San Gabriel Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for San Gabriel Homes
A San Gabriel inspection begins with a simple sort: pre-war brick, post-war brick, or newer gas.
Chimney Sweep in San Gabriel
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.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in San Gabriel
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in San Gabriel
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell San Gabriel owners
Close to four in ten homes here are older than 1950, while a condo may have gas or no fireplace. So the first thing you learn from us is whether your setup is the old-brick kind or the other kind. Shaking in 1987 cost the mission dearly, along with older buildings close to it, so masonry here has a known history. Winter No-Burn days can stop a wood fire, and dry fall gusts can carry embers past a bad cap.
What We Look at First
Age of the brick and damage from 1987, or the gas setup in a newer condo.
What Cannot Wait
A pre-war stack with moved joints, a flue tile shaken loose, an ember-prone cap coming undone.
What Can Wait
Old soot on a post-war hearth, a condo gas unit that only needs cleaning, a worn fire screen.
Next Door
We also go to Pasadena, Temple City, Monterey Park.
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