Fireplace installation in West Palm Beach FL - a gas fireplace vented the right way
Got an old fireplace nobody lights, or a bare wall that wants one? We fit the gas unit your house suits and vent it properly.
What does it take to put a gas fireplace in a West Palm Beach home?
Fireplace installation in West Palm Beach usually means setting a gas fireplace and its vent into your home, and the most common job is a gas insert fitted into a fireplace you already have.
Usually you're looking at one of two things, an old fireplace nobody lights or a bare wall where you'd like one. I start with what you have now, a working chimney or none, because that points to either an insert or a direct-vent unit, which pipes its exhaust straight out through a wall or the roof.
The unit is only part of the bill. The venting, how far the gas line has to run and the surround decide the rest, whether that surround is simple trim or a stone veneer face. Time turns on the same things, so an insert into a sound fireplace goes quickly, while a fireplace added from scratch needs framing, new venting and surround work. Your estimate spells out what we'd do and why.
What to know before a fireplace installation
Most of the planning comes down to the vent, because where the exhaust goes decides which unit fits, where it sits and how the wall around it gets finished.
Ventless units have tradeoffs
A ventless unit puts its exhaust, water vapor included, into the room, and owners who regret one mostly mention smell and fogged windows. It also needs a carbon monoxide detector in that same room, so I'll talk it through with you first.
Where the vent comes out
A direct-vent pipe has to end set distances from decks, windows, the underside of the roof overhang, gas regulators, air intakes and walkways. The vent maker's instructions and local building codes set those distances, and we keep to them, even when that moves the vent's spot on the house.
Air space around the pipe
The vent maker names missing air space between the pipe and anything that can burn as a major cause of vent fires. Ask us how your job keeps that gap, and I'll show you on the plan.
The wall and surround
The surround is the face around the fire, and it's the part you look at every day. If the new unit needs a wall built out to hold it, we can build it from concrete block and finish it in brick, stone or stucco.
Fireplace installation questions we hear
How much does it cost to install a gas fireplace in West Palm Beach?
Fireplace and chimney installation in West Palm Beach usually costs about $2,300 to $13,500 per project, which is the going rate around here and not our own price. An insert into a sound fireplace with a short gas run tends to sit toward the low end, while a new unit with fresh venting and a full masonry surround climbs toward the top. The estimate puts your own figure on paper.
What is the best way to choose between a gas insert and a direct-vent fireplace?
Let your chimney decide. An insert reuses a working chimney with a new liner, a pipe run down the inside of it, while a direct-vent unit vents through a wall or the roof and needs no masonry chimney at all. So a house without a chimney suits a direct-vent unit, and one with a sound chimney can usually take an insert.
How long does it take to install a gas fireplace?
Most gas fireplace projects take one to three days going by national figures, and an insert into a sound fireplace sits at the short end. Adding a fireplace from scratch means new framing, venting and surround work, so plan for more days of work at your home.
Does a gas fireplace work when the power goes out?
It can, depending on how it lights. A unit with a standing pilot, a small flame that stays lit, and a millivolt valve keeps working with no electricity, while electronic ignition models need power and many offer a battery backup. The blower stops either way, so in an outage you only get the heat coming straight off the fire.
Who licenses LP gas fireplace installers in Florida?
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services licenses the people and businesses that install, service or repair appliances burning liquefied petroleum gas, or LP gas. Its LP Gas Installer license covers the appliances, piping, tubing and tanks, so if your fireplace will run on LP gas, ask whoever hooks it up for that license by name.
Can any Florida contractor install a fireplace in West Palm Beach?
Not every one. A Florida certified contractor license works anywhere in the state, but a registered license only covers the cities or counties where the holder has a certificate of competency, so a registered contractor needs that certificate for West Palm Beach. It's a fair question to ask anyone you're thinking of hiring.
Why West Palm Beach homeowners call BR West Palm Beach Masonry & Concrete for fireplace installation
You deal with me from the first look onward, and our own masons do the work in between. We're based in West Palm Beach and work in the cities around it across Palm Beach County, so call and ask if yours isn't listed.
The owner writes your estimate
I'm the one who comes out, looks at where your fireplace and vent would go, and writes the estimate.
Our own masons do the work
The crew on your job works for us, and I stop by to check on the work while it's underway.
Working on lived-in homes since 2013
I learned laying block and brick on new houses across Palm Beach County before starting this business 13 years ago.
Licensed and fully insured
We're licensed and fully insured, and you're welcome to ask about either when I come out.
Satisfaction guaranteed on every job
That's our word on this work, and the first step is a call to (561) 268-0285 or a note through the form.
Plan your gas fireplace with one call
Tell us whether your house has a chimney and where a vent could reach outside, so I come out with the right options already in mind.
What happens after you call about a fireplace?
Each fireplace job is planned around your house and your time, starting from what's there now and where a vent can reach outside.
You get in touch
Call (561) 268-0285 or send a few lines through the form about your fireplace or the wall you have in mind.
I look at the house
I come out, look over the fireplace or wall with you, and check where a vent could end outside your house.
Your written estimate
You get a written estimate that explains what we'd do and why, so you can weigh it in your own time.
The work and final look
Once you're ready, we take care of any permit the job calls for, our crew does the work with me checking on it, and we look over the finished fireplace together.