An insert for an existing chimney
If your house already has a masonry chimney, an insert reuses it with a new liner run down the flue, which is usually the quickest way from a cold firebox to real heat.
Fireplace installation in West Palm Beach FL - a vent that fits your house
No chimney, or an old firebox you never light? We plan the vent first, then set a gas fireplace that heats the room.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
What a gas fireplace job involves
Fireplace installation in West Palm Beach means setting a gas fireplace and its venting into your house, and the most common job is a gas insert going into a fireplace you already have.
Most calls are one of two things, an old masonry fireplace nobody lights or a room with no fireplace at all. The unit is only part of the bill, because the vent run, the gas line and the surround set the rest of the price, and those same three set the schedule. An insert into a sound fireplace is a short job, while new framing, a new vent and a built surround add days, and when I come out to look I'll tell you which side of that your house is on before you pick a unit.
The plan before the price
I come out myself to look at the job and give the estimate, and I'll tell you up front if it's bigger or smaller than you feared, so nothing surprises you halfway through.
Our own masons do the work
The people who set your vent and build your surround work for us, not a crew pulled together that week, so the job runs the way we planned it at the estimate.
Licensed, insured and on schedule
We're licensed and fully insured, backed by our satisfaction guarantee, and since 2017 we've been showing up on the day we planned across the cities around West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County.
How we plan and set a gas fireplace
I start with two questions, whether your house has a chimney and where a vent pipe can come out of the wall or roof, because the answers decide which kind of unit makes sense. Once you've picked the unit, we work to its maker's clearance instructions, since those set how far the vent and firebox have to sit from wood and anything else that burns, and one vent maker's instructions name failing to keep those air spaces as a major cause of vent fires. A direct-vent unit gets its own vent straight outside, the way the vent maker requires, so it never shares a chimney with another appliance. Then we close in the framing, build the surround and clean up before we leave.
The masonry is usually what makes a new fireplace look like it belongs. We can face the surround or the whole wall with stone veneer installation, and when a direct-vent unit needs a chase, the boxed-in column the vent runs up, or a bumped-out wall to sit in, we build it as one of our concrete block walls so it's solid and ready for a finish.
Insert, direct-vent or ventless for your house
Direct-vent when there's no chimney
A direct-vent unit sends its exhaust out through a pipe in the wall or roof, so you don't need a masonry chimney at all, only a spot outside where the pipe can end.
Ventless and what it costs you
Ventless units put their exhaust, water vapor included, into the room, and owners who regret them complain about the smell and foggy windows. If you go ventless, put a carbon monoxide detector in that room.
Heat when the power goes out
A unit with a standing pilot and a millivolt valve keeps working with no electricity, while electronic ignition needs power or a battery backup. Either way the blower stops, so an outage leaves radiant heat only.
Get a fireplace plan for your house
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a visit. I come out, look at the house and give you a free estimate on site, with no obligation to book.
Tell us about the chimney
Let us know if your house has a chimney and whether the fireplace ever gets used, because that's the first thing that sorts an insert job from a direct-vent one.
Say where a vent could go
Note the outside walls or roof near where you want the fireplace, since where the vent can end outside often decides where the fireplace can sit inside.
Name the unit if you have one
If you've already picked a fireplace, send the make and model so we can read its maker's clearance instructions before I come out to look at the job.
Fireplace surrounds and masonry examples
Examples of stone veneer surrounds, brick and block finishes and mantel layouts you can point to when we talk about your fireplace wall.
Gas fireplace questions from West Palm Beach
Straight answers on cost, timing, venting and licensing for a gas fireplace going into a West Palm Beach house.
How much does it cost to install a gas fireplace in West Palm Beach?
Fireplace and chimney installation in West Palm Beach usually runs about $2,300 to $13,500 per project. That's the going price in the area, not our price, and where your job lands comes down to the vent run, gas line and surround mentioned above. Your own figure comes from the estimate.
How long does a gas fireplace installation take?
Most gas fireplace projects take one to three days, according to a national pricing guide, and an insert into a sound existing fireplace sits at the short end. Adding a fireplace from scratch, with new framing, venting and a surround, means more days of work in your house, so plan around that.
Where can a direct-vent fireplace vent go on the outside of my house?
It can only end where it meets the required clearances, which are measured from decks, windows, soffits, gas regulators, air supply inlets and public walkways. The vent maker's instructions and local building codes set those distances, and on some houses they decide where the fireplace can go inside. That's why I look at the outside walls first.
Who licenses LP gas fireplace installers in Florida?
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services licenses the people and businesses that install, service or repair LP gas appliances. If your fireplace will run on LP gas from a tank, ask whoever does the gas work for the LP Gas Installer license by name, since that's the one covering appliances, piping, tubing and storage tanks.
Does a Florida contractor license cover work in West Palm Beach?
A certified contractor license covers work anywhere in Florida, but a registered one only reaches the cities or counties where the holder has a certificate of competency. So if a registered contractor bids your fireplace, ask whether they hold that certificate for West Palm Beach before you sign anything.
Talk through your fireplace plan
Call (561) 220-1584 any weekday until 10 PM or weekend until 11 PM, or send the form, and tell us whether you've got a chimney.