Bell Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
Not Sure About a Bell Chimney?
Leave your name and number, and a line on what you noticed. We call back, talk it through, and set a Bell visit if it needs one.
Bell ZIP Codes We Visit
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Homesure Jobs for Bell Homes
Whoever holds the lease or the deed in Bell, an inspection gives you words to act on.
Chimney Sweep in Bell
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.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Bell
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.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Bell
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Bell
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Bell
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Bell
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Bell
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 Bell
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Bell
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Bell owners
Three of every four households rent in this city, so the person wondering about the fireplace may not own it. We write what is wrong in plain terms, which you can hand to a landlord or use yourself if the house is yours. Older masonry around here took damage in the 1987 Whittier Narrows shaking, and narrow-lot brick from before the war is the type at risk. A dry autumn wind is the other test, and only a badly fastened cap fails it.
What We Look at First
Pre-war brick near the top of the stack, then the flue, then how the cap is fastened.
What Cannot Wait
Loose bricks above a narrow side yard, an open crack in the flue, smoke coming back into a unit.
What Can Wait
Scuffed hearth tile, an old screen, dark stains on the brick face that clean up.
Next Door
We also go to Bell Gardens, Maywood, Cudahy.
Not Sure?
Noticed something at a Bell fireplace?
Call and describe it, even if it seems small. We say plainly whether it sounds like it needs a visit.