Many Yonkers homes converted from wood or heating oil to gas years ago — and those inserts and log sets are now aging themselves. Whether yours burns wood or gas, we diagnose it on the spot and leave it safe, clean and ready for winter.
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Repair, cleaning, inspection, installation and maintenance — the full fireplace service list for Yonkers, from century-old masonry chimneys to modern sealed gas units. This page covers fireplace in Yonkers, NY end to end — the services, the local picture and the ZIP codes served.
Repair
Fireplace Repair
Any fireplace, any failure — diagnosed first, then fixed with the right parts. Smoke stains, a blower gone loud, a pilot that will not stay lit — if it burns, vents or ignites, we repair it. For fireplace repair in Yonkers, NY, one call books the visit and a local tech takes it from there.
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Repair
Gas Fireplace Repair
The dominant fireplace in newer Yonkers renovations, and the one we know best. Pilot that won't stay lit, dead remote, weak or lazy flame: gas systems diagnosed safely and repaired to code. That is gas fireplace repair in Yonkers, NY, done the way it should be.
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Cleaning & Care
Fireplace Cleaning
Soot, dust and that stale closed-up smell removed from the firebox, glass and burner — the full creosote removal a working wood flue needs, or the burner, glass and pilot service a gas unit needs. Fireplace Cleaning in Yonkers, NY is one call away, every day of the week.
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Cleaning & Care
Fireplace Inspection
Firebox, flue, venting and controls checked end to end, with a plain-language report. One visit, one honest report — what is sound, what is not, and what can wait. When neighbors talk about fireplace inspection in Yonkers, NY, this is the visit they mean.
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Install & Replace
Fireplace Installation
A new gas fireplace or an outdoor fire feature, done right: sizing, venting, gas and electric runs, finishing — one crew, start to first fire. We handle the whole job — unit, liner, venting, gas line, electric and finish work. It is why fireplace installation in Yonkers, NY keeps getting recommended to neighbors.
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Cleaning & Care
Fireplace Service & Maintenance
The annual service that keeps a Yonkers gas fireplace lighting first try: full clean, burner and pilot service, safety sensors tested, and a test fire before we leave. The crews behind fireplace service & maintenance in Yonkers, NY are the same ones who cover the ZIP codes listed below.
Get a free estimateNeed something else — a damper, a blower, a smoke problem, a bird in the flue? We cover all 27 fireplace specialties. Call (888) 257-9181 and describe it.
Winter in Yonkers is long and cold, the housing stock is old, and many chimneys were built before modern flue standards existed. This is what we actually find here, and what we check for on every visit.
Water gets into mortar joints and crown cracks, freezes, expands, and pries the masonry a little further apart every cold snap. By spring the damage shows as spalling brick, leaks and loose tiles inside the flue. Catching it early is a repair; catching it late is a rebuild.
Older Yonkers homes used to leak enough air to feed any fire. Then came new windows, spray foam and tight renovations — and fireplaces that suddenly smoke and downdraft because the house will not give them air. We diagnose the pressure problem and fix the cause, not just the symptom.
The gas insert is the dominant upgrade in Yonkers: it drops into the old firebox, seals the drafty flue, lights by remote and turns a decorative hole in the wall back into real heat. We size, vent and install them properly, and service the first generation of inserts that are now aging.
A tall exterior masonry chimney in a Yonkers winter holds a column of cold air that pushes down into the room, bringing a campfire smell with it and making the first fire smoky. Priming the flue, a proper top-sealing damper and a correctly sized cap solve most of it — after we confirm the flue itself is clear.
Yonkers sits in Westchester County, and the ZIP list at the bottom of this page covers 9 serviceable ZIP codes — 10701 through 10710. The closest served neighbors are Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Mount Vernon, and every one of them is covered by the same crews, the same day, under the same number: (888) 257-9181.
Same-day service, free estimates, licensed & insured — and a fireplace that lights when you click the remote.
At least once a year if you burn regularly — and after roughly every cord of wood, whichever comes first. Fireplaces here are working heat, burned for months, and creosote builds steadily in a cold masonry flue. The cleaning matters because glazed creosote is what ignites in a chimney fire, not because the firebox looks dirty.
In an older Yonkers home the usual causes are a cold exterior flue at startup, creosote or a nest narrowing the flue, a rusted or stuck damper, or a house sealed so tightly by renovation that the fireplace cannot draw air. A tech checks them in order, on the spot, and fixes the actual cause.
Not until a tech has looked at how bad the cracking is. Flue tiles are the barrier that keeps heat and flame off the masonry and the framing behind it, and freeze-thaw cracks them in most older Northeast chimneys eventually. Gaps can call for a liner, which is a real fix, not a patch.
Usually the chimney itself: a cracked crown, a failed cap, porous old brick or mortar joints opened by freeze-thaw, letting water into the masonry and out through the wall beside the fireplace. We trace the entry point from the top down and repair the source, not just the stain.
A well-kept insert commonly runs for many heating seasons, and most failures along the way are parts, not the whole unit: ignition components, sensors, valves, blowers and remotes are all repairable or replaceable. We diagnose the exact part first — replacement of the full insert is the last resort, not the first quote.
No — and be wary of anyone who does. Every fireplace fails differently, so a phone price is a guess that changes at your door. Our estimates are free: a tech looks at the actual problem, then gives you one clear price before any work starts.
Fireplace Team is a national company with local technicians serving Yonkers street addresses across the ZIP codes below — same-day service and free estimates, every day 8 AM – 8 PM. More of New York is covered from our New York page. The Yonkers list below covers 9 ZIP codes, 10701 through 10710.
Don't see your ZIP? Yonkers also uses P.O. Box and single-organization ZIP codes that have no street addresses — call (888) 257-9181 and we will confirm coverage for your street address on the call.
Also serving nearby: Bronxville, NY · Tuckahoe, NY · Mount Vernon, NY · Hastings-on-Hudson, NY · Pelham, NY · New Rochelle, NY.
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