Rough-In Verified. Final Documented. CO Packet Clean.
Fireplace and venting scope on new construction and remodels, worked at the two points that matter: before cover, when a clearance problem is still a framing fix, and at final, when the file either has the record or doesn't.
COI, additional-insured endorsement and W-9 to your onboarding spec before the first lot.
Never the fireplace. Always the schedule behind it.
The schedule is the product
A trade that misses a window doesn't cost you a visit, it costs you the next three trades behind it. Chimney and fireplace scope sits at two pinch points — before cover and before final — and both of them have other crews stacked behind them.
Rework after drywall is the expensive kind
A chase framed to the wrong dimension, a clearance that wasn't held, a firestop that wasn't installed at each floor line: none of it is difficult to fix while the wall is open and all of it is brutal once it's closed, taped and painted.
A held CO is a held closing
Fireplace and venting items are visible, measurable and easy for an inspector to fail — termination height, hearth extension dimension, clearance to combustibles, listed-appliance installation. Each one is a correction, a reinspection, and a date that moves.
Year-one callbacks land on you, not the sub
A fireplace that smokes into the room, a chase that leaks at the first hard rain, a gas log set that won't stay lit — the homeowner calls the builder. The way to not have that conversation is to verify and document the install before anyone moves in.
Rough-in is about what gets covered. Final is about what gets tested.
Rough-in, before cover
- Chase and framing dimensions checked against the appliance's listed installation instructions before anything is covered
- Clearance to combustibles held and measured at every framing member the assembly passes
- Firestopping at each floor and ceiling penetration, verified in place rather than assumed
- Prefabricated appliance set and secured per its listing — the listing governs, not habit
- Liner or vent run assembled with listed components end to end, no mixed systems, no field-improvised transitions
- Termination height and clearance planned against the finished roof plane, so 3-2-10 is satisfied by the real roof and not by the elevation drawing
- Roof penetration, flashing sequence and chase cover detailed with the roofer rather than after them
- Photographed and measured before cover — the record that makes the concealed work provable later
Final, before walkthrough
- Termination, cap and spark arrestor installed and verified at the finished height
- Flashing, counterflashing, crown or chase cover checked for water management, not just presence
- Damper, doors and any operable component tested through full travel
- Hearth and hearth extension dimensions measured against the applicable code and the appliance listing
- Gas appliance start-up, flame pattern, venting draft and a CO check at the appliance — performed or signed off by a licensed professional where the code in force requires one
- Appliance nameplate, model and listing photographed for the file, so the record shows exactly what was installed
- Operational test with the system run, not a visual pass on a cold box
- Punch-list items closed out with before-and-after documentation on each one
Work that requires a licensed professional — gas, electrical, or structural — is performed or signed off by one, to the code in force where you live.
Per lot, not per subdivision.
Plans before framing
Send the fireplace elevations, the appliance spec, and the roof plan. Reading the listed installation instructions against the framing plan before a stud is cut is the cheapest hour in this scope, and it's where chase dimension and termination-height conflicts get caught while they're still drawings.
Lot list on your schedule
We take the lot list with target dates and hold the windows you assign, including the reality that a rough-in date moves twice. Scheduling is per lot, not per subdivision, so a slipped lot doesn't push the ones behind it.
Rough-in visit, documented before cover
The install is measured and photographed while it can still be seen. Anything out of tolerance is called the same day, in writing, to your superintendent — while the correction is a framing fix rather than a drywall repair.
Final visit and operational test
Termination, hearth, appliance operation and CO check at the finished condition, with the appliance run rather than eyeballed. That's the visit that produces the operational record the file needs.
Punch list and the CO packet
Punch items come back closed with before-and-after documentation per item, and the assembled package — rough-in photos, measurements, appliance listing, final test results — goes to whoever holds your CO file and your homeowner packet.
Six documents, assembled per lot.
Concealed-work record
Measured clearances, firestop locations and the assembly as built, photographed before cover. The proof that survives the drywall.
Appliance identity
Nameplate, model and listing captured for each lot, so the file names the actual appliance instead of the one on the original spec sheet.
