Encino Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Encino Homes
Not sure where to start in Encino? An inspection tells you which of these, if any, you need. Each card opens that job for Encino.
Chimney Sweep in Encino
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Encino
We go from the firebox to the cap and tell you what each part looks like, in plain words.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Encino
Crown, mortar, liner or crack work, done in the order we said mattered most.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Encino
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Encino
Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Encino
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 Encino
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 Encino
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Encino
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Encino
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Encino
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Encino
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Encino
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Encino
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Encino
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Encino
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Encino
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Encino
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Encino owners
Encino is the nearest area page to our Tarzana base, and a lot of the lots here are big enough for more than one fireplace: one in the living room, maybe one in a bedroom, and a fire pit or outdoor fireplace out back. When you are not sure which ones are safe to use, we check each one and tell you, one by one, in plain words. Santa Ana winds can push embers a long way in fall and winter. A cap with an intact mesh screen keeps sparks from leaving the flue. If yours is rusted through or missing, that goes on the cannot-wait list. A small dent in the cap does not.
What We Look at First
Every fireplace on the lot, including any outdoor one. Then the cap and spark screen, the crown, and the flue.
What Cannot Wait
A cap with a rusted-out or missing screen, a cracked firebox, or a heavy layer of creosote in the flue.
What Can Wait
Faded paint on a chase cover, light staining on the face of the fireplace, a small chip in the hearth.
Next Door
We also go to Sherman Oaks, Tarzana, Woodland Hills.
Not Sure?
Noticed something at an Encino fireplace?
Call and describe it, even if it seems small. We say plainly whether it sounds like it needs a visit.