Fireplace insert installation across Gainesville, local pros

A wood-burning fireplace insert is a closed steel or cast-iron firebox that slides into your masonry fireplace, turning a drafty opening into a heater with a door and controlled air. Our local pros, part of a family-run company, size it to your firebox, run a stainless liner from the insert up to the chimney top and fit the surround, all by the insert's listing. First comes a free inspection of the fireplace and flue.

• Wood insert installation sized to your existing firebox
• Stainless liner run the full height to the insert's collar
• Surround panels that close off the old opening
• Hearth and clearance checks against the insert's listing
• Wood stove insert installation finished with a first-fire walkthrough

1. Measure the opening first

   Our pro measures the opening, depth and flue, and checks the hearth against the insert's listing.

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2. Clean and prep the fireplace

   Sweeping clears the flue, the damper gets handled per the insert manual, and the firebox is checked so the insert has a sound home.

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3. Drop the liner, slide it in

   A stainless liner drops from the top to the insert collar, then the insert slides in and connects.

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4. Surround, cap and first fire

   The surround closes the opening, the liner top gets its cap, and you learn the air controls on a first fire.

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Not every fireplace takes every insert, so the fireplace decides first.

Wood insert listed to UL 1482

A room heater tested to UL 1482 that meets the EPA's 2020 wood heater emission standard.

Stainless chimney liner

A UL 1777 listed liner matched to the insert's collar and run the full height of the flue.

Surround panels and top cap

The insert maker's surround to close the opening, plus a cap on the liner top.

1. 01

   Insert size and model

   Larger fireboxes and heavier inserts cost more to buy and to set.

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   Liner length and flue size

   Tall chimneys need longer liners, and odd flue shapes can need an oval liner.

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   Fixes the fireplace needs first

   A worn firebox or damaged flue is fixed first and priced as its own item.

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   Hearth changes

   An insert that needs a deeper hearth extension adds masonry or tile work.

• Firebox width, height and depth against insert sizes
• The flue's size, condition and height for the liner
• The hearth extension against the insert's listing
• The damper and smoke chamber the liner will pass through
• Clearances to the mantel and trim around the opening
• Where the insert's controls and blower cord will sit

• Heat disappearing up the chimney

  An open fireplace pulls room air up the flue. A closed insert burns with controlled air and sends its heat into the room.

• Drafts from the fireplace all year

  The opening leaks air when there's no fire. An insert with a sealed surround closes it off.

• A worn firebox you'd rather not rebuild

  An insert covers the old opening, but the fireplace behind it still has to be sound. Our pros check first.

• Fireplace Installation Factory-built or masonry fireplaces installed with the right clearances.
• Electric Fireplace Installation Electric fireplaces hung on the wall, set into it or slid into a firebox.

• Keep the fireplace and add an insert, or start over? An insert turns the fireplace you have into a better heater. A new fireplace replaces it. The shape your firebox and chimney are in goes a long way toward settling which one makes sense.

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