Claremont Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Claremont Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Claremont day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Claremont 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 Claremont
For a Claremont home from before the 1950s, add a Level 2 camera look, since two faults lie close to the city.
Chimney Sweep in Claremont
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.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Claremont
Camera scan for a sale or after a quake, with the roof-level photos a buyer will ask about.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Claremont
Stainless caps with spark arrestor mesh, the metal grade picked for how close you are to the water.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Claremont
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.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Claremont
Partial or full rebuilds when the top courses are too far gone to repoint.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Claremont
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, with the damper worked open and shut before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Claremont
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 Claremont
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 Claremont
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the gas line and damper clamp.
Learn MoreWhat the roof check finds in Claremont
North of Foothill Boulevard, ranch tracts spread from the fifties into the seventies, while older streets keep site-built brick from the twenties to forties. Both carry age, so the photos go to crown and mortar whichever era your house belongs to. The 2003 Padua Fire burned through Palmer Canyon and Claraboya, taking many homes, so ember control is not abstract here. Hot summers, strong Santa Anas and two nearby faults, the San Jose and Sierra Madre, finish the list.
The Houses
On our Claremont visits: prewar brick chimneys, postwar ranch tracts north of Foothill Boulevard, foothill homes in Palmer Canyon and Claraboya.
On the Roof
Fine mesh on every cap above Foothill Boulevard, then crown, mortar joints and flashing on ranch-era and prewar stacks alike.
Which Metal
Far from salt air, Claremont needs a stainless cap for wind and embers: heavy, well anchored and fitted with a sound spark screen.
Same Day, Nearby
Claremont visits often share a day with Montclair, Chino, Upland.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Claremont chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.