Compton Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Leave your name and number, and a line on what you noticed. We call back, talk it through, and set a Compton visit if it needs one.
Compton ZIP Codes We Visit
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Homesure Jobs for Compton Homes
From Richland Farms to tract streets, a Compton inspection says first how old the brick really is.
Chimney Sweep in Compton
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Compton
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Compton
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 Compton
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 Compton
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Compton
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Compton
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Compton
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Compton
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Compton
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Compton
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Compton
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Compton
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Compton owners
A house here may hold brick laid before the war, though most neighborhoods are post-war ranch homes. We tell you which you have, because old brick needs more attention than the later kind does. The 1933 Long Beach quake was hard on this city, one of the worst hit towns. Any chimney that old deserves a real look. Winter rain from November through April keeps testing the joints that survived.
What We Look at First
Brick age and the condition of the upper stack, then water paths around the crown.
What Cannot Wait
An old stack with open joints, rain getting past a broken crown, a firebox with bricks falling out.
What Can Wait
Stained brick that tests solid, a tired hearth slab, a rusted screen that can be replaced later.
Next Door
We also go to Paramount, Carson, Florence.
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