Avalon Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Avalon Homes
On Catalina, an inspection comes first so any parts are known before anything crosses the water.
Chimney Sweep in Avalon
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Avalon
We go from the firebox to the cap and tell you what each part looks like, in plain words.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Avalon
Crown, mortar, liner or crack work, done in the order we said mattered most.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Avalon
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Avalon
Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Avalon
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.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Avalon
A cover with a mesh screen on top of the flue. Keeps rain, leaves, animals and sparks where they belong.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Avalon
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Avalon
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Avalon
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Avalon
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Avalon
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Avalon
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Avalon
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Avalon
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Avalon
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Avalon
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Avalon
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Avalon owners
Half the homes on this hillside are older than 1950, packed into a canyon above the bay. In a small cottage, the fireplace is a big part of the room. We tell you what is sound, what is worn, and what is merely old. Sea air here does more than heat or frost ever will: damp and salt go to work on metal caps and soft mortar year round. May and June fog only keeps everything wet longer.
What We Look at First
Salt damage on the cap and flashing, then soft mortar joints on the seaward side.
What Cannot Wait
A cap rusted through, mortar that crumbles under a finger near the top, a firebox wall that moves.
What Can Wait
Rust freckles on sound metal, weathered tile trim, a salt bloom that brushes clean from the brick.
Next Door
We also go to Dana Point, Hamilton Cove, Two Harbors.
Not Sure?
Noticed something at an Avalon fireplace?
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