San Marino Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for San Marino Homes
In a period San Marino home, an inspection covers each fireplace and gives an honest read on every stack.
Chimney Sweep in San Marino
Soot and creosote brushed out of the flue. If you cannot remember the last one, it is probably time.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in San Marino
We go from the firebox to the cap and tell you what each part looks like, in plain words.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in San Marino
Crown, mortar, liner or crack work, done in the order we said mattered most.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in San Marino
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber, checked from inside the room.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in San Marino
Cracked panels, a stuck damper, smoke coming into the room. We find the cause first.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in San Marino
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 San Marino
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 San Marino
A stain on the ceiling next to the chimney often starts here, where the roof meets the brick.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in San Marino
Loose or missing mortar and cracked brick, matched to what is already there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in San Marino
When the top of the chimney is too far gone to patch, we take it down and build it back.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in San Marino
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in San Marino
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in San Marino
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in San Marino
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in San Marino
A closed unit that sits in an open fireplace so the heat stays in the room.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in San Marino
Auger, igniter, blowers or an error code on the board. We find which one it is.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in San Marino
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in San Marino
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell San Marino owners
About seven in ten houses predate 1950, among the oldest housing in the area, and period design often means several fireplaces and tall stacks. Many are lightly reinforced brick. We give an honest read on how much strength remains without any fuss. The 1987 shaking was hard across this part of the valley, and brick of this age was not built for it. Summer heat and cold nights also cycle the crowns and joints, and dry winds work at caps.
What We Look at First
Tall Tudor or Spanish stacks at the roofline, each flue, then any visible reinforcement.
What Cannot Wait
A tall stack with open joints above a roof, a flue with no sound liner left, loose top courses.
What Can Wait
Period tile with old crazing, a patinated damper, weather on brick that still rings solid.
Next Door
We also go to San Gabriel, South Pasadena, Pasadena.
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