Los Angeles Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Los Angeles Homes
Across Los Angeles, a sweep and inspection is where to start when you are not sure.
Chimney Sweep in Los Angeles
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Los Angeles
We go from the firebox to the cap and tell you what each part looks like, in plain words.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Los Angeles
Crown, mortar, liner or crack work, done in the order we said mattered most.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Los Angeles
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Los Angeles
Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Los Angeles
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Los Angeles
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Los Angeles
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Los Angeles
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Los Angeles
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Los Angeles
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Los Angeles
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Los Angeles
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Los Angeles
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Los Angeles
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Los Angeles owners
Tarzana is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, so in one sense every visit we make here is in Los Angeles. This page is for the parts of the city further from us, over the hill and to the east. The questions are the same everywhere: is anything wrong, and if so, how soon does it need fixing? We answer them the same way. Hillside streets sit near dry brush while the flats hold heat into fall, and each wears on a chimney in its own way. We tell you which one is at work on yours, and what that means for this year, instead of reading out a list.
What We Look at First
On hillside homes, the cap and spark screen. In older buildings, each fireplace in turn, with the flue tiles first.
What Cannot Wait
A missing spark screen near brush, cracked flue tiles, or a fireplace that pushes smoke into the room.
What Can Wait
A worn firebox floor that is still solid, light rust on a cap, tired paint on a metal chimney cover.
Next Door
We also go to Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake.
Not Sure?
Noticed something at a Los Angeles fireplace?
Call and describe it, even if it seems small. We say plainly whether it sounds like it needs a visit.