Santa Monica Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Santa Monica Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Santa Monica day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica
In Santa Monica, book the roof check and the sweep together, and add a camera look on a brick chimney old enough to have ridden out the 1994 quake. Each card opens the Santa Monica page for that service.
Chimney Sweep in Santa Monica
Creosote and soot out of the flue, after the cap and crown have been checked from the roof.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Santa Monica
Roof first, then the flue: cap, crown, flashing and liner, with a rust note on every metal part.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Santa Monica
Crown, mortar and liner repair, starting with the top of the stack where sea air and rain get in.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Santa Monica
Firebox, refractory panels and damper, including the damper hinge that damp air rusts shut.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Santa Monica
Refractory, damper and hearth repairs, in the order the inspection photos set out.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Santa Monica
Camera scan for a sale or after a quake, with the roof-level photos a buyer will ask about.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Santa Monica
Stainless caps with spark arrestor mesh, the metal grade picked for how close you are to the water.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Santa Monica
Step and counter flashing at the roof line, in metal that will not stain the brick in sea air.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Santa Monica
Repointing and brick work where salt and damp have softened the joints near the top of the stack.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Santa Monica
Partial or full rebuilds when the top courses are too far gone to repoint.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Santa Monica
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, with the damper worked open and shut before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Santa Monica
Burner, pilot, logs and glass, plus a look at the vent cap on the outside wall or roof.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Santa Monica
Pilot, thermocouple, valve and ignition faults, including corroded contacts in coastal homes.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Santa Monica
New surround, mantel or insert conversion, with the flue checked before the finish work goes on.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Santa Monica
Gas, wood or electric inserts with a stainless liner and a cap rated for the coast.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Santa Monica
Auger, igniter, blower and control board work on pellet stoves.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Santa Monica
Baffles, firebrick, gaskets and stove pipe, with the pipe's exterior run checked for rust.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Santa Monica
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the gas line and damper clamp.
Learn MoreWhat the roof check finds in Santa Monica
Santa Monica is where Bayside works from, so visits here are the easiest to fit in. Close to the beach, the cap and the chase cover come first, because salt carried in on the onshore breeze settles on the top of the chimney every day. North of Montana and up toward Sunset Park, more of the visit goes into older brick and the flue. The marine layer that sits over the city on May and June mornings keeps roof metal damp for hours. Galvanized caps and painted steel chase covers rust first, so we note the metal of each part and suggest 316 stainless or copper when one needs replacing. The 1994 Northridge earthquake also cracked brick chimneys across the city, and an older stack gets a camera look up the flue.
The Houses
On our Santa Monica visits: beach cottages in Ocean Park, Spanish and Craftsman houses north of Montana, older apartment buildings with a shared stack, and newer houses with a gas fireplace.
On the Roof
Cap mesh and fasteners, the chase cover's seams on a metal chimney, the crown's edge, and the flashing where it meets the brick. Near the beach, rust on the cap's screws often shows before rust on the cap itself.
Which Metal
For a replacement within a mile or two of the sand, we suggest 316 stainless or copper. Galvanized steel and painted covers are where most of the rust we photograph in Santa Monica starts.
Same Day, Nearby
Santa Monica visits often share a day with Ocean Park, North of Montana, Sunset Park.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Santa Monica chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.