Irvine Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for an Irvine Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with an Irvine day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Irvine 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 Irvine
Associations in Irvine's older villages can schedule sweeps along with roof checks for a building at a time.
Chimney Sweep in Irvine
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 Irvine
University Park and Turtle Rock came early, Woodbridge followed in the seventies, and half the city dates from about 2002 or later. Many villages have more condos and apartments than detached homes, so chimneys here are often metal flues managed by an association. Mornings under marine layer, warm dry summers and moderate salt make this a gentle climate for metal. Beneath the hills south of the city, the San Joaquin Hills blind thrust is the local quake question.
The Houses
On our Irvine visits: older Turtle Rock and University Park homes, seventies Woodbridge houses, village condos and apartments.
On the Roof
Chase covers and flue tops in newer villages, crown or seams on seventies homes, and flashing on shared roofs.
Which Metal
Moderate salt still reaches a chase cover here over time, so replacing with stainless is a simple upgrade from galvanized.
Same Day, Nearby
Irvine visits often share a day with Laguna Hills, Santa Ana, Laguna Woods.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Irvine chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.