Installed-to-standard statement
A written statement of what was installed and the listing and code sections it was installed to — the language an inspector or a plan reviewer is looking for.
Final operational test
Draft, operation and CO results at the finished condition, dated, so the appliance was demonstrated to work and not merely to exist.
Punch closeout, per item
Each item photographed open and closed. A punch list that returns as a paragraph is not a closeout.
Homeowner handoff material
Appliance manuals and the operating and maintenance basics for the packet you hand at walkthrough — the year-one callback prevention that costs nothing.
Quoted per plan set, held per lot.
Send the fireplace elevations and appliance spec and we price the plan, then hold that number across every lot built to it — which is the only way a builder can budget this line. Documented final inspection with the CO-packet deliverables starts at $189 per lot when lots are run on a standing schedule. Installation and repair scope is quoted separately against the plan.
Remodels price differently and honestly should. An existing chimney has a history nobody can see from the drawings, so the flue gets scanned before we price the work rather than after we discover it.
Prices shown are starting estimates and may change with the condition, access, and scope we find on site. Only a written quote from an on-site visit is a price we commit to.
Code compliance review
The review that answers what a component is measured against before an inspector does.
OpenLiner installation
Listed liner systems sized and installed to spec, verified and documented.
OpenCap & termination
The finished-height components that carry the water and the draft.
OpenContracts & onboarding
COI, additional-insured, W-9 and multi-site agreements.
OpenPlans first. Then dates, then trucks.
Fireplace elevations, the appliance spec, the roof plan and your target rough-in dates are enough to price and schedule. Remodels: tell us what’s existing and whether the appliance or fuel type is changing.
Request a compliance quote
Single-site, multifamily, or national portfolio — tell us the system and the sites.
Builders & GCs — FAQ
Can you work off our schedule instead of your own?
That's how this is set up. You send the lot list with target rough-in and final dates and we hold the windows you assign, including the fact that a rough-in date will move. If a date slips, we want the call rather than the discovery — we can usually re-sequence a lot inside the same week if we know before the truck is loaded.
What do you need at rough-in so we're not pulling drywall later?
The appliance's listed installation instructions and the framing before it's covered. The recurring failures are chase dimensions that don't match the listing, clearance to combustibles lost at a framing member nobody looked at twice, missing firestop at a floor line, and a termination height planned against the drawing instead of the finished roof. All four are cheap while the wall is open.
Who handles the gas connection?
Work that requires a licensed professional — gas, electrical, or structural — is performed or signed off by one, to the code in force where you live. What we always own is the venting, the clearances, the appliance installation against its listing, and the documentation of all three.
What exactly do we get for the CO file?
Photographed and measured rough-in conditions taken before cover, the appliance nameplate and listing, a written statement of what was installed and the listing and code sections it satisfies, the final operational and CO test results, and per-item punch closeout. It's assembled per lot so it drops straight into the file rather than needing to be reconstructed.
How fast is punch-list turnaround?
It depends on what the item is, and we'd rather tell you that than quote a number we'd miss. What we commit to is a same-day written answer on what the item requires and a date, so your superintendent can sequence around a real date. Items needing only labor generally close far faster than items waiting on a manufacturer part, and we'll tell you which one you have on the first call.
Can you carry a COI naming us as additional insured?
Yes. Certificate of insurance, additional-insured endorsement and W-9 to your onboarding spec, produced before the first lot rather than after the first invoice.
We're doing a remodel, not new construction. Is that different?
Substantially. A remodel means an existing chimney with unknown history meeting new work — an appliance change, a fuel change, a wall that's being opened, a hearth that's moving. NFPA 211 treats a change of appliance or fuel type as a trigger for a Level 2 inspection, so on remodels we usually want the flue scanned before you commit to a design that assumes the existing chimney is reusable.
Get it inspected. Get it in writing.
Flat fee confirmed when you book. Same-week scheduling. A pass/fail verdict within 48 hours.
24/7 Response
Chimney fire, storm hit, active leak, or a flue you're not sure about? We answer 7 AM to midnight and the assessment ends in a written safe-to-use verdict — including a do-not-use notice when the evidence supports one. After-hours dispatch runs subject to crew availability.
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