Signal Hill Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Signal Hill Homes
On a windy Signal Hill lot, an inspection begins at the top, where the cap takes the most.
Chimney Sweep in Signal Hill
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 Signal Hill
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Signal Hill
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Signal Hill owners
Oil wells covered this hill for decades and kept building late here compared with surrounding streets. As a result, half the homes are newer than 1980, with metal fireplaces in many. We name what yours is and which parts matter. A hilltop catches more wind than the flat streets below, which tests a cap and its fasteners. Marine air is close by too. The 1933 quake on the nearby fault damaged buildings across the area, so older brick earns extra care.
What We Look at First
Cap fasteners exposed to hilltop wind, then the metal flue and its chase.
What Cannot Wait
A cap a hard gust could lift, a chase top open to rain, a flue joint come apart.
What Can Wait
Light corrosion on sound metal, wind-worn paint, condo trim that only looks tired.
Next Door
We also go to Carson, Lakewood, Los Altos.
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