Pico Rivera Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Pico Rivera Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Pico Rivera day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera
Pico Rivera homes that stood through 1987 are good candidates for a camera look up the flue with the roof check.
Chimney Sweep in Pico Rivera
Creosote and soot out of the flue, after the cap and crown have been checked from the roof.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Pico Rivera
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 Pico Rivera
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 Pico Rivera
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, with the damper worked open and shut before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Pico Rivera
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 Pico Rivera
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 Pico Rivera
Two farm towns joined up and then filled with fifties tract housing, so a Pico Rivera chimney is likely about 70 years old, if the house has one. Most homes are owner-occupied, which leaves the decision on the crown and mortar with the family living there. Whittier Narrows was just to the north in 1987, and brick in this area took damage. Between quakes, sun, damp and age keep at the crown, helped by low clouds on late spring and early summer mornings.
The Houses
On our Pico Rivera visits: owner-occupied tract houses from the fifties, brick fireplaces, detached homes, some older houses.
On the Roof
Joints that may date back past 1987, the crown, flashing around the stack, and the cap with its fasteners.
Which Metal
Far from the sand, a standard stainless cap is usually all a Pico Rivera roof needs for the long run.
Same Day, Nearby
Pico Rivera visits often share a day with Montebello, Whittier, South El Monte.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Pico Rivera chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.