Cracked firebrick, mortar washed out of the firebox, a damper that will not move, smoke rolling back into the room. We repair wood-burning fireplaces from the hearth up, and show you the inside of yours first.
Many fireplaces in Philadelphia rowhomes were built for a different fuel and century, and the firebox shows it first. The inspection separates a firebox repair from a liner problem or a flue that just needs cleaning.
Wood-burning fireplaces, masonry fireboxes and wood inserts. If yours runs on gas, that is gas fireplace repair, a different visit.
Cracked firebrick replaced and open joints repointed in refractory mortar. A firebox broken through in several places is rebuilt, not patched.
The rough, stepped space above the damper is smoothed and parged so smoke is drawn up instead of tumbling back into the room.
Seized, rusted and warped dampers freed, rebuilt or replaced, including top sealing dampers that shut the flue at the crown.
Cracked hearths, loose lintels, and a throat shaped wrongly for the flue, the usual reason a fireplace smokes.
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A $59 inspection covers firebox, damper, smoke chamber and flue.
Chimneys, air ducts and dryer vents — all in-house, so inspection, cleaning and repair are one visit.
A boom lift for stacks a roof cannot safely reach.
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Usually one of four things. The damper is not opening fully, the flue is blocked, the smoke chamber is rough or wrongly shaped, or the opening is too large for the flue. The first two are often sorted that visit.
Individual cracked bricks and open joints are replaced and repointed. A firebox broken through in several places, or with brick shifting, gets rebuilt. We photograph the inside so you can see which.
Yes. The firebox is the barrier between the fire and the framing behind it, and a crack lets heat and combustion gases reach places they were never meant to. The US Fire Administration guidance on home heating fires explains why it gets checked yearly.
Yes. Rowhome fireboxes, party wall stacks and narrow street access are normal work across Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. We bring a lift when the chimney top is not safely reachable from the roof.
The flue and firebox have to be clean enough to see, so if creosote is in the way a cleaning comes first. The $59 Philadelphia inspection tells us. Call (215) 201-4371 and describe what it is doing.
Tell us what you are seeing — the cracked brick, the smoke, the damper that will not budge — and we will tell you what it needs.
Air Duct Dynasty · 17 Simons Way, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
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Routine sweeping is chimney sweeping and cleaning, and the $59 inspection is on the specials page. Most repairs start with one of the two.
