Inglewood Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Inglewood Homes
Older Inglewood houses have had a century of shaking, so an inspection is a reasonable first move.
Chimney Sweep in Inglewood
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.
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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.
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Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
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Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Inglewood owners
Inglewood had a building wave in the 1920s and another after World War II, and roughly a third of homes date from before 1950. If yours is in the older group, we check the masonry with that history in mind. This city already knows quakes: one in 1920 damaged its downtown. Being about five miles from the ocean, it gets mild temperatures, along with damp mornings and sea air that slowly corrode exposed steel and cap fasteners.
What We Look at First
Steel fasteners on the cap, then 1920s masonry and the flue if the house is that old.
What Cannot Wait
Fasteners rusted through on a cap, loose brick at the top of an old stack, a cracked flue liner.
What Can Wait
Speckled rust on a cap that still holds, mild staining from damp mornings, a chipped firebox tile.
Next Door
We also go to Lennox, Hawthorne, Gardena.
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