What Fireplace Installation in Flower Mound Includes
A new fireplace is three decisions: fuel, venting and location. Flower Mound Chimney Sweep Professionals walks through all three on the first visit, then handles the install from the framing to the first fire.
- Site visit. We look at the room, the outside wall, the roof line, the existing chimney or chase if there is one, and where the gas line sits. We measure the opening on an insert job.
- Unit choice. Wood or gas, direct-vent or vented, insert or full fireplace, size matched to the room. You get a written price for the unit, the venting and the install.
- Permits and plumber. We confirm the permit the city wants. A licensed plumber runs or extends the gas line and pressure-tests it, as Texas law requires.
- Install. The unit is set to the listed clearances, the vent or chimney is run, the hearth extension is built, and the firestops and chase cover go in.
- Finish and test. Logs, glass and trim go on. We light it, check the flame and draft, and show you the controls.
Fireplace Types We Install
| Type | Where it fits | Venting | Heat to the room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct-vent gas fireplace | New room, outside wall, remodel | Coaxial pipe straight through the wall or roof | High, sealed glass front |
| Gas insert | Existing masonry fireplace | Two liners down the old flue | High |
| Vented gas log set | Existing wood fireplace | The existing flue, damper open | Low |
| Factory-built wood fireplace | New build or addition with a framed chase | Listed metal chimney through the roof | Low to medium |
| Wood insert | Existing masonry fireplace | Stainless liner down the old flue | High |
| Freestanding wood stove | Room corner or hearth | Stovepipe and listed chimney or liner | High |
Most Flower Mound homes have a factory-built fireplace in a wood-framed chase. When that unit is rusted through or discontinued, a new factory-built unit of the same size usually fits the chase with a new chimney section and chase cover. A gas log set is the lightest option, and our gas log installation page covers it. Wood stoves have their own page on wood stove installation.
Signs It Is Time for a New Fireplace
- Rust holes or warped steel in a factory-built firebox
- A discontinued unit with no refractory panels or valves left to buy
- A masonry firebox and flue that would cost more to rebuild than to line and fit with an insert
- An open wood fireplace that cools the house more than it heats it
- A remodel that moves walls or changes the room layout
- A new addition or outdoor living area with no fireplace yet
Where the firebox is the only problem, our fireplace repair page is the cheaper path. We tell you which it is after we look.
Inserts for Existing Masonry Fireplaces
The older homes near Grapevine Lake and Lake Lewisville have full masonry fireplaces with a clay-tile flue. Those openings take a gas or wood insert without touching the brick. The insert is a sealed steel firebox with its own glass door and blower. It slides into the opening, a stainless liner runs from the insert to the cap inside the old flue, and a surround panel closes the gap between the insert and the brick. A gas insert heats a great room on a thermostat. A wood insert burns a third less wood than the open fireplace it replaces and keeps the heat in the room. The old flue gets a camera check first, and a cracked tile or a missing crown is fixed before the liner goes down.
Venting and Clearances
Every fireplace is listed by its manufacturer with exact clearances to framing, mantels and side walls, a vent type and a maximum vent run. We install to that listing and to NFPA 211. On a wood fireplace or insert that means the chimney meets the 3-2-10 rule above the roof and the old flue gets a stainless liner sized to the insert. On a direct-vent gas unit it means the termination cap sits the listed distance from windows, doors, soffits and the gas meter. The U.S. Fire Administration lists heating equipment among the leading causes of home fires and covers safe installation and use in its heating fire safety guidance. A fireplace installed to its listing is the first step in that list.
Gas Lines and the Licensed Plumber
Gas piping from the meter to the fireplace is plumbing work in Texas and is done by a licensed plumber. We coordinate that plumber on every gas fireplace or insert install, schedule the line and the unit on the same day where we can, and handle everything from the appliance shutoff forward: the valve, burner, pilot, logs, glass and venting.
Fireplace Remodeling
A new insert or direct-vent unit usually changes the face of the fireplace too. The old brass doors go, the opening may change size, and the brick face often gets tile, stone or a new mantel. Our fireplace remodeling page covers the finish side, and most new-fireplace projects in Flower Mound run both together so the wall is opened once.
Book Fireplace Installation in Flower Mound
Flower Mound Chimney Sweep Professionals is veteran-owned and based on Long Prairie Rd (FM 2499) in Flower Mound 75028. We install fireplaces in Flower Mound, Lewisville, Southlake, Colleyville, Keller, Fort Worth and Collin County, 7 days a week from 7 AM to 8 PM. Call (817) 518-6131 or send the form on this page. Estimates are free and in writing, and the price is firm before any unit is ordered. Unit lead times run two to six weeks, so a fireplace you want burning by Thanksgiving should be quoted by early October.
