Ventura Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Ventura ZIP Codes We Visit
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Homesure Jobs for Ventura Homes
Near the harbor or the hills, a Ventura inspection gives you a short account and nothing extra.
Chimney Sweep in Ventura
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 Ventura
Gaskets, firebrick, baffle and glass on a wood stove, checked and replaced as needed.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Ventura
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Ventura owners
Roughly one home in eight predates 1950, a group that includes the Mitchell Block's late 1800s houses. Their chimneys may have little reinforcement in them. We give you a plain account of yours, and it stays as short as the work allows. Marine layer days and salt reach most of the city, and mild weather never stresses brick the way shaking does. Offshore thrust faults like Pitas Point are the risk. South Coast no-burn days do not apply here, and fall gusts can spread embers.
What We Look at First
Old reinforcement and joints, damp salt wear at the cap, then the flue tile.
What Cannot Wait
Brick loose on an old stack, cap corroded through by salt, ember holes in a screen during Santa Anas.
What Can Wait
Salt streaks on sound metal, gray weathered brick, chips in an old hearth.
Next Door
We also go to Oak View, Ojai, Port Hueneme.
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Noticed something at a Ventura fireplace?
Call and describe it, even if it seems small. We say plainly whether it sounds like it needs a visit.