Fireplace Design and Installation in Knox-Henderson | SFS Dallas

Fireplace Design and Installation in Knox-Henderson | SFS Dallas

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Fireplace Design and Installation in Knox-Henderson

Knox-Henderson is the corridor where the Dallas design industry actually buys its houses. The retail strip on Henderson Avenue and the showroom edge of Knox Street feed a residential pocket — 75205 and 75214 — that sits between the Park Cities and Lakewood and reads more like a working studio than a neighborhood. Designers, architects, branding agencies, restaurateurs. People who specify materials for a living and bring that gaze home with them. Space Fireplace Services has been the quiet shop on the other end of those phone calls for years.

Our work here is rarely first-build. It is renovation, addition, and the careful repair of rooms that were already loved. A 1939 Tudor that needs its firebox brought into this century. A 1920s bungalow off Belmont where the original mantel has to come back. A new infill townhome behind Henderson where the architect has drawn a fireplace as the room’s anchor and now needs someone to actually build it. We do that work, by appointment, with a senior project manager on every job.

To begin a conversation, call 469-992-4912 or use the contact form below.

The neighborhood lives between two retail spines that have shaped its character for decades. Knox Street, on the south end, is the older of the two — a stretch that runs from Central Expressway westward toward Highland Park, anchored by Highland Park Village’s design culture and lined with antique stores, the long-running Knox Street Pub, and a generation of high-end retail that has come and gone. Henderson Avenue, on the north end, was rebuilt as a restaurant and boutique corridor in the 2010s and now reads younger and louder. Between them sits the housing.

The 75205 and 75214 zip codes carry an unusually compact mix of stock. Original 1920s and 1930s bungalows, most of them between 1,400 and 2,400 square feet on lots of 50 by 150. Tudor revival cottages, the occasional Spanish Colonial, and a string of 1950s ranches that have been heavily renovated or scraped. Townhomes built between 2005 and 2018 along the secondary streets behind Henderson, usually three-story, often with rooftop decks. And, increasingly, new infill at the price point where the lot itself is worth more than the existing structure.

The owner mix is the more interesting variable. A meaningful share of Knox-Henderson buyers work in design-adjacent fields — architecture, interior design, advertising creative, restaurant design, residential development. They specify their own homes the way they specify client work, with sample boards and a long preference list. They do not respond well to “good enough.” That standard is exactly why our shop is busy in this zip code.

The original housing stock here was built into a flat lot pattern with brick chimneys on the side or back of the house. Many of those chimneys have been functioning continuously for ninety years and look the part — soft brick weathered, lime mortar receded, terra-cotta flue tiles intact but showing their age. Before any restoration we run a chimney camera and structural review. The findings shape the proposal more than any aesthetic preference.

The townhomes built between 2005 and 2018 along the secondary streets behind Henderson are a different conversation. These were typically delivered with a builder-grade gas insert and a flat tile or stone surround that was selected for cost rather than character. The framing is set, the venting is in, and the upgrade is almost always cosmetic at the surface and mechanical at the firebox — a new sealed direct-vent unit dropped into the existing rough opening, a new surround, a new mantel. We have done dozens of these and our scope is well-tuned.

New infill on Belmont, Bryan Parkway, and the cross streets near Henderson is being delivered now at a $1.4 to $2.5 million price point, with custom layouts and a fireplace that is meant to be the architecture, not the accessory. The architects working in this corridor — most of them within walking distance of the project — push for linear units, ribbon and tunnel configurations, full-height surrounds in stone or steel, and seamless integration with millwork. We work directly with the design team from schematic through close-out.

A note specific to 75205 and 75214: gas service is reliable and well-mapped, but the entry point varies by block. Some streets have alley-side service, some street-side. Run lengths and trenching plans are part of every consultation, and we coordinate with Atmos for any new tap or upsize.

Our scope here covers the four project types that show up most often in 75205 and 75214 inboxes. Each one is led by a senior project manager who stays with the project from consultation to final inspection.

For more on each scope, see gas fireplace installation, fireplace restoration, and custom fireplace design. To schedule a consultation, call 469-992-4912.

We work with a long list of Knox-Henderson designers, architects, and builders on recurring projects. The Trade Pro program offers a 15 percent professional discount on materials and design fees, dedicated lead times, and direct senior-PM access for specification calls. We do not market to your client during or after the project. Pricing is delivered to the trade, not the homeowner. To set up a Trade Pro account, call 469-992-4912 and ask for the Trade desk.

The first step is a scheduled consultation in your home or at the project site. The visit takes about ninety minutes and includes a chimney camera scope when relevant. Within ten business days you receive a written proposal with fixed pricing and a defined scope.

If you proceed, design takes one week for restorations, four to six weeks for design-led custom work. We do not order materials until you sign off on the elevation drawing and material samples. The build, on a typical Knox-Henderson job, runs seven to ten working days for townhome upgrades and three to five weeks for new construction integrations. The room is left clean each evening, and we coordinate around your schedule and your other trades.

Our most common adjacent service areas to Knox-Henderson are the Design District, Bishop Arts, Highland Park, Lakewood, and the M Streets. The same atelier model applies in each one.

Most original 75205 and 75214 fireboxes can be restored. We assess the masonry, the firebrick, the flue, and the mantel before recommending scope. A meaningful share of our restorations cost less than a full replacement and produce a better result.

If you are not using it because it smells, drafts, or looks wrong, the upgrade is almost always worth doing. We can scope the existing unit and tell you whether a full replacement or a surround-and-insert refresh is the right answer.

We integrate into the design team from schematic phase forward. We provide CAD elevations, sample boards, and a build sequence the GC can use. The Trade Pro program is the formal structure for that relationship.

Yes, with the right structural and venting conditions. Most townhomes in 75214 and 75205 with rooftop decks have been engineered to take a sealed gas fire feature. We assess load, wind exposure, and gas service before scoping.

Townhome upgrades run from sixteen thousand to thirty-two thousand depending on surround material. Bungalow restorations run from fourteen thousand to thirty thousand. Designer-led new builds with full-height surrounds run from forty thousand into the high seventies. We give fixed pricing in the proposal.

Lead time is usually four to eight weeks from signed proposal to first day on-site, depending on materials. Restorations start sooner because most of the materials are in stock or quickly available.

Yes. We do not finish until the unit has been started, tuned, and inspected. The first fire is part of the job, not the next visit.

If your room is ready for a quiet, careful fireplace project, we would be glad to come look at it. Call 469-992-4912 or write to us through the form, and we will be in touch within one business day.

*Author: Marco Hensley, Senior Project Manager, Space Fireplace Services. Marco has led more than ninety fireplace projects across Dallas County, with deep experience in 1920s and 1930s housing stock and townhome upgrades.*

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