Fountain Valley Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Fountain Valley Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Fountain Valley day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Fountain Valley 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 Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley owners who burn wood can pair a sweep with the roof check on a single appointment.
Chimney Sweep in Fountain Valley
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 Fountain Valley
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 Fountain Valley
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 Fountain Valley
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the gas line and damper clamp.
Learn MoreWhat the roof check finds in Fountain Valley
Old farmland with a high water table became tracts in the sixties and seventies, and homes older than 1980 are a large majority. Very little is prewar, so brick from the historic era is rare and the usual question is a tired tract-era crown. Six miles or so from the beach, marine influence brings morning low cloud and moderate salt exposure. Southwest of town, the fault behind the 1933 Long Beach shaking, the Newport-Inglewood, is the reason to check cracks.
The Houses
On our Fountain Valley visits: sixties and seventies tract homes, mostly detached, owner-occupied, almost no prewar houses.
On the Roof
Crown wear on tract stacks, moderate rust on caps and flashing, and joints with the nearby fault in mind.
Which Metal
About six miles inland, stainless is worthwhile on replaced parts, but the beach-grade 316 is usually unnecessary.
Same Day, Nearby
Fountain Valley visits often share a day with Garden Grove, Irvine, Huntington Beach.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Fountain Valley chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.