Thousand Oaks Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Thousand Oaks Homes
Across the Conejo, a Thousand Oaks inspection first sorts out which age and type you actually have.
Chimney Sweep in Thousand Oaks
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.
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Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
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Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Thousand Oaks owners
In the Conejo Valley, the Janss company's tracts ran for decades, so a 1960s house and one from Dos Vientos differ greatly. An older one may have brick; later ones likely hide a metal flue. We sort that out first, then talk about what it needs. Northridge hurt homes and chimneys throughout the Conejo in 1994, and Woolsey ran along the southern hills in 2018. Winters are cold at night and summers cooled by ocean air, which makes the shaking and embers the larger concerns.
What We Look at First
Age and type, any 1994 damage, then the spark screen near the south hills.
What Cannot Wait
A chimney cracked in 1994 and never repaired, a spark screen with holes on the south side, a split flue.
What Can Wait
Faded stucco on a chase, wear on a brick hearth, an oak leaf layer on a crown.
Next Door
We also go to Malibu, Westlake Village, Simi Valley.
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