El Monte Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for El Monte Homes
With neighbors this close in El Monte, inspect a suspect chimney before the rain and the wind arrive.
Chimney Sweep in El Monte
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in El Monte
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 El Monte
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in El Monte
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.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in El Monte
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in El Monte
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.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in El Monte
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in El Monte
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell El Monte owners
Six in ten households here rent, and many small stucco houses share tight lots. A chimney on a narrow lot often sits close to the neighbor's wall, so we pay attention to what falls where if the top is loose. Winter nights rarely freeze, so frost is not the worry. Sun and swings do slower work on mortar and crowns, while the shaking of 2008 and 2014 was widely felt and can leave cracks you cannot spot from the yard.
What We Look at First
The top of the stack and what sits below it, then the flue and damper.
What Cannot Wait
A top section that could drop on a tight side yard, an open flue crack, smoke in the house.
What Can Wait
Sun-chalked stucco, an old screen, small mortar flaws low on the stack and clear of the flue.
Next Door
We also go to San Gabriel, Rosemead, Baldwin Park.
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