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Smoke Chamber Repair in St. Augustine, FL

Smooth walls above the damper so smoke flows up, not out.

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Short version

Smoke chamber repair fixes the sloped space above the damper that funnels smoke into the flue. St. Augustine Chimney & Sons parges rough or cracked smoke chamber walls with a refractory mortar, repairs the smoke shelf, and rebuilds sections that have loosened, so smoke flows up instead of spilling into the room.

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Why Homeowners Call Us Back

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  • Family run

    The company is run by one family, so the people who price the job are the people who answer for it.

  • Upfront, honest pricing

    The price is on paper before we start. If something changes, we ask before doing more.

  • Workmanship warranty

    Our workmanship warranty backs every repair we complete.

  • Licensed and insured

    Licensed and insured, with an experienced crew on every roof and hearth.

What the Smoke Chamber Does

Above the damper, the fireplace narrows from the wide firebox to the smaller flue. That transition is the smoke chamber. Its walls should slope evenly and be smooth so smoke speeds up into the flue. Behind the damper sits the smoke shelf, which helps turn back any downdraft.

Florida Building Code, Residential, Section R1001.8 covers smoke chamber construction. Many older chambers were built with corbelled, stepped brick that leaves rough surfaces and open joints.

Smoke Chamber Parging

Smoke chamber parging coats the inside walls with a refractory mortar, troweled smooth. It fills the steps and gaps, makes the walls easier to sweep, and can improve the draft. Parging smoke chamber walls is done after a thorough sweep, working up from the damper area.

Fireplace smoke chamber repair may also include fixing a cracked smoke shelf. Smoke shelf repair usually means filling cracks and resetting loose units with refractory mortar.

When a Smoke Chamber Rebuild Is Needed

If the chamber walls have loosened or are badly shaped, a smoke chamber rebuild lays them up again with a proper slope. That is a bigger job, done through the fireplace and from above, and we explain it in the estimate if parging will not be enough.

What We Check For

Smoke rolls out when the fire starts
A rough or oversized chamber slows the draft. Parging helps.
Gaps in the chamber walls
Heat can reach the framing. The gaps are sealed with refractory mortar.
Loose brick above the damper
Sections are rebuilt before parging.

Parts and Materials We Use

Refractory parging mortar
Heat-resistant mortar troweled smooth on chamber walls.
Firebrick for rebuilt sections
Used where walls have to be relaid.

Repair or the Bigger Job

What we findWhat we recommendWhat we confirm
Rough walls, sound brickParge the chamberWe confirm no loose units.
Loose or misshapen wallsRebuild, then pargeWe confirm the slope and the damper fit.

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Questions We Hear Often

How do you stop smoke coming into the room from a fireplace?

Start by opening the damper fully and cracking a window when lighting the fire. If smoke still rolls out, the cause is usually a rough smoke chamber, a blocked cap or an oversized firebox; parging the smoke chamber smooth is one of the fixes that often helps the draft.

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Signs This Work Is Due

The smoke chamber is the funnel between the firebox and the flue. Many were built with rough, stepped brick that slows the draft and collects deposits. Parging coats those walls smooth with a refractory mortar so smoke flows into the flue, and repairs any gaps that heat could pass through.

  • Smoke spilling into the room at the start of a fire
  • Rough, stepped brick visible above the damper
  • Heavy deposits on the smoke shelf
  • Cracks or gaps noted at an inspection

What Sets the Price

Chamber size and shape
Larger chambers take more material.
Parging or rebuilding
Rebuilding takes more time.

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Owned and run by one St. Augustine family. Our experienced crew puts every estimate on paper and backs its repairs with a workmanship warranty.

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Help the Smoke Find Its Way Out

Plenty of draft trouble hides above the damper. A free inspection looks there.

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