Dana Point Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Dana Point Homes
At Dana Point, an inspection looks at wind and salt first on bluff-top homes and age on older beach houses.
Chimney Sweep in Dana Point
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Dana Point
We go from the firebox to the cap and tell you what each part looks like, in plain words.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Dana Point
Crown, mortar, liner or crack work, done in the order we said mattered most.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Dana Point
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Dana Point
Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Dana Point
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.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Dana Point
A cover with a mesh screen on top of the flue. Keeps rain, leaves, animals and sparks where they belong.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Dana Point
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Dana Point
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Dana Point
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Dana Point
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Dana Point
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Dana Point
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Dana Point
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Dana Point
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Dana Point
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Dana Point
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Dana Point
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Dana Point owners
Capistrano Beach still has older beach homes beside newer bluff-top ones, while much of this city's housing dates from the 1970s onward. A beach home and a tract home ask different questions. We keep to the one that fits your roof. Santa Ana gusts sweep over bluff-top roofs, and old landslides along these bluffs can stress a stack. Coastal, in 2022, burned just over the line in Laguna Niguel. Hard freezes, at least, are rare.
What We Look at First
Cap hold against bluff-top gusts, then any stack shift, then the flue.
What Cannot Wait
A stack shifted on a bluff lot, a stripped cap, a rusted chase top letting rain in.
What Can Wait
Sea-faded trim, chalky stucco on a chase, a little salt film on a door.
Next Door
We also go to Monarch Beach, San Clemente, Lantern Village.
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