Rancho Palos Verdes Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Rancho Palos Verdes Homes
Near moving ground in Rancho Palos Verdes, an inspection checks first whether the chimney has shifted at all.
Chimney Sweep in Rancho Palos Verdes
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 Rancho Palos Verdes owners
Few places share this hazard: land around Portuguese Bend moves, and a stack on it can part from the house it serves. If you live near it, tell us. We explain what ground movement looks like at the stack. Fog and sea breezes keep masonry damp here, frost is rare, and the Palos Verdes Fault runs beneath the area. Brush burned in 2009, about 230 acres starting in Portuguese Bend, so a tight spark screen still counts.
What We Look at First
Any gap between stack and wall from ground movement, then damp masonry, then the spark screen.
What Cannot Wait
A stack leaning off the house, a flue broken by land movement, a torn spark screen by dry brush.
What Can Wait
Fog-darkened brick, salt streaks on old flashing, a small chip at the hearth corner.
Next Door
We also go to Lomita, Miraleste, Rolling Hills.
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