Los Alamitos Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Los Alamitos Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Los Alamitos day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Los Alamitos 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 Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos landlords can add a sweep to the roof check and cover a rental's chimney questions on one visit.
Chimney Sweep in Los Alamitos
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.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Los Alamitos
Stainless caps with spark arrestor mesh, the metal grade picked for how close you are to the water.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Los Alamitos
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 Los Alamitos
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 Los Alamitos
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 Los Alamitos
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the gas line and damper clamp.
Learn MoreWhat the roof check finds in Los Alamitos
Stucco tract houses from the fifties and sixties make up the typical Los Alamitos home, likely with a masonry fireplace. Owners are a minority, about 4 in 10, so a chimney's upkeep may need explaining to someone who does not live there. Long Beach next door took heavy 1933 quake damage, which is worth remembering with old masonry nearby. Rain keeps to November through March, and dry gusts can lift a cap in fall and winter.
The Houses
On our Los Alamitos visits: fifties and sixties stucco tract houses, masonry fireplaces, plenty of attached rentals.
On the Roof
Tract-era crown and mortar, flashing, cap fasteners after gusty days, and shared stacks on attached homes.
Which Metal
When a Los Alamitos cap rusts out, stainless is a simple upgrade, and the coastal 316 grade is rarely called for.
Same Day, Nearby
Los Alamitos visits often share a day with Seal Beach, Cypress, Stanton.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Los Alamitos chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.