What Fireplace Remodeling in Flower Mound Includes
Most Flower Mound fireplaces were built between 1990 and 2010 and look like it: a brass or black bifold door, a brick face in a tan or red blend, a short mantel, and a factory-built firebox that still works. Fireplace remodeling updates the part you look at without losing the part that works. Flower Mound Chimney Sweep Professionals handles the firebox, insert, venting and finish as one project.
- Design visit. We measure the opening, the face and the wall, read the fireplace’s model tag for its clearances, and run a camera up the flue. You tell us the look you want and we tell you what the listing allows.
- Written price. Material, labor, any insert or log set, and the schedule, in one written estimate.
- Demolition. Old doors, trim and mantel come off. If the brick face is coming down, it is cut back to the framing or the firebox flange.
- Firebox and insert. Any firebox repair happens now, and an insert or log set goes in while the wall is open.
- New face. Backer board, then stone, tile or brick set with heat-rated materials, and the mantel at the listed height.
- Doors, trim and test. New doors or screen, grout and sealer, then we light the fireplace and check the draft.
Remodel Options and What They Change
| Option | What it does | Touches the firebox or vent? |
|---|---|---|
| New doors or screen | Replaces brass bifolds with a clean-face screen or black doors | No |
| Paint or whitewash the brick | Lightens a dated brick face for the lowest cost | No |
| Tile or stone overlay | Covers the brick from hearth to ceiling | No, if clearances to the opening are kept |
| New mantel or surround | Raises, widens or replaces the shelf | No, if set at the listed height |
| Gas log set | Adds a clean gas fire to a wood firebox | Yes, damper clamped open, gas line by a licensed plumber |
| Gas or wood insert | Adds real heat behind a new face | Yes, liner in the flue, new surround panel |
| Raise or lower the hearth | Changes a raised hearth to flush, or adds one | Yes, hearth extension must meet the listing |
The quiet rule behind every row is the fireplace listing, the manufacturer’s sheet of clearances to combustibles, mantel heights and hearth sizes. Remodels that ignore it put wood too close to the opening, and that is the scorched mantel we get called to replace. The Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association publishes industry guidance on hearth products and their safe installation, and every unit we work on is set to its own listing.
Signs Your Fireplace Is Ready for a Remodel
- Brass bifold doors or a mesh curtain from the 1990s
- A brick face that does not match the rest of a renovated room
- A mantel too low or too shallow for the opening
- A wood fireplace you light once a year because of the mess and the cold draft
- A firebox that works but looks worn after a repair
- A room remodel that opens the wall anyway, so the fireplace can change at the same time
If the fireplace itself does not work, start with our fireplace repair page. A remodel on top of a cracked firebox or a stuck damper only hides the problem for one season.
Fireplace Installation
When the plan includes a gas insert, a direct-vent unit or a new factory-built fireplace behind the new face, the unit side is covered on our fireplace installation page. The two services run as one project in Flower Mound: the insert goes in, the liner goes down the flue, and the face is built around the new surround panel. If the only change inside the firebox is a log set, our gas log installation page explains vented and vent-free choices and the licensed plumber who runs the gas line.
What We Check Before the Wall Opens
- The flue. A camera check for cracked tiles, creosote and nests. A remodel is the cheapest time to fix a flue, and the worst time to find it later.
- The chase. On a factory-built fireplace, the wood-framed chase behind the face gets checked for water damage from a rusted chase cover. Rotted framing is handled on our chimney siding and chase repair page before the new face goes on.
- The clearances. Mantel height, side wall distance, hearth depth and the distance from the opening to any combustible trim, all from the unit’s listing.
- The gas. Whether a line already reaches the firebox, and whether it needs a licensed plumber to extend it.
A fireplace inspection covers the same list on a fireplace that is not being remodeled yet, and it is a good first step when you are still deciding.
Book Fireplace Remodeling in Flower Mound
Flower Mound Chimney Sweep Professionals is veteran-owned and based on Long Prairie Rd (FM 2499) in Flower Mound 75028. We remodel 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, the price is firm before material is ordered, and the schedule comes with the quote. Spring and summer are the open months for remodel work, before the fall rush for sweeps and repairs.
