Laguna Beach Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Laguna Beach Homes
Between the fire zone and salt air, a Laguna Beach inspection works out which concern comes first at your home.
Chimney Sweep in Laguna Beach
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 Laguna Beach
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Laguna Beach
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Laguna Beach owners
Art colony cottages remain in town and in the canyons, more than a quarter of all homes being from before 1950. Steep lots at Bluebird Canyon or Mystic Hills make any climb a real decision, so we explain before anyone goes up. Much of the hillside here is mapped very high fire hazard, and the salt air that eats steel caps also keeps masonry wet longer. The Newport-Inglewood and Rose Canyon zone lies just offshore, which old cottage brick has to live with.
What We Look at First
Spark screen in the mapped zone, salt on steel, then wet cottage masonry.
What Cannot Wait
A rusted screen in the fire zone, a chase cover eaten through, soft brick at a cottage's roofline.
What Can Wait
Weathered art-colony tile, salt marks on glass, gentle moss on a damp crown.
Next Door
We also go to Three Arch Bay, Laguna Canyon, Newport Coast.
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