Before and After
Wooden Sun Installations
Below are some "before" and "after" images from installations Wooden Sun has completed.
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| Historic home in Staunton, Virginia had a mantel, a thimble, and unlined chimney. The photo on the left is what we found after removing plaster. Wood studs directly against the chimney are a major fire hazard! With proper expertise, we made this a safe installation for a wood burning stove by using high temperature, "Class A" chimney for the thimble (2" clearance to combustibles) and re-lining the chimney with stainless steel flex liner. Safe, efficient, warm and beautiful! Tile work by our very own Blake Hunter. |
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| The old direct vent fireplace on the left
was not only not producing much heat, but also it was not terribly
attractive to the customer. Wooden Sun designed and oversaw the construction
of an alcove and chase that housed a brand new Encore 2n1 Wood Stove
from Vermont Castings--the
most efficient and cleanest burning stove in the world. We installed
the new granite hearth from Richard Oliva and Sons (over 600 pounds!),
and oversaw the installation of tile by Sarisand. Quite a difference
in both heat output and beauty! |
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| Customer added a family room and wanted
gas fireplace that would not take up too much room but would provide
a back up heat source in case of a power outage. Wooden Sun designed
and oversaw the fireplace portion of the project. Valor H4 gas fireplace
with creekside rock engine and vintage iron outer landscape surround,
nickel powder coat inner bezel. Slate tile surround by Jorge; Collinswood
cranbrook mantel shelf in alder wood with a clear coat finish. 24,000
BTUs of convenient, beautiful warmth! |
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Here we replaced an inefficient, builder grade direct vent fireplace (in a huge, brick-veneered chase; the scaffolding was over 35'!) with a high efficiency, BIS Ultima Clean Face woodburning fireplace. We did away with the mantel, and replaced it with a more contemporary Dracme Stone facing from floor to ceiling. Quite a makeover! |
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Customer had a factory-built wood burning fireplace with a gas log set installed. This is
an inefficient way to obtain heat. In fact, most of the heat goes
up the flue, along with a lot warm air from the home. Such a set
up could never heat more than the immediate area around the fireplace
and often has an overall efficiency that is negative. In other words,
the home is cooled by its operation. |
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A typical wood burning fireplace in a Charlottesville home, with a vertical format, is transformed with a Valor Portrait Series fireplace, installed as an insert, with a Ledge Front kit and custom surround. |
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Before: Old drafty wood burning fireplace. After: efficient G3 Gas Fireplace Insert from Valor. Realism, warmth and convenience! |
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The beautiful new, custom fireplace door set on the right is from Stoll and was installed by Wooden Sun. The photos speak for themselves! |
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This builder grade direct vent fireplace jutted out into the room more than the customer wanted, and was not particularly attractive or efficient. We removed the old unit and all the framing, reframed and installed a Valor Portrait Ledge Front fireplace, Collinswood Mantel, and co-ordinated the new tile and granite hearth installation. A complete makeover! |
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The beautiful new, custom fireplace door set on the right is from Stoll and was installed by Wooden Sun. The photos speak for themselves! |
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This is a common installation of a Regency H2100 Hearth Heater in front of a factory built fireplace. This is a very cost effective way of converting an inefficient factory built fireplace into a highly efficient means of heating up to 1500 square feet of living space! |
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