Riverside Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Riverside Homes
In Riverside's heat, an inspection tells you how the crown and flue are holding up, on old or newer homes.
Chimney Sweep in Riverside
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Riverside
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.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Riverside
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Riverside
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Riverside owners
Victorian houses in Heritage Square are a world apart from post-war ranch homes with block fireplaces, and this city holds both. Near the Mission Inn, brick has its own needs. We work out which one you have and what it wants. Temperatures above 100 degrees are frequent here, and that heat dries and cracks crowns, letting rust start where water gets in. The 2008 shaking from Chino Hills reached this city too, and No-Burn days limit wood fires each winter.
What We Look at First
Heat-cracked crown first, rust where water got in, then brick or block joints.
What Cannot Wait
A heat-split crown, rust opening up a metal top, a shaken flue tile from 2008.
What Can Wait
Heat-faded paint, sooty firebrick, a Victorian mantel with old wear.
Next Door
We also go to Woodcrest, Perris, Mead Valley.
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