Cerritos Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Cerritos Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Cerritos day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Cerritos 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 Cerritos
Cerritos owners who still burn wood can pair the roof check with a sweep on one visit, so one ladder setup covers both jobs.
Chimney Sweep in Cerritos
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 Cerritos
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.
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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.
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Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the gas line and damper clamp.
Learn MoreWhat the roof check finds in Cerritos
Eight in 10 Cerritos homes are detached, and very few go back before 1950. On a two-story stucco tract house the chimney top is a long way from the eye, which is a plain reason to photograph it from the roof rather than guess from the driveway. Rain from November through April works on crowns, joints and flashing that have aged since the seventies. Dry fall and winter gusts can then loosen a poorly fastened cap, and regional fault history makes cracks worth a photo.
The Houses
On our Cerritos visits: stucco tract houses, many two stories with attached garages, some townhomes, few homes before 1950.
On the Roof
Cap fasteners, flashing against stucco, and the crown, all hard to see on a two-story house, each photographed up close.
Which Metal
Galvanized parts from the seventies are near their end here; stainless replacements are simple, and a standard grade is usually enough away from the sand.
Same Day, Nearby
Cerritos visits often share a day with Artesia, La Palma, Bellflower.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Cerritos chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.