Seal Beach Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Seal Beach Homes
Near Main Street in Seal Beach, an inspection tells you if a 1960s unit is finished, or still has some use.
Chimney Sweep in Seal Beach
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.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Seal Beach
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 Seal Beach
Ash, soot and stains cleared out of the firebox and off the glass and surround.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Seal Beach
Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Seal Beach
Will not light, will not stay lit, or the flame looks wrong. We trace it to the part.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Seal Beach
A new surround, mantel or hearth, planned around what the firebox and flue can take.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Seal Beach
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 Seal Beach
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Seal Beach
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Seal Beach owners
About 89 percent of homes here predate 1980, and detached houses are just over a third. A fireplace, where there is one, is often gas or an older factory unit. Those are getting on in years now. We tell you if yours has reached its end. Salt from the ocean corrodes caps and fasteners quickly, and damp air keeps any masonry wet. The Newport-Inglewood Fault runs through this very area, and winter No-Burn days can limit wood fires, though hard freezes are rare.
What We Look at First
Salt on steel fasteners, then age of a 1960s gas or factory unit.
What Cannot Wait
A cap rusted off its fasteners, a 1960s metal flue with holes, a leak inside the chase.
What Can Wait
Salt tarnish on metal trim, aged glass doors, a gas log set past its looks.
Next Door
We also go to Rossmoor, Surfside, Sunset Beach.
Not Sure?
Noticed something at a Seal Beach fireplace?
Call and describe it, even if it seems small. We say plainly whether it sounds like it needs a visit.