Palos Verdes Estates Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Palos Verdes Estates Homes
Up on the peninsula, an inspection in Palos Verdes Estates explains the hard-to-reach parts before any climb.
Chimney Sweep in Palos Verdes Estates
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Palos Verdes Estates
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 Palos Verdes Estates
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.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Palos Verdes Estates
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 Palos Verdes Estates
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Palos Verdes Estates
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Palos Verdes Estates
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Palos Verdes Estates
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Palos Verdes Estates
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Palos Verdes Estates
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Palos Verdes Estates
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Palos Verdes Estates
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Palos Verdes Estates
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Palos Verdes Estates
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Palos Verdes Estates owners
Nine in ten houses here belong to whoever lives in them, and on a sloped lot the stack can be awkward to get to. So nobody climbs up for a small reason. When a trip to the top is needed, you hear why. Salt and steady damp go after every cap and fastener, while wind tests whatever comes loose. Portuguese Bend burned next door in 2009, stopping short of this city, while the Palos Verdes Fault lies under the peninsula.
What We Look at First
Salt-worn fasteners on the cap, then older masonry, reached with care on a sloped lot.
What Cannot Wait
A cap held by rusted-out fasteners in wind, shifted masonry on a slope, water behind flashing.
What Can Wait
Gray patina on a sound cap, sea-worn mortar with depth left, an old iron grate.
Next Door
We also go to Rolling Hills, Lomita, Lunada Bay.
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