El Segundo Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for El Segundo Homes
Near Dockweiler in El Segundo, an inspection separates rust you can live with from rust you cannot.
Chimney Sweep in El Segundo
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in El Segundo
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.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in El Segundo
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in El Segundo
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell El Segundo owners
More than half of households rent in this beach city, and many older brick boxes have since gained gas logs. That matters, because salt air and gas both change what ought to be checked. We tell you which applies to your place. Salt-heavy sea air goes straight for galvanized caps, chase covers and flashing. Wildfire has not touched the city, so metal is the main story. Rain from November through April does the rest on tired mortar.
What We Look at First
Galvanized cap, chase cover and flashing for salt damage, then the gas log flue.
What Cannot Wait
A cover rusted through over a flue, flashing leaking into a ceiling, a gas line beside damaged masonry.
What Can Wait
Orange staining on sound metal, salt film on brick, sun-faded trim around the hearth.
Next Door
We also go to Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale.
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