Commerce Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Commerce ZIP Codes We Visit
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Homesure Jobs for Commerce Homes
For a house in one of Commerce's small pockets, a basic inspection is usually enough to decide.
Chimney Sweep in Commerce
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.
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Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Commerce owners
Most of this city is industry, so housing comes in little clusters like Rosewood and Bandini. If one of those houses is yours, the chimney is likely small and old, and a short look usually says enough about it. No wildfire history here, and summers are warm without being extreme. The real concern is age: Long Beach in 1933 proved how unreinforced masonry behaves, and dry gusts later can push at a badly fastened cap.
What We Look at First
The small stack from the roof down, its joints and cap, then the firebox.
What Cannot Wait
Unreinforced brick starting to separate, a cap that lifts in gusts, a flue with an obvious break.
What Can Wait
An old damper that sticks a little, dull paint, thin soot lines on the firebox walls.
Next Door
We also go to Maywood, Montebello, Pico Rivera.
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