Alhambra Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Alhambra Homes
Alhambra's mix of old brick and later gas logs makes an inspection the sensible opening step.
Chimney Sweep in Alhambra
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
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We go from the firebox to the cap and tell you what each part looks like, in plain words.
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Crown, mortar, liner or crack work, done in the order we said mattered most.
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The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
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Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
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A camera goes up the flue to show what you cannot see from the hearth. Asked for when a house is sold, or after a quake or a chimney fire.
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A cover with a mesh screen on top of the flue. Keeps rain, leaves, animals and sparks where they belong.
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A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
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Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
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When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
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Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
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Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
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Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
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A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
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A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
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Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
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Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Alhambra
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Alhambra owners
With about a third of homes built before 1950, plenty of Alhambra chimneys are site-laid brick. A newer house may hide block behind gas logs. Either way, we tell you what you have and whether it needs anything at all. Sierra Madre shook this side of the valley in 1991, and old mortar remembers a quake long after. On alert days from November through February wood fires are off the table, so a repair can often wait for spring.
What We Look at First
Mortar joints up at the roofline, the flue behind any gas logs, and how the top of the stack sits.
What Cannot Wait
Bricks shifting at the top of a pre-war stack, flue tile with open gaps, or smoke rolling back into a room.
What Can Wait
Soot marks on the brick face, a worn but solid hearth, gas logs that simply look tired.
Next Door
We also go to Rosemead, South Pasadena, Emery Park.
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