Torrance Chimneys, Checked From the Cap Down
Ask for a Torrance Roof Check
Send your name, number and street. We call back with a Torrance day and ask whether the chimney is brick or a metal chase.
Torrance 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 Torrance
Torrance owners with an older brick chimney can book an inspection along with the roof check before the November rains.
Chimney Sweep in Torrance
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.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Torrance
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.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Torrance
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 Torrance
Jared Torrance's 1912 plan, drawn by the Olmsted Brothers, set up a planned industrial city, but most homes came later, with half up by 1964. Only about half of units are detached, so a chimney here may belong to a house or be shared by neighbors. West of Hawthorne Boulevard the sea breeze holds summers down and brings damp air that rusts metal. Winter storms then expose any failed flashing, and the South Bay also shook during the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
The Houses
On our Torrance visits: Old Torrance homes, North Torrance tracts, plenty of condos and apartments, postwar houses.
On the Roof
Rust on metal west of Hawthorne Boulevard, crown and flashing on postwar stacks, and shared chimneys on condo buildings.
Which Metal
Toward Torrance Beach, 316 stainless; east of Hawthorne Boulevard, a standard stainless cap usually does the work.
Same Day, Nearby
Torrance visits often share a day with Lawndale, Carson, Hermosa Beach.
Start at the Top
Book a roof check for your Torrance chimney.
One visit covers the roof check, the sweep and the inspection. The photos and the rust note come with it.