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Outdoor Fireplace Construction in Highland Park

Built masonry outdoor fireplaces for Highland Park and University Park. Wood or gas, faced to match the home's original masonry.

A built outdoor fireplace in Highland Park is masonry from the footing up, faced to match a home that was likely built decades ago. We build outdoor fireplaces with a real firebox, a flue, and a chimney, wood-burning or gas. On the tight Park Cities lots the work is as much about fitting the fireplace into a constrained yard, clear of the house, the trees, and the property line, as it is about the fire itself.

Wood or gas is the first call. Wood gives a working hearth and needs a flue and chimney sized to draft properly, which matters more here where mature trees hang over a lot of yards. A wood fire wants clearance and a spark arrestor under that canopy. Gas runs clean and suits a covered or partly enclosed space. Either build holds strict clearances to anything combustible, and we set the flue and the clearances to code so the fire draws and stays safe.

Placement is the hard part on a Park Cities lot. There is rarely spare yard, so the fireplace usually sits against a wall or at the back of a covered patio, and the chimney has to carry high enough above the roofline to draft. Exterior changes here can fall under the town's architectural review, so we plan the fireplace and chimney to read in keeping with the home. Where a full fireplace will not fit the space, a fire pit often does.

Facing is where it has to disappear into an older home. We match the stone or brick to the original masonry, which on a Park Cities house often means sourcing to an existing facade rather than picking from a sample board. The same stone can carry to the pool coping and any kitchen so the yard holds together. See the full range of patio work or our Highland Park services. Fill out the form for a free on-site estimate. We measure it, we quote it.