Fireplace Installation

Building cozy fireplaces that spark lasting memories

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CSIA certified

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1-year workmanship warranty

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Installed to code

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Santa’s favorite chimney crew

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Cleared for reindeer landing

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No soot on Santa’s boots

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Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer

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Stockings hung, flues swept

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Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days

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Jingle all the way up the chimney

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Warm fires, cozy nights

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Santa’s favorite chimney crew

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Cleared for reindeer landing

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No soot on Santa’s boots

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Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer

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Stockings hung, flues swept

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Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days

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Jingle all the way up the chimney

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Warm fires, cozy nights

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Santa’s favorite chimney crew

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Cleared for reindeer landing

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No soot on Santa’s boots

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Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer

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Stockings hung, flues swept

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Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days

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Jingle all the way up the chimney

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Warm fires, cozy nights

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Santa’s favorite chimney crew

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Cleared for reindeer landing

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No soot on Santa’s boots

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Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer

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Stockings hung, flues swept

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Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days

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Jingle all the way up the chimney

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Warm fires, cozy nights

Pricing, before you commit

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WHAT A FIREPLACE INSTALLATION INCLUDES

A modern insert turns an open masonry fireplace — which sends most of its heat up the flue — into a sealed, high-efficiency heating appliance. Brown Chimney installs both futures as complete packages, not partial quotes. The wood-burning package is built around the Osburn Matrix 1900, fully installed with the stainless steel liner and venting the unit requires. The gas package is built around the Majestic Ruby, with the gas line and electrical work coordinated through our licensed subcontractors — one crew coordinating the trades, one finished fireplace.

Every installation is done to code by CSIA-certified technicians, with the venting matched to the appliance — stainless liner for wood, dedicated venting for gas. Upgrades from the base units are priced at MSRP difference only, always in writing. Start with the fireplace installation cost calculator to see where your configuration lands, wood or gas, in 30 seconds.

The Work

What a fireplace installation actually does.

An open fireplace is ambiance; an insert is heat. Open masonry fireplaces convert only a fraction of the wood's energy into room heat — the rest leaves through the flue, pulling already-warmed air out of the house with it. A sealed insert reverses that math: controlled combustion, blower-driven heat into the room, and a fire that works for the heating bill instead of against it.

The installation is a system, not a box: the insert is sized to your firebox, the liner or venting is matched to the appliance and run the full height of the chimney, and the surround is finished clean. Gas installations coordinate licensed gas and electrical subcontractors for you — you're not managing three trades, we are. Before any insert goes in, the chimney itself has to be sound: an inspection confirms the flue, crown, and structure are ready to host the appliance.

Related reading: do gas fireplace chimneys need cleaning — what changes about maintenance when you go gas. And if you're comparing components, here's a plain-English guide to the types of fireplace dampers and where each belongs.

When to book

When does a fireplace installation make sense?

An insert is an upgrade decision, not a repair — but some situations make the math obvious. These are the ones that bring homeowners to us most. If two or more sound familiar, it's worth pricing both futures.

Your wood fireplace sends most of its heat up the flue

You want fire without the hauling, ash, and cleanup

An old open fireplace fails inspection or drafts poorly

You're renovating and the hearth is the centerpiece

Heating bills climb while the fireplace sits unused

You're removing a masonry chimney but want to keep the fire

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Taking down a masonry stack but keeping the fire is more common than you'd think — a modern insert vents through far less than a full chimney. We quote chimney removal and installation together when that's the plan, so both numbers sit side by side in writing.

The best installations are boring. Measured right, vented right, tested before we leave — and then it just works, every winter, for years.

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Built to last. Backed by a 1-year workmanship warranty.

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1-year workmanship warranty

The labor on our repairs and installations is covered for a full year — in writing, not in promises.

Same crew, every visit

You get a W-2 technician you'll recognize next year — not a rotating cast of subcontractors.

Extra work only with your approval

If we find more once work begins, we document it with photos and get your approval before anything extra is done.

Price fixed before we start

Measured on site, quoted in writing, approved by you — then the work begins. Never the other way around.

What to expect

What happens during a fireplace installation?

From confirmed order to first fire, most installations complete within one to two days on site — inspection first, then liner, unit, connections, and a full operational test before we leave.

Inspection & sizing

A chimney inspection confirms the flue, crown, and structure can host the appliance — and the firebox is measured for exact insert fit.

Package confirmation in writing

Unit, liner or venting, and timeline — the package confirmed in writing before anything is ordered, with any gas or electrical work quoted separately.

Liner & venting installation

Wood inserts get a stainless steel liner run the full flue height; gas units get dedicated venting matched to the appliance. This is where efficiency is won or lost.

Unit installation & connections

The insert is set, connected, and finished clean. On gas packages, licensed gas and electrical subcontractors work under our coordination — one crew responsible.

