Fullerton Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Fullerton Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Fullerton day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Fullerton 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 Fullerton
A fifties Fullerton ranch home can book an inspection with its roof check, since the flue has been through 1987.
Chimney Sweep in Fullerton
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.
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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 Fullerton
Sunny Hills and other postwar tracts brought ranch homes with masonry fireplaces, while Amerige Heights, built on the former Hughes Aircraft land, has factory-built or gas. Half the homes were up by 1969, so the opening step from the roof is finding out which one is yours. Fall and winter gusts can work a cap loose, with embers behind them. North of town, in the hills, is the Whittier fault, shaking from Whittier Narrows reached here in 1987, and rain mostly waits for November through March.
The Houses
On our Fullerton visits: Sunny Hills fifties ranch homes, postwar tracts, Amerige Heights planned community, condos and apartments.
On the Roof
Crown and joints on Sunny Hills brick, vent tops in Amerige Heights, cap fasteners for dry gusts, and flashing.
Which Metal
Salt is a small issue at this distance, so a well fastened standard stainless cap generally fits a Fullerton home.
Same Day, Nearby
Fullerton visits often share a day with Anaheim, Yorba Linda, Sunny Hills.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Fullerton chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.