Looking After Claremont Chimneys and Fireplaces
Ask About Your Claremont Fireplace
Send your name, number and what the fireplace is doing. We call back, set a Claremont visit and tell you what we will look at first.
The Claremont streets we work on
Houses here run from postwar ranch tracts above Foothill Boulevard, and brick chimneys with gas logs. If your street sits on the edge of one of these places, tell us when you call and we will plan the visit around it.
Fireplace Care to Book in Claremont
Ask for a sweep and cap check in Claremont, and mention any gas logs added to the old firebox.
Chimney Sweep in Claremont
A sweep does more than clear soot, it doubles as a checkup on your flue's condition. Same-day scheduling in Silver Lake and Central Los Angeles.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Claremont
An inspection is more than a flashlight glance up the flue in Silver Lake. Every part gets checked, the report comes back same day, and a sweep can be added on the spot.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Claremont
Water enters at the crown and mortar joints, rarely the firebox first, in Silver Lake. Traced to the source, color-matched materials.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Claremont
Small warning signs, refractory cracks, a stiff damper, worn smoke shelf mortar, matter more than they look in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Claremont
The best fireplace repairs are the ones caught on an inspection report in Silver Lake, before you'd notice on your own. Matched materials, original look kept.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Claremont
A standard sweep isn't what real estate transactions call for in Silver Lake, a Level 2 scan is. Camera scan, same-day report.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Claremont
A cap looks like a finishing touch until it's missing, then rain and animals have a clear path into the flue in Silver Lake. Stainless steel, spark arrestor, animal exclusion.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Claremont
A leak near the chimney is usually a flashing problem, not a chimney problem, in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Claremont
Mortar wears out well before the brick does, which is why tuckpointing works if it's done early in Silver Lake. Color-matched to the old mortar.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Claremont
Once tuckpointing can no longer hold, a rebuild is the permanent fix in Silver Lake. Earthquake damage, structural failure, code upgrades.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Claremont
Wood-burning, gas, and electric fireplaces each build up residue differently, so cleaning them isn't one-size-fits-all in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Claremont
No ash doesn't mean no upkeep, gas fireplaces still need annual cleaning in Silver Lake. Pilot, thermocouple, burner, and log service.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Claremont
A gas fireplace that won't stay lit is rarely a sign the whole unit is failing in Silver Lake. Pilot light, thermocouple, gas valve, and ignition diagnosis.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Claremont
A remodel starts with what's behind the surround, not just picking a new one, in Silver Lake. Stone, tile, mantels, and insert conversions.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Claremont
An insert isn't a new fireplace, it's a unit that fits your existing firebox and changes how it heats in Silver Lake. Available in gas, wood, and electric versions built for masonry openings already in place.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Claremont
A pellet stove that quits is just as likely to have a mechanical cause as an electronic one in Silver Lake. Auger, igniter, blower, and control board diagnosis.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Claremont
Cleaning a wood stove and maintaining one aren't the same thing in Silver Lake. Baffle, firebrick, gasket, and catalytic combustor service.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Claremont
Gas logs trade the wood-hauling routine for a switch, but getting the sizing right is what makes them work well in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreWhat we look after in Claremont
Above Foothill Boulevard, the ranch tracts of Claremont filled in from the 1950s through the 1970s, around a college town far older than they are. About 32 miles from Silver Lake, they get a by-appointment visit and a careful reading of crown, flue and any added gas line. Santa Anas blow hard along the foot of the San Gabriels, tugging at caps and carrying embers. Daily temperature swings wear on mortar and exposed metal too, and Chino Hills reached here in 2008, one more reason for a look at older stacks.
The Houses
Around Claremont the stock runs to postwar ranch tracts above Foothill Boulevard, and brick chimneys with gas logs.
Before the First Fire
Wind can bend a cap without knocking it off, so have someone look before you light, and check for alert days before burning wood.
Care of the Room
Old furniture near a hearth stays under cover, the covers spread widely, and we keep dust from going airborne.
Close By
Claremont stops sometimes fall alongside Montclair, Chino, Pomona.
Not Sure What It Needs?
Tell us what your Claremont fireplace is doing, and we will say what to book.
A smell after rain, smoke that rolls into the room, or a fireplace nobody has used since you moved in. Describe it on the phone and we will tell you whether a sweep, an inspection or both makes sense.