West Covina Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for West Covina Homes
An inspection in West Covina tells you how much life a tract chimney has, and what to plan for.
Chimney Sweep in West Covina
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 West Covina owners
Three in four homes here predate 1980, and a typical tract chimney has steel inside brick that is now decades old. It may have decades left too. An honest look helps you decide whether to plan anything at all. Whittier's fault passes close to the south side, and old brick does not forgive much. Between Santa Ana gusts, hot summers and cool winter nights, joints keep working, and No-Burn days also limit how often you burn wood.
What We Look at First
Mortar on a decades-old stack, the steel if visible, then the cap against gusts.
What Cannot Wait
Joints opened wide near the top, a cap ready to blow off, flue tiles out of line.
What Can Wait
Weathered mortar with depth left, sooty firebrick, a screen that hangs a little crooked.
Next Door
We also go to Irwindale, Azusa, Baldwin Park.
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