Agoura Hills Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for an Agoura Hills Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with an Agoura Hills day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Agoura Hills ZIP Codes We Visit
Give us the street when you call. In a coastal ZIP, the roof check gives more time to rust on the cap and flashing.
What to Book in Agoura Hills
Agoura Hills owners with a factory-built unit can add a sweep and inspection to the roof check, so the metal flue gets looked at from both ends.
Chimney Sweep in Agoura Hills
Creosote and soot out of the flue, after the cap and crown have been checked from the roof.
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Roof first, then the flue: cap, crown, flashing and liner, with a rust note on every metal part.
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Crown, mortar and liner repair, starting with the top of the stack where sea air and rain get in.
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Firebox, refractory panels and damper, including the damper hinge that damp air rusts shut.
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Refractory, damper and hearth repairs, in the order the inspection photos set out.
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Camera scan for a sale or after a quake, with the roof-level photos a buyer will ask about.
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Stainless caps with spark arrestor mesh, the metal grade picked for how close you are to the water.
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Step and counter flashing at the roof line, in metal that will not stain the brick in sea air.
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Repointing and brick work where salt and damp have softened the joints near the top of the stack.
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Partial or full rebuilds when the top courses are too far gone to repoint.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Agoura Hills
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, with the damper worked open and shut before we leave.
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Burner, pilot, logs and glass, plus a look at the vent cap on the outside wall or roof.
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Pilot, thermocouple, valve and ignition faults, including corroded contacts in coastal homes.
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New surround, mantel or insert conversion, with the flue checked before the finish work goes on.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Agoura Hills
Gas, wood or electric inserts with a stainless liner and a cap rated for the coast.
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Auger, igniter, blower and control board work on pellet stoves.
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Baffles, firebrick, gaskets and stove pipe, with the pipe's exterior run checked for rust.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Agoura Hills
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the gas line and damper clamp.
Learn MoreWhat the roof check finds in Agoura Hills
Roughly half of Agoura Hills was built by 1979, and the newer half leans toward factory-built fireplaces with metal flues inside framed chases. On those, the roof visit centers on the chase top, where a cover or seam can let water into the framing. Fall and winter Santa Anas are the main fire weather here, pulling at caps and carrying embers onto roofs. Heat and big daily temperature swings then work on whatever crown and mortar a house has.
The Houses
On our Agoura Hills visits: semi-rural horse properties, Morrison Ranch streets, stucco ranch and two-story houses, condos, townhomes.
On the Roof
Chase cover and seams on metal-flue homes, crown and top mortar on masonry ones, and the spark arrestor mesh on every cap before Santa Ana season.
Which Metal
A stainless chase cover holds up to sun and rain without the rust stains a galvanized one can leave, and the cap mesh has to stop embers.
Same Day, Nearby
Agoura Hills visits often share a day with Calabasas, Malibu, Hidden Hills.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Agoura Hills chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.