.

Your price, upfrontThe liner, insulation and install are priced up front, before anything is ordered for Alachua.
Our workmanship warrantyThe liner has its maker's warranty, and our workmanship warranty covers how we installed it.
Locally owned and operatedLocally owned, so the liner we install is one we can come back and sweep.

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The flue an open fireplace needs

With no collar on an open fireplace, the building code works the flue size out from the fireplace opening instead. Under the Florida Building Code, a round flue has to be at least one twelfth of the opening's area and a square one at least one tenth.

Width times height gives the opening's area, and the liner chosen must satisfy that ratio. A large opening can need a bigger liner than the chimney can hold.

In that case, reducing the opening with a surround or glass doors listed for it can bring the numbers into line, and you'll hear those choices with their prices.

Condensation in an oversized flue

Gas exhaust carries water vapor. In a flue that's too large or too cold, the exhaust cools before it leaves, and the water condenses on the flue walls.

That moisture carries acids that eat mortar joints, crack tile and stain the chimney from inside, showing up as white crust and damp patches that look like a rain leak. A liner sized to the appliance keeps the exhaust warm enough to leave as vapor.

Any flue serving a gas appliance is checked for condensation damage, and the new liner is sized to stop it. The appliance's own instructions set the size.

When the water heater is left on its own

A masonry flue once shared by a furnace and a water heater was sized for both. When the furnace is replaced with one that vents elsewhere, the water heater is left alone in a flue far too big for it.

Its small amount of exhaust cools and condenses in that big flue, and it may not draft reliably. Our specialists check for that situation whenever a furnace has been changed, and size a liner for the water heater alone, using the gas code's tables and the heater's instructions.

The fix is a smaller liner, and it's priced up front. The new liner size is on the quote.

Free Inspection

Before relining in Alachua, a free look

Offsets, ledges and loose tile along the flue
Condition of the clay tile and its joints
Any existing aluminum liner and whether it still suits
Sweeping needed before the liner can go in

Claim 10% off your first service

Reline the flue in Alachua; a first job is 10% off.

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FAQs

Liner questions from homeowners

Why is my water heater flue crumbling?

It may be too big for the water heater, especially after a furnace change, so the exhaust condenses inside. A liner sized to the water heater stops it. Talk to us about it in Alachua at (352) 675-6366.

What happens to my damper?

For an insert, the damper is removed or fixed open as the insert's instructions say. For an open fireplace, the liner connects above it and the damper stays in use.

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