Service areas
Where we install fireplaces
Based in Blue Springs, working eastern Jackson County and the Cass County towns to the south. Same published prices in every town, no trip fee.
Blue Springs Fireplaces picked these towns by their houses, not by the map. Where the homes were built between 1970 and 1995 with an original wood fireplace, where lake houses burn every weekend, where acreage runs on propane: those are the places the work is. Each page covers what the fireplaces there usually are and what they usually need.
Blue SpringsHome base. Median home built 1986 and nearly half the housing stock dates from 1970 to 1989, the years when builders put a masonry or prefab wood fireplace in almost every family room. Those units are now 35 to 55 years old.Lee's SummitThe largest neighbor and the deepest pool of 1980s and 1990s subdivision homes, median built 1993. Builder grade prefab fireboxes from that era are failing on schedule, and higher home values mean owners choose the full insert rather than a log set.IndependenceThe biggest stock of masonry fireplaces in the metro, median home built 1967. Clay tile flues from the 1950s and 1960s are past their life, so liner plus insert and liner plus gas logs are the two most common jobs here.Lake LotawanaLake homes with median build year 1980 and home values near $500,000. Large masonry fireplaces are standard in the lakefront houses, owners spend on the full insert with a finished surround, and many want a second unit on a lower level walkout.Oak GroveMedian home built 1987 with a solid 1970s and 1980s ranch stock along the I-70 corridor. Original prefab and masonry wood fireplaces at replacement age, and a lot of acreage properties on propane that want gas logs.Grain ValleyMedian home built 2002. The 2000s building boom installed thousands of builder grade direct vent and prefab units that are now 20 plus years old, the age at which valves, blowers and glass gaskets fail and owners upgrade to a better insert.RaytownMedian home built 1960. Masonry chimneys and open brick fireboxes, many with unlined or failing clay flues, so liner work and vented gas logs are the bread and butter here. Modest home values favor the log set over the full insert.GreenwoodLake adjacent small town where 27 percent of homes date from the 1980s and 1990s and over half were built after 2000. Newer builder inserts due for upgrade plus a slice of older fireplaces on the Highway 150 side.Pleasant HillCass County town with median build year 1998 and a historic downtown core of older masonry homes. Acreage properties on propane around town, builder units from the late 1990s in the subdivisions, and a small set of century old chimneys that need liners.Lone JackMedian home built 1996 with estate lots and acreage homes that have large masonry or stone fireplaces, many never connected to gas. Propane conversions, gas log sets and high output inserts for big rooms.