Chimney & Fireplace Services in Redland

The Redland is Miami-Dade's farm country, nurseries, groves and fields on five-acre lots west of Krome Avenue, and it looks nothing like the rest of our map. Being inland and open, it is one of the colder corners of the county on a January night, which is when fireplaces out here actually get used. Leaves, fruit and nesting animals find an open flue quickly when the nearest neighbor is a grove, so caps and screens matter here. We cover the Redland along with Homestead and Naranja, and every estimate is written before any work starts.

Every chimney absorbs water; the question is whether it ever gets to dry. In Redland's climate the answer is usually no, and perpetually damp masonry pays for it: mineral bloom on the faces, rust swelling around embedded metal, joints creeping open. Managing that moisture with a solid crown, proper capping, and a vapor-permeable sealer is nine-tenths of inland chimney care.

Agricultural zoning keeps new houses in the Redland on lots of five acres or more, so homes sit among nurseries, groves and fields rather than on a street grid. Groves, windbreaks and fruit trees planted close to the house drop leaves and fruit onto roofs and into open flues.

The Fruit & Spice Park and the farm roads around it is the landmark most people use to find their way around Redland.