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Fireplace Hearth and Chimney-Chase Paver Returns Against the House

paverforge
Sep 16
1 min read

A pizza-oven pad in the yard is one job. A fireplace hearth and chimney-chase return against the house is another. The field has to stop short of the stucco, isolate from the slab so the two planes can move, and still look like one landing when you walk out the slider.

What the chase actually needs

Water that hits the chase must leave the wall, not sit in a joint against the weep screed. We hold a clean isolation joint at the slab, pitch the hearth away from the house, and use a micro-chamfer unit at the walking edge so the nosing is not a trip.

  • Isolation joint at the house slab and chase, never mortar-locked to stucco

  • Pitch off the wall so splash does not stain the first course of veneer

  • Service gap or removable soldier course where a future flue or gas shutoff sits

  • Non-combustible clearance honored; we do not bury a listed hearth rating under extra stone

Send photos of the chase, the existing landing, and the slider threshold. Call PaverForge Hardscapes at 727-490-9798 or email PaverForge@gmail.com.

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