Cerritos Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Cerritos Homes
Most Cerritos fireplaces start with one simple question, brick or metal, and an inspection answers it.
Chimney Sweep in Cerritos
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 Cerritos
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Cerritos owners
Half the homes here went up by the mid 1970s, the years when factory fireplaces were catching on. So your chimney may be a metal pipe inside a framed box and not brick at all. Those units have parts we can name and explain. Rain from November on can enter through a tired chase top and stay hidden behind stucco. Chino Hills and La Habra shook this part of the county as well, and metal flue sections need checking at their joints afterward.
What We Look at First
Joints in the metal flue, the top of the framed chase, then the firebox panels.
What Cannot Wait
Flue sections come apart at a joint, a firebox panel split through, water running down inside the chase.
What Can Wait
Discolored chase paint, a slightly dented shroud, glass doors that look cloudy but seal well.
Next Door
We also go to Artesia, Long Beach, Buena Park.
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