Aliso Viejo Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Aliso Viejo Homes
In an Aliso Viejo townhome, an inspection separates what you can act on from what the association handles.
Chimney Sweep in Aliso Viejo
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.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Aliso Viejo
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
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Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Aliso Viejo owners
Half the housing here is from about 1995 or later, and most of it is attached. So a fireplace here is usually metal and often part of a homeowners group. We keep the answer to what you are able to act on yourself. Salt is lighter here than right on the water, yet marine moisture still reaches metal parts. Brush canyons border the city, and occasional Santa Anas blow through them, while the San Joaquin Hills thrust is the nearby fault.
What We Look at First
Metal parts touched by marine damp, then the cap, then which pieces the association owns.
What Cannot Wait
A failed cap on a canyon-side unit, a rusted-through cover, a cracked firebox panel.
What Can Wait
A few rust specks on a young cap, sun-dulled stucco, a pilot that needs cleaning.
Next Door
We also go to Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel.
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