Torrance Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Torrance Homes
A leak in a Torrance tract home is traced first, because the visible stain is often far from its source.
Chimney Sweep in Torrance
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 Torrance
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Torrance
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Torrance owners
Most of the city filled in during the 1950s and 1960s, typically with one brick chimney per house, while Old Torrance is a bit older. These chimneys are often past the point where age alone explains a leak. We trace where yours comes from. Ocean breezes keep the western neighborhoods moderate, so heat is less of an issue. Instead, November rain exposes broken crowns and failed flashing as leaks, and the South Bay did shake in 1933.
What We Look at First
The route water takes: crown, flashing, then down the brick into the room.
What Cannot Wait
Water coming through the ceiling at the stack, a split crown, flashing lifted off the roof.
What Can Wait
Old water marks that stay dry, weathered brick, a worn hearth edge on a tract fireplace.
Next Door
We also go to Palos Verdes Estates, Lomita, Redondo Beach.
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