Connecticut & New England
Antique Fireplace & Chimney Restoration
Get an antique wood-burning fireplace back to its original glory. Antique chimneys are built differently and far dirtier than modern ones, so every project starts with an intensive inspection and cleaning, then a full video scan, before any restoration, relining, or rebuilding.
If you have an antique home and want a fireplace back to its original, beautiful, working glory, we can help, but the first step is always a thorough inspection and cleaning, not a rebuild. Antique chimneys were built differently: no clay flue tile, with cavities, bends, and items of combustion, and sometimes the house was framed right through the chimney. After a century or more they hold far more debris than a modern flue, so cleaning one is a much more intensive process: the area has to be fully tented off with high-powered dust containment. This is not a job for a regular chimney sweep, and the wrong crew can ruin your house.
Once it's cleaned, a full video scan shows what fire hazards and safety issues exist, and the restoration goes from there: relining (anything from a stainless steel liner to taking it down and rebuilding with fireproof materials), smoke-chamber restoration, beehive ovens, and hearth and face restoration. When we rebuild, we reuse your original brick wherever possible and match the existing structure, because on these homes that craftsmanship is the point.
- ✓Intensive inspection and cleaning: the required first step
- ✓Full video scan and fire-hazard assessment
- ✓Relining: stainless steel through full fireproof rebuild
- ✓Rebuilding with your original brick reused
- ✓Smoke-chamber restoration and beehive ovens
- ✓Hearth and face restoration with copper flashing
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Antique Fireplace & Chimney Restoration FAQs
Why is sweeping an antique chimney more involved than a regular sweep?
Antique chimneys were built without clay flue tile and often have cavities, bends, and a century or more of debris. Cleaning one properly means tenting the area off with high-powered dust containment. It's a much dirtier, more intensive job than a modern sweep, and hiring a regular sweep can damage the house.
Can you make my antique fireplace usable again?
In most cases, yes. It starts with a thorough inspection and cleaning, then a full video scan to find any fire hazards. From there we reline, restore the smoke chamber and hearth, and rebuild as needed to get it back to safe, original-glory operation.
When you rebuild, do you reuse the original brick?
Whenever possible, yes, and it matters. Soft lime mortar lets us take the masonry apart and save the original brick, then rebuild matched to the existing structure. Replacing it with new brick changes the character of a historic home, which is exactly what these clients don't want.