A Fireplace Store and More · Downers Grove, IL
Fireplace Store Serving Naperville, IL
We sell, install and service fireplaces for Naperville homes, from a gas insert in an old brick fireplace to a linear gas unit in a new great room. The showroom is about 20 minutes east of Naperville on 75th Street in Downers Grove. Bring a photo of your fireplace, or of the wall you have in mind, and you will drive home knowing what fits.
About A Fireplace Store and More
A Fireplace Store and More serves Naperville, Illinois from its showroom at 1202-B 75th Street in Downers Grove: gas, wood, pellet and electric fireplaces, inserts, stoves and gas logs from nineteen brands, installed and serviced by the store’s own team. Showroom open seven days (Mon–Fri 10–5, Sat 11–4, Sun 1–4); in-home estimates in Naperville. (630) 241-1919.
- About 20 minutesfrom Naperville to the showroom on 75th Street
- 19 brandshand-picked for reliability, installed and serviced by us
- Our own teamsells it, installs it and services it
- Open 7 daysMon–Fri 10–5 · Sat 11–4 · Sun 1–4
Why Naperville homes end up on our floor
Naperville has every kind of fireplace we work on. The older streets near downtown and the Riverwalk have brick masonry fireplaces built to burn wood, and most of them sit unused. A gas insert or a vented gas log set turns that open hearth into heat you will actually switch on.
Most of Naperville’s subdivision houses came with a builder-grade fireplace: a metal firebox behind a brick or tile face, gas or wood. From Cress Creek and Maplebrook to Tall Grass and Ashwood Park, many of those units are twenty or thirty years old now, and the makers have stopped making parts. We replace them with a new direct-vent gas fireplace in the same opening, once we have confirmed the make, the model and the venting on an estimate. The condos near downtown and along Route 59 usually mean electric, with no gas line and no vent.
Stone is the finish Naperville asks us for most, and we do the whole face, not just the box: stacked stone, ledger stone, cast stone, limestone or granite, floor to ceiling if you like, with a hearth to match.
What we do for Naperville
- Design and installation
Most Naperville installs are a new direct-vent gas fireplace in a builder’s opening from the 1990s or 2000s, or a linear unit in a stone wall for an addition, put in by our own installers.
- Gas inserts and gas logs
For the brick fireplaces near downtown and the Riverwalk, an insert with a new liner turns a cold hearth into real heat, and a vented log set keeps the open fire without the wood pile. Inserts and log sets for Naperville fireplaces
- Chimney cleaning, inspection and repair
One trip for the cleaning and the inspection, with a written report, on the sided chases most Naperville subdivisions have and on the brick chimneys downtown.
- Doors, screens, mantels and surrounds
New glass doors for a builder unit whose brass frame has dated, a screen for a downtown brick opening, and stone, tile or cast stone faces with a hearth to match. Doors and mantels and surrounds for Naperville walls
- Electric fireplaces
For the condos and townhomes near downtown Naperville and along Route 59, and any bedroom without gas: a wall-mounted or built-in unit, lit on our floor so you can judge the flame.
- Service and repair
A Naperville builder unit that needs its pilot relit every October, a remote that has stopped working, a glass panel gone cloudy, and the yearly service before you light it for the season.
Getting to the showroom from Naperville
Take 75th Street east. It runs straight out of Naperville, through Woodridge and into Downers Grove, and the showroom is on 75th Street near Lemont Road: about 11 miles and about 20 minutes from downtown Naperville. If you are on the tollway, leave I-355 at 75th Street and go east. The building is 1202; we are the B unit, and the parking is right outside our door.
The first thing most Naperville callers ask is whether we do the stone as well as the fireplace. We do, so bring the picture of the wall you liked, along with a photo of your own fireplace and the wall around it, measured corner to corner and floor to ceiling; for an insert, add the opening’s width, height and depth. The showroom consultation and the in-home estimate are both free, and the estimate reaches you in writing.
Permits and inspections in Naperville
A new fireplace, a gas insert, a new gas line or a chimney liner in Naperville needs a building permit and an inspection. The City of Naperville handles both through its TED Business Group at 400 S. Eagle Street. Pulling that permit, booking the inspection and being at your house when the city inspector arrives are our job, not yours. New doors, a screen or a mantel on a fireplace you already have usually need no permit.
Fireplace types we install
What Naperville asks for, in order:
- Direct-vent gas fireplace to replace a tired builder unit, usually with a new stone face
- Linear or see-through gas fireplace for an addition or a kitchen remodel
- Gas insert or a vented log set for the brick fireplaces near downtown
- Outdoor gas fireplace for the patio
- Electric fireplaces for the condos
The direct-vent units and inserts come from makers like Majestic, Lopi and Fireplace Xtrordinair, the glass walls from DaVinci, the log sets from RealFyre and the electric models from Dimplex and Modern Flames, all among the 19 brands we carry and install with our own crews.
Questions we get from Naperville
The builder fireplace in our Cress Creek house has a brass frame and cloudy glass. Replace it, or reface it?
Look at the age first. If the unit is twenty or thirty years old, parts are drying up, and refacing alone only makes sense when the unit itself is sound. We replace the box with a new direct-vent gas fireplace in the same opening, then do the new face in stone or tile over the next day or two.
Can you do a stone wall from floor to ceiling, or just the fireplace?
The whole wall, with a hearth to match. Stacked stone, ledger stone, cast stone, limestone or granite. We set the fireplace, wait for the city inspection, then the stone goes on, so the wall is only built once. Naperville jobs like this fill much of our gallery.
Our house near the Riverwalk has a wood fireplace we never use. What would you do with an old one like that?
Make it the warmest spot in the house. A gas insert slides into the brick firebox, a stainless liner goes up the old chimney, and a trim panel closes the gap; the chimney gets inspected first. If you would rather keep the open look, a vented gas log set does it with a switch instead of kindling.
Our condo off Route 59 has no gas line and no chimney. Is a fireplace even possible?
Yes, an electric one. It hangs on the wall or builds into a cabinet, runs from an ordinary outlet, and gives you a flame and gentle heat with nothing to vent. See the electric models lit on our floor before you choose.
We want a fireplace on the patio behind our Ashwood Park house. Do you do outdoor fireplaces in Naperville?
Yes. An outdoor gas fireplace needs a gas line run to the patio and a Naperville permit for that line, and we handle both. We come out, look at where the line can run and how the fireplace will sit with the seating, and give you a written estimate.
Do you convert a wood-burning fireplace to gas in Naperville?
Yes. A Fireplace Store and More converts wood-burning fireplaces to gas in Naperville and across the western suburbs of Chicago — a direct-vent gas insert or a vented gas log set fitted into the existing fireplace, installed and serviced by the store's own team from the showroom at 1202-B 75th Street, Downers Grove. Every conversion starts with a showroom visit or an in-home estimate.
Do you inspect and repair chimneys in Naperville?
Yes. Chimney inspections, cleaning, liners, caps, crowns, flashing and masonry repair, and new chimney installation in Naperville, by A Fireplace Store and More's own technicians from Downers Grove. Book a service visit online or call (630) 241-1919.
Nearby towns we also serve
The crews that come out to Naperville cover these towns too, and Naperville has its own chimney page.
A Fireplace Store and More · Downers Grove, IL
Ready when you are.
From Naperville it is one street, about 20 minutes east on 75th. Bring a photo of the wall you want in stone and leave with the plan in writing.
Showroom hoursMon–Fri 10–5Sat 11–4Sun 1–41202-B 75th St, Downers Grove
Our showroom, 75th Street, Downers Grove