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Wood Stove Installations

Pro Chimney Services based in Halifax, NS is providing a wide range of their custom wood stove masonry hearth construction - installation services covering all of the Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Municipality, Bedford, Sackville, Mount Uniacke, Hantsport, Windsor, Wolfville, Kentville, Chester Basin, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Bridgewater, Liverpool, Fall River, Wellington, Enfield, Elmsdale, Brookfield, Truro, Musquodoboit Harbour & surrounding areas.

Owned & operated by DJ Turner, with over 30 years of experience in the masonry trade. He knows your home is your investment & he cares.

Pro Chimney Services is dedicated in providing you with their high quality custom wood stove masonry hearth construction - installation services. This is a blend of their : excellent craftsmanship, attention to detail, customized solutions & quality customer service.

Pro Chimney Services guarantees your custom wood stove masonry hearth construction - installation project will be completed to the highest standards backed with a full Lifetime Craftmanship Written Warranty.

To get started with your personalized service today, you can reach DJ through their Contact Page & feel free to give him a call at 902-401-7333 to discuss your wood stove masonry hearth construction - installation project - free estimate / market evaluation. DJ looks forward to serving you.

Comprehensive Custom Wood Stove Installation Services

Wood Stoves offer the dancing yellow flames & orange hot coals that give a room a cozy, warm look & feel. The crackling sounds, occasional firework-like sparks, & the smell of the burning wood add a nostalgic ambiance to a room.

A wood stove masonry hearth's radiant heating is a great technology for heating your home. Radiant heat is by no means new, it's as old as our solar system. When you feel the warmth of your wood stove hearth's bricks hold the invisible infrared rays that warm you hours after you wood stove has burned out.

Pro Chimney Services is providing you with quality customer service, like no other wood stove installation company in Nova Scotia. You're invited to view for yourself to see step by step DJ he will complete your wood stove installation - wood stove's hearth masonry construction services correctly & read the options that are provided to homeowners or property owners like yourself when you hire Pro Chimney Services to work for you.

Project 1 : Wood Stove Installation Services in completed in Halifax, NS :

Pro Chimney Services received a call from a couple in Halifax, NS that wanted to have a wood stove masonry brick hearth constructed - installed to become one of their family's focal points. A place where they will spend time together throughout the winter months.

Pro Chimney Services discussed with the homeowners the benefits of having a wood stove masonry brick hearth constructed & installed.

The last measurement is marked with the door of the stove open. This is required to meet those minimum code requirements of the length of the hearth walls. The 45 degree brick corners where also marked to indicate placement as well which are needed so the length of the hearth walls are not over extended which would hurt the overall looks of the project.

Pro Chimney Services discussed with the homeowners that their masonry hearth must have openings located on the bottom course of the brick wall. These air vents allow the cool air in the room to be naturally drafted behind the brick wall.

Pro Chimney Services discussed with the homeowners that Metal screens are designed & painted black to become a grate system.

The wood stove hearth itself is elevated off the floor three courses of brick in height,therefore the inner guts of the hearth must be constructed by code to be completely filled with solid masonry material.

The bond of the pavers where laid out so that the final cuts at each end are cut to match on both sides working their way back towards the inside corner of the hearth. All of the solid units of brick where required to be laid with mortar underneath them.

The shade of the new mortar gets a little lighter over a 3-4 day waiting period. Leaving a powered film over surface of the brick which comes off when the structure is washed down. It's so important to give the new mortar 5 -7 day waiting period prior to washing the project.

It's important through out the construction of hearth to keep the same consistency when raking out of the solid brick half the depth of the wall throughout the entire hearth itself.

The wood stove hearth's custom metal-grate air intake vents are constructed into the wood stove's hearth's walls.

The wood stove hearth's metal-grate air intake vents are designed to allow the cool air in the room to be drawn in behind the hearth's walls & push the hot air out from behind the walls.

The homeowners choice what is called buck skin colored mortar to be used in the construction of their wood stove's masonry hearth. We can see how beautiful the colored mortar looks, blending in with the color of the wood stove hearth's red smooth brick.

Pro Chimney Services completed thier wood stove masonry brick hearth construction & installation to the highest standards backed with a full product & lifetime craftmanship written warranty.

W E T T Code Compliance

Pro Chimney Services will discuss with you that their are three principle reasons why you may need to have a stainless steel chimney liner installed in your masonry brick chimney to vent your wood stove : A) because your chimney has no clay tile chimney liner (older chimneys may not); B) the clay tile chimney liner is damaged; C) a chimney liner is required because you are installing a new heating unit (stove or furnace) that will be vented into your masonry chimney.

Pro Chimney Services will discuss with you the many benefits that a properly sized stainless steel chimney liner system for your wood stove will maintain or improve the venting performance (draft) in your chimney.

Pro Chimney Services will discuss with you that a stainless steel chimney liner system installed that is smaller than the recommended size will have an adverse affect on your chimney's draft & will recommend the proper size stainless steel chimney liner system for your masonry chimney.

Project 2 : Wood stove installation Services provided in Peggy's Cove, NS :

Pro Chimney Services received a call from a family located in Peggy's Cove, NS. The homeowners stated that their insurance company required them to have a 7" stainless steel chimney liner installed for their wood stove in accordance to the W E T T code compliance in order to bring their chimney up to code so they could continue using their wood stove to heat their cottage.

