Fireplace Installation in Lakewood.
Gas insert installs, wood stove installs, and code-correct conversions for older fireboxes.
What's Included
Gas insert installs, wood stove installs, and code-correct conversions for older fireboxes.
What's Included
- Gas insert install
- Wood stove install
- Wood-to-gas conversion
- Permit handling
Our Process
- 01
Camera Scan First
Before any quote we run the flue with a camera from the top down and the firebox up. You see the same footage we do.
- 02
Plain-english Findings
We walk you through what is a safety issue, what is cosmetic, and what we would leave alone if it were our own house.
- 03
Written Scope
Every repair is quoted in writing with the camera stills attached. Quotes hold for 90 days. No verbal "trust me" numbers.
- 04
Clean Work
Tarps over the hearth and floor, dual-HEPA vacuum running the whole time. The room is cleaner when we leave than when we arrived.
Why Customers Choose Us
Real reasons. No invented stats, no manufactured awards.
- 01 ✓
Camera On Every Job
A sweep without a flue scan is half a job. We scan every chimney we touch, sweep or not, and hand you the footage. You should never have to picture a problem you cannot see.
- 02 ✓
We Quote The Repair We Would Do
Old west-side chimneys can always have something "found." We scope the work that keeps the system safe, not the longest invoice the camera can justify.
- 03 ✓
Built For Century Homes
Lakewood and Rocky River are full of 90-to-120-year-old masonry. Unlined brick flues, oversized fireboxes, coal-chimney conversions — that is our normal, not our exception.
Related Services
Chimney Inspection
Top-down camera scan with stills you keep, written for insurers and title companies.
- ✓ Full-flue camera scan
- ✓ Level 1 and Level 2
- ✓ Stills attached to the report
Chimney Sweeping
Creosote and soot removal with hearth tarps and dual-HEPA containment — no dust in the house.
- ✓ Floor and hearth tarped
- ✓ Dual-HEPA vacuum
- ✓ Cap and crown checked
Chimney Relining
Stainless and insulated liners for failed tile, unlined brick flues, and gas-insert conversions.
- ✓ Stainless and insulated
- ✓ Unlined-flue solutions
- ✓ Gas-insert sizing
Serving Cuyahoga County
Our team is based in Lakewood and works across Cuyahoga County. Most addresses in our coverage area get same-day response. Outside our area? Call us anyway — we may be able to refer you to someone good.
Counties Covered
- Cuyahoga County, OH
Cities We Service
Each Cuyahoga city below opens a local page with arrival times from our Lakewood base and the loss patterns we handle most often in that municipality.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you don't see your question, just call or message us.
My house is from the 1920s and the chimney has never been lined. Is that dangerous? +
Unlined brick flues were standard when these houses were built and they are not automatically condemned, but they fail differently than tile-lined flues: mortar joints between the bricks erode and open a path for heat and gas into the wall cavity. We camera-scan the full flue and tell you whether it is still serviceable, needs parging, or needs a stainless liner. Many Lakewood homes run fine on the original masonry once the crown and smoke chamber are sound.
How is inspection different from sweeping? +
Sweeping removes soot and creosote. Inspection is the camera scan and visual check that tells you whether the structure is safe. NFPA 211 asks for an inspection every year; actual sweeping is only needed when buildup or a blockage warrants it. We never charge for a sweep the flue does not need just because we are already there.
Water stains appeared on the ceiling next to the chimney. Is the flue cracked? +
Usually not the flue. On west-side homes the top three suspects are a cracked concrete crown, failed step flashing where the chimney passes the roof, and porous century-old brick wicking lake moisture. We find which one it is before anyone sells you a liner you may not need.
What does a Level 2 inspection cost and when do I need one? +
A Level 2 camera inspection runs roughly $180 to $260 here and is the one real-estate attorneys and insurers ask for: at a property sale, after a chimney fire, or after a flue-affecting roof or weather event. We write the report in the format title companies and carriers expect so it clears without a second visit.
There is a smoky smell in the living room every summer. Why? +
Creosote absorbs humidity and off-gasses harder in warm wet weather, which is exactly the Lake Erie summer. A sweep clears it most of the time. When it does not, we look for a missing top-seal damper, a downdraft from a too-short chimney, or animal entry through a missing cap.
Do you reline, or only sweep and inspect? +
We reline. Stainless steel for most wood and gas appliances, and we will tell you honestly when an insulated liner is worth it versus when the existing flue can be repaired in place. Relining is the right call when tile is cracked or an unlined flue no longer passes a camera scan, not as a default upsell.
The previous owner converted the fireplace to a gas insert. Anything to check? +
Yes, and it is commonly missed on older west-side conversions: a gas insert often needs its own correctly sized liner, and many were dropped in without one. An oversized masonry flue venting a small gas appliance condenses acidic moisture that eats mortar from the inside. We scan for it and size a liner if it is missing.
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