Fireplace Repair
Repairs that make a tired fireplace safe and usable again.
Learn moreThe firebox is the chamber where the fire actually burns, built from heat-resistant firebrick and refractory mortar. Firebox repair replaces cracked or spalled firebrick and renews failed joints so the firebox can safely contain the fire.
The firebox is the chamber where the fire actually burns, built from heat-resistant firebrick and refractory mortar. Firebox repair replaces cracked or spalled firebrick and renews failed joints so the firebox can safely contain the fire.
The firebox takes direct, intense heat, and over time firebrick cracks and the refractory mortar joints wash out. Those gaps let heat reach the masonry and framing behind the firebox — which is a fire risk. Repairing the firebrick keeps the fire safely contained where it belongs.
We identify cracked brick and failed joints.
We take out spalled and cracked firebrick.
We install matching firebrick with refractory mortar.
We repoint the firebox joints with heat-rated refractory mortar.
On the many older wood-burning fireplaces around Pittsburgh, decades of use eventually crack the firebrick and wash out the refractory joints. It's routine, repairable wear — and worth addressing, because a gap in the firebox is a gap in the barrier between your fire and the house.
A single fine crack may be minor, but cracks and failed joints that expose the masonry behind the firebox are a real safety concern, because they let heat reach materials that can burn. It's worth having them evaluated.
In most cases, yes — we replace damaged firebrick and renew the joints within the existing firebox.
Repairs that make a tired fireplace safe and usable again.
Learn moreRestoring the brick and mortar around the firebox and hearth.
Learn moreParging and smoothing the smoke chamber for safer draft.
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Checking the firebox, damper and connection to the flue.
Learn moreService and repair for wood-burning fireplaces and inserts.
Learn moreTalk to a Pittsburgh-area chimney and fireplace pro today.
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