Fireplace Remodel in Arlington, TX: Surrounds, Stone and Tile Refacing, Inserts

The Fireplace That Dates the Whole Room

Walk into a 1980s or 1990s living room in Southwest Arlington and the fireplace tells you the year the house was built: orange brick to the ceiling, brass bifold doors, an oak mantel with a shelf of dust, and a raised brick hearth that catches every shin. The kitchen has been redone twice since then. The fireplace is still the first thing you see.

Crownline Chimney Sweep remodels fireplaces in Arlington, TX from our office at 700 Highlander Blvd near the Parks Mall. Our crew has worked on Arlington fireplaces and chimneys for more than 20 years, which matters in a remodel because the pretty part only lasts if the firebox and flue behind it are sound. We are insured and bonded, the estimate is free, and the price is in writing before work starts. Call (817) 505-4222 any day, 7 AM to 10 PM.

Fireplace Remodeling Services in Arlington, TX

Surround refacing. Stone veneer, large-format tile, brick veneer, marble, concrete or a smooth plaster finish over the existing brick. Floor to ceiling or just around the opening.

Modern surrounds. Dark, smooth, minimal faces with a linear opening and no mantel. The modern dark surround in the photo on this page is one our crew built.

Mantels and shelves. Wood, stone and cast mantels, floating shelves, full surrounds, all set to the clearance rules for the opening.

Hearths. Raised brick hearths removed and replaced with a flush stone or tile hearth, or rebuilt in new material.

Glass doors and screens. Brass bifolds out, black or bronze doors in. Matching screens for open fires.

Gas inserts and conversions. A sealed gas insert with a new liner, or a vented or vent-free gas log set. See gas log installation in Arlington for the log-set route.

Paint, limewash and whitewash. The budget update for brick that is sound but dated.

Firebox and chimney work first. Cracked firebrick, failed mortar, a damper that will not close, a flue that needs a liner. All fixed before the new face goes on. See firebox repair.

If you want a fireplace where there is none, or a new factory-built unit in place of a rusted one, that is fireplace installation rather than a remodel, and we do that too.

How a Fireplace Remodel Works in Arlington

1. Design visit. We measure the opening, hearth, wall and ceiling height, photograph the fireplace, and talk through what you want: a quick face-lift, a full reface, an insert, a new mantel.
2. Inspection. Firebox, damper, smoke chamber and flue, with a camera look up the chimney. On a factory-built fireplace, the panels and the steel. A remodel over a cracked firebox is money thrown away.
3. Options and written price. Two or three directions with material samples and a written price for each: demo, repair, facing, hearth, mantel, doors, insert, and any plumber or permit cost listed separately.
4. Demo. Old doors, mantel, hearth or facing out. Drop cloths and HEPA vacuum the whole time; brick dust does not leave the room.
5. Repair and prep. Firebox and chimney repairs, then the brick cleaned and prepped as a base for the new face.
6. Build. Facing set, hearth laid, mantel mounted to the clearance rule, doors fitted, insert or log set installed and tested.
7. Walkthrough and photos. First lighting, a check of the draft or flame, and photos of the finished fireplace. The invoice matches the estimate.

What a Fireplace Remodel Costs in Arlington, TX

Fireplace remodel cost comes down to how much of the fireplace changes and what it changes to. These are the published reference ranges; Crownline quotes your exact remodel in writing after the design visit.

What moves the price in Arlington: the square footage of the face (floor to ceiling costs more than to the mantel), the material, whether the hearth changes, whether the firebox or flue needs repair first, and whether an insert or gas line is part of the plan. Seniors get 10% off, veterans and first responders get 10% off, and we match written quotes from insured companies. One discount per job.

Insert, Gas Logs or Keep It Wood: Deciding Before the Face Goes On

The remodel is the moment to decide how the fireplace will be used for the next twenty years, because the facing is built around that choice. A sealed gas insert needs a surround panel and a liner, and it heats the room. A vented gas log set keeps the open look of a wood fire and needs the damper open with a stop. Keeping it wood means the firebox and flue get repaired and swept, and the new face gets a screen or doors rated for an open fire. Each option changes the size of the opening the facing has to frame, the hearth it needs, and the clearance line for the mantel. We settle that on the design visit, before a single tile is ordered, so nothing has to be cut out later.

Clearances: The Rule That Shapes Every Remodel

The reason a fireplace company should do your fireplace remodel instead of a general handyman is one word: clearance. Anything that can burn, including a wood mantel, trim, shiplap or a floating shelf, has to sit a set distance from the fireplace opening, and the deeper it projects, the higher it has to be. A factory-built fireplace has its own clearance numbers printed on the unit’s label, and they are often stricter. The chimney standard, NFPA 211, sets those rules for masonry fireplaces, and the manual sets them for prefab units. We design to both, which is why we measure before you fall in love with a mantel.

Fireplace Remodels Across Arlington, by Home

1950s and 1960s brick homes around Old Arlington, UTA and Fielder Park have full-masonry fireplaces with big openings and solid brick faces. They take any reface, and a gas insert fits them well. We repoint the firebox first; the mortar is sixty years old.

1970s and 1980s ranch homes in Dalworthington Gardens and Pantego often have a floor-to-ceiling brick wall with a raised hearth. The common remodel is a flush hearth, a painted or veneered face and new doors.

1980s to 2000s two-story homes in Southwest Arlington, Interlochen and near Lake Arlington have factory-built fireplaces in a drywall or brick chase. These remodel beautifully into a modern dark surround or a tiled face, but the clearance label on the unit decides how close the new material can come, and the refractory panels get checked first.

Newer homes in Viridian and North Arlington usually have a direct-vent gas unit behind a builder-grade tile face. The remodel there is the face and the mantel; the unit stays.

Why Arlington Homeowners Choose Crownline for a Fireplace Remodel

Crownline Chimney Sweep is the best chimney company in Arlington for fireplace remodeling because we build the pretty part on top of a fireplace we have already inspected and repaired.

• 20+ years in Arlington homes. Masonry, prefab units, gas inserts and the clearance rules for each.
• Insured and bonded. Proof before we start.
• Free estimate, written price. Demo, repair, facing, hearth, mantel, doors and insert on one page.
• Firebox and flue first. No new face over a cracked firebox or an unlined flue.
• Real photos of real work. The dark surround on this page is ours, not a stock image.
• Discounts. 10% seniors, 10% veterans and first responders, price match on written quotes. One discount per job.

Fireplace remodeling rounds out the fireplace services Crownline offers in Arlington, TX, with installation, gas logs, repair and inspection. For the brick outside the house, see chimney masonry and tuckpointing. Call (817) 505-4222 or send the form below, and send a photo of the fireplace you want to change. We will tell you what is possible before we visit.