Culver City Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Culver City Homes
Near the coast like this, a Culver City inspection shows how much rust is cosmetic and how much is not.
Chimney Sweep in Culver City
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 Culver City owners
Harry Culver's 1913 city grew out in stages, so bungalow brick and a later metal unit can sit within a few streets. Over 8 in 10 homes are older than 1980. We name your type and speak only to it. Damp air off the coast slowly eats steel caps and flashing and wets crowns too. May and June gloom extends that. Northridge in 1994 also shook this city strongly, so older masonry deserves a closer look.
What We Look at First
Steel caps and flashing for corrosion, then crown dampness, and the flue tiles on older brick.
What Cannot Wait
A steel cap rusted open, flashing that leaks into a bungalow ceiling, a Northridge crack in the flue.
What Can Wait
Rust spots on sound steel, gray weathering on a crown still shedding water, a worn firebox floor.
Next Door
We also go to Baldwin Hills, Blair Hills.
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