Irvine Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Irvine Homes
In an Irvine village home, an inspection answers if the unit works and if the repair falls to you.
Chimney Sweep in Irvine
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.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Irvine
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 Irvine owners
Half the homes here are from 2002 or later, and factory metal or gas is the rule, with no site-laid brick. Most households rent as well. So the useful question is simple: does this unit work, and if not, whose job is it? The 2020 Silverado Fire forced big evacuations here, and fall gusts can pull off a cap or send embers flying. Ten miles or so inland, weather is mild, with a blind thrust under the San Joaquin Hills.
What We Look at First
Gas valve and burner or metal firebox, then the cap, then who owns the unit.
What Cannot Wait
A gas smell near the unit, a stripped cap after strong gusts, a cracked metal firebox panel.
What Can Wait
A slow pilot, dusty glass, tired paint on a village townhome's chase.
Next Door
We also go to Costa Mesa, Laguna Woods, Newport Beach.
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