Norwalk Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Norwalk Homes
Trying to decide about a Norwalk fireplace? An inspection gives you the facts to repair it or let it be.
Chimney Sweep in Norwalk
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Norwalk
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Norwalk
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.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Norwalk
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 Norwalk
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 Norwalk
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Norwalk
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Norwalk
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Norwalk
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Norwalk
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Norwalk
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Norwalk
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Norwalk
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 Norwalk
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Norwalk
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Norwalk owners
A one-story stucco house gives easy roof access, which keeps an answer simple. Where these tracts had a fireplace, it was usually masonry, and many households here own. So the choice about repairing or leaving it sits with you, and we explain the options. Weather here is unhurried, with little frost and rain mostly from November through March. Sun and moisture still wear crowns down bit by bit, and both 1987 and 2014 shaking could have added a small crack.
What We Look at First
Crown surface and mortar from the low roof, then damper and firebox from inside.
What Cannot Wait
Brick that moves under a hand, a smoke chamber shedding mortar, a crown gap over the flue.
What Can Wait
Worn mortar faces with depth left, an old fire screen, slight soot marks above the opening.
Next Door
We also go to Cerritos, South Whittier, La Mirada.
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