The chimney was constructed like most single flue chimneys. Designed with a wood stove on the main level that is vented through the chimney's old clay flue lining system.

Pro Chimney Services discussed with the homeowners that the installation of the stainless steel chimney liner system will ensure the that the gasses from their wood stove exiting into the chimney doesn't enter back into their house through out the structure.

Pro Chimney Services specializes in providing home owners & property owners a full ranged of chimney liner installations services on pitched metal & shingled roofs.

The chimney had a decorative clay crock pot indicated by the yellow arrow on top of the chimney. The clay crock pot was encased into the chimney's cement crown was allowing a great deal of water to enter into the chimney itself. Along with the winter freezing & thawing cycle's has caused the chimney's cement crown to deteriorate over the years.

Pro Chimney Services discussed with the property owners that the removal of the existing (old) clay liner system is required / essential prior to the installation of the homeowners new 7" chimney flex liner itself.

The chimney flex liner system has several components that need to be attached to the bottom of the chimney flex liner after the chimney flex liner itself is lowered down inside the brick chimney.

The 7" chimney flex liner was lowered down inside the brick chimney to protrude out of the back side of the chimney in the main level of the cottage.

The first component that was connected to the chimney liner is called a top up support. A top up support is a component designed to add stability in making the transition into the second component called a base tee.

The base tee is designed to allow the gases from the wood stove to enter the chimney flex liner system itself & go up the chimney safety.

Pro Chimney Services recommends that it is best to give at least a 24 hour waiting period after completing the masonry work prior to the reconnection of the wood stove to the new stainless steel chimney liner system.

The chimney liner kit comes with a component called called a seamless waterproof clip flashing which is laid on the top course of brick on the chimney. Once this is completed it allows the the excess chimney liner to be cut off to come flush with the snout of the clip top support flashing itself.

The chimney's seamless waterproof clip flashing was laid on the top course of brick which will be encased in the chimney's new poured concrete chimney cap-crown.

A wooden form (buck) was constructed & the the chimney crown was poured. Pro Chimney Services recommends that a 3-5 day waiting period be given prior to the removal of the chimney's cap wooden form to ensure proper setting of the new concrete cap.

After a one hour waiting period the twist lock rain cap was connected to the top of the chimney liner top support system which was encased in the chimneys concrete cap.

Pro Chimney Services completed the homeowners chimney liner installation project to the highest standards backed with a 12 year Craftmanship & 10 Year Product Written Warranty.

Project 3 : Wood Stove installation Services provided in Mahone Bay, NS :

Pro Chimney Services received a call from a family from Mahone Bay, NS that requested to have a chimney liner installation in their brick chimney.The home owner's knew a properly sized chimney liner for your wood burning appliance will improve the venting performance (draft) of your free standing wood stove.

The homeowner's chimney was designed with two flues with a fire place located on the main level of the house & a wood stove located in the basement. Installing a chimney liner will ensure a 100% air tight & safe-up to code chimney.

Completing the removal of the existing (old) clay liner system prior to the installation of the new 6" chimney flex liner was essential to be connected to the homeowners wood stove..

Pro Chimney Services repaired the top of chimney with new brick & clay liners pertaining to the fire place.

The chimney liner system had several components that need to be attached to the bottom of the chimney flex liner after the chimney flex liner itself was lowered down inside the chimney's existing 8" by 12" clay liner system.

Pro Chimney Services repaired the top of chimney with new brick & clay liners pertaining to the fire place.

The chimney's seamless waterproof clip flashing was laid on the top course of brick of the chimney needs to be encased in the chimney's new poured concrete chimney cap-crown.

Pro Chimney Services completes their chimney liner installation services to the highest standards 100% air tight giving the home owner's easy access to remove the soot to ensure from blockage all backed with a product & 12 year labor written warranty.

The final step of completing the chimney liner installation was to remove the form for the was constructed to pour the chimney's crown & install the chimney liner's rain cap. Again the homeowner's have a 100% air tight & safe wood stove chimney liner installation.

You are guaranteed that your chimney liner installation project will be completed to the highest standards backed with a full product & labor written warranty when you hire Pro Chimney Services to work for you.

Project 4: Chimney Repair Services completed in Halifax, NS :

Pro Chimney Services received a call from concerned family located in Halifax, NS. They felt that their chimneys mortar joints have deteriorated over the years but had concerns that the lower portion of their chimney had a white residue on the surface of the chimney's brick which they were told was a sign of ageing.

The homeowners knew their chimney had no deteriorated or cracked bricks throughout the structure. So they wanted to inquire if they had the option to get their chimney repaired-restored & avoid the unnecessary cost of a $ 20 000.00 full chimney re-construction.

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Project 5 : Chimney Liner Installation Services provided in Dartmouth, NS :

Pro Chimney Services received a call from a family located in Dartmouth, NS. The homeowners felt it was time to repair-restore their chimney & upgrade their chimney's furnace - hot water heater flue lining system.

Pro Chimney Services invites you to come view step by step how they completed their chimney liner installation services in Dartmouth, NS to the highest standards all backed with a 12 year Craftmanship & 10 Year Product Written Warranty.