Montebello Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Montebello Homes
Thanks to 1987, a Montebello inspection begins with one question, which is whether the brick moved at all.
Chimney Sweep in Montebello
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 Montebello owners
Post-war houses here usually got brick chimneys, and some 84 percent of the housing was up by 1980. About half of it is detached. If yours is, we check the fireplace and tell you whether it is in shape for use. The 1987 quake hit close by, and this area was among those damaged, so any brick from before then deserves a look. Sun, heat and winter wet then slowly open whatever that shaking left behind.
What We Look at First
Cracks dating to 1987 at the top of the stack, then the flue tile, then the crown.
What Cannot Wait
A long crack from 1987 that has widened, rain running in through a crown, a shaken flue tile out of line.
What Can Wait
Sun-faded trim, slight crazing on a crown, worn brick edges on the lower face.
Next Door
We also go to Downey, Pico Rivera, South San Gabriel.
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