Operational test & first fire

Every function tested before we leave: ignition, damper or valve, blower, shutoffs. You get the full walkthrough, the documentation, and a fireplace that's ready tonight.

Fireplace heat check

How efficient is your fireplace right now?

Tell us what is in the fireplace and how you use it. You will see where the heat goes while the fire burns and after it goes out, the simple fixes worth doing first, and what an insert would change. Nothing is submitted.

ShowingFire lit. Open wood fireplace.
ArrowsOrange: heat lost up the chimney. Peach: heat into the room. Blue: air drawn in. Thicker means more.

What is in the fireplace now?

How often do you light it?

When the fire is out, does the damper close?

If you upgrade, which fuel?

Worth an insert

You light it often enough for an insert to matter

An open fireplace turns only a small share of the fire’s heat into room heat, and it pulls already-warm air up the chimney with the rest. An insert closes the opening with a sealed firebox and a glass door, so the fire heats the room instead of the chimney.

While it burnsMost of the heat goes up the flueThe fire pulls room air in to burn and sends most of its heat up the chimney with the smoke. You feel the radiant heat in front, while rooms farther away can get cooler as warm air is drawn toward the fireplace.
When it is outCheck the damperIf the damper does not seal, warm room air rises up the chimney day and night, all winter. On a cold day, feel for a draft at the opening.
With a wood insertSealed, vented through a linerA sealed firebox behind a glass door, with a controlled air supply, vents through a stainless liner to the top of the chimney.

Simple fixes first

Make the damper seal. Repair the throat damper, or add a cap damper that seals the top of the chimney, where the heat loss actually happens.
Fit glass doors. Doors fitted and sealed to the opening cut the draft when the fire is out.
Burn dry wood. Split, stacked and dried for at least six months, reading 20% moisture or less on a meter. Wet wood spends its heat boiling off water and makes more smoke.
Sweep and inspect yearly. Creosote is fuel. The yearly sweep removes it, and it is when most problems get caught early.

What a wood insert changes

Choose an EPA-certified model. EPA rates certified units as up to 50% more energy efficient than older ones, using about a third less wood for the same heat.
It burns without electricity (a blower, where fitted, needs an outlet), and it still needs dry wood and a yearly sweep.
An insert changes the system, which is when the flue gets a Level 2 inspection with a camera scan. Any repair the chimney needs is quoted separately.

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A guide, not a measurement. Heat output depends on the unit, the chimney and the home; every installation is sized to the manufacturer’s specifications after the chimney is checked.

For transparency

What this visit doesn't cover.

Gas line and electrical work — coordinated through our licensed subcontractors and billed separately, shown to you in writing before work proceeds

Warranty on units you supply — we can install them, but they're installed at your risk and not covered by our workmanship warranty

Masonry repairs the inspection uncovers (quoted separately before installation is scheduled)

FAQs

Common questions about fireplace installation

How is fireplace installation priced?

As complete packages, from electric inserts to pellet stoves, with the Osburn Matrix 1900 wood insert and the Majestic Ruby gas insert as our core packages. Every package includes the appliance, installation, venting where applicable, and a 1-year workmanship warranty on the labor. Every package and its price is on our fireplace installation pricing page.

Gas or wood insert — which is better?

Wood delivers the ritual — real flame, real logs, and fuel you control. Gas delivers convenience — instant on, no hauling, minimal maintenance. Efficiency is strong in both as sealed inserts. The honest answer depends on how you live; we walk both through with real numbers before you choose.

Can an insert go into my existing fireplace?

In most masonry fireplaces, yes — the insert is sized to your firebox and a new liner runs the flue's full height. The prerequisite is a sound chimney, which is why every installation starts with a chimney inspection.

How long does fireplace installation take?

Most installations complete within one to two days on site. Gas packages add subcontractor coordination for the gas line and electrical, which Brown Chimney schedules and manages for you — the timeline is confirmed in writing with your quote.

Do you handle the gas line and electrical work?

Yes — gas line and electrical work is coordinated through our licensed subcontractors, so you're not managing three trades. That work is billed separately from the package, and you see it in writing before anything proceeds.

Related Services

Often paired with fireplace installation.

Inspection

Chimney Inspection (Level 1 & 2)

Level 1 for the yearly check, Level 2 with a camera scan for a home sale or after a fire.

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Structural

Chimney Removal

Partial or full removal, taken down brick by brick — assessed, quoted, and closed weathertight.

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Maintenance

Chimney Cleaning

The annual sweep that keeps creosote below the danger threshold — drop cloths down, HEPA vacuum running.

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A safer hearth — for 2026

One package. One crew. First fire included.

Every Brown Chimney installation is a complete package — unit, liner, venting, and a full operational test before we leave, with the gas and electrical trades coordinated for you — installed to code by CSIA-certified technicians and priced in writing before work begins. Book online or call, and light the first fire this season.

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