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November 23, 2007
Firebox installation
We need to have our chimneys relined. One of them serves a wood burning fireplace that has been closed up for years. We have good quotes on having the actual chimneys relined, but need to purchase a new firebox and screens and have them installed. Can anyone recommend a company that charges reasonable rates. I have heard wildly varying quotes for chimney work from my neighbors. Thanks.
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Would you be willing to share the name of the chimney company you are going to use.
Posted by: guest at November 23, 2007 5:12 PM
I searched the forum for ages to find answers to this question, and didn't find much good testimony. So when I converted two of my fireplaces to wood burning, I resolved to share it here—complete with a ton of pictures. I used Fireside this past summer (their number is in the second, follow-up post), and the prices are in there, too. We are very pleased. And I’m gonna spark one up tonight—it’s collld out there. Good luck.
By the way, I'm a little nervous about your language "need to purchase a new firebox." You don't mean one of those ugly, metal prefab ones, do you? I would recommend instead having your mason build a firebox/smoke chamber out of honest brick, the way ours did.
This first post shows the process:
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/09/the_dirty_busin.php
And this one shows the results.
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/09/happy_ending_fo_1.php
Posted by: guest at November 23, 2007 6:44 PM
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