Woodland Hills Chimneys: What Can Wait, What Cannot
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Homesure Jobs for Woodland Hills Homes
In Woodland Hills, a lot of calls start with a sweep and a look at the cap. Each card below opens that job for Woodland Hills. Each card opens that job for Woodland Hills.
Chimney Sweep in Woodland Hills
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.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Woodland Hills
Gas logs sized to your firebox, for a fireplace you would rather switch on than build.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Woodland Hills owners
Woodland Hills is our other next-door neighbor, west of Tarzana. The houses closer to the hills sit nearer to brush than the flats do, so the spark screen on the cap gets a close look on every visit there. On the flats, the questions we hear are more about a damper that will not close or a draft coming down the chimney. Wind and dry brush make a missing or broken spark screen something we put in the fix-before-the-next-fire pile. Faded paint on a chase cover or a loose bit of trim goes in the pile that can wait.
What We Look at First
On streets near the hills, the spark screen and cap. On the flats, the damper and any draft coming down the flue.
What Cannot Wait
A missing or broken spark screen near brush, a damper stuck open in winter, or soot falling into the room.
What Can Wait
Surface rust on a cap that is still whole, minor mortar wear low on the chimney, a loose gasket on glass doors.
Next Door
We also go to West Hills, Calabasas, Canoga Park.
Not Sure?
Noticed something at a Woodland Hills fireplace?
Call and describe it, even if it seems small. We say plainly whether it sounds like it needs a visit.