Hidden Hills Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Hidden Hills Homes
An inspection in Hidden Hills starts by working out whether the chimney is original or part of a rebuild.
Chimney Sweep in Hidden Hills
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Hidden Hills
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 Hidden Hills
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Hidden Hills
Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Hidden Hills
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 Hidden Hills
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 Hidden Hills
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Hidden Hills
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Hidden Hills
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Hidden Hills
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Hidden Hills
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Hidden Hills
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Hidden Hills
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Hidden Hills
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Hidden Hills
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Hidden Hills
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Hidden Hills
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Hidden Hills owners
About 6 miles from Tarzana, this planned ranch community got its start around 1950, and many of those first houses have given way to custom builds. If an original ranch house remains, the chimney is likely masonry. Newer ones vary more. Parts of this gated city are mapped very high fire hazard, so the top of the flue matters. Hot summers against cool, sometimes frosty nights wear at crowns, and Northridge was felt strongly here too.
What We Look at First
Arrestor on any home in the mapped zone, then the crown, then quake cracks in old masonry.
What Cannot Wait
An arrestor with a gap, an old ranch chimney with Northridge damage left unrepaired, a split crown.
What Can Wait
Frost-pitted crown surfaces that still shed water, staining on stone, old damper paint.
Next Door
We also go to Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills, Calabasas.
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