Looking After Ojai Chimneys and Fireplaces
Ask About Your Ojai Fireplace
Send your name, number and what the fireplace is doing. We call back, set an Ojai visit and tell you what we will look at first.
The Ojai streets we work on
Houses here run from old cottages and Spanish houses downtown, with ranch and hillside properties further out. 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 Ojai
Plan your Ojai visit ahead, and combine a sweep with a spark screen check.
Chimney Sweep in Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
Small warning signs, refractory cracks, a stiff damper, worn smoke shelf mortar, matter more than they look in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
A leak near the chimney is usually a flashing problem, not a chimney problem, in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
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 Ojai
Edward Libbey paid for downtown Ojai to be redone with a Spanish Colonial look about 1917, and old cottages near it have kept their own character. Ranch and hillside homes spread out from there. At 61 miles from Silver Lake, a visit is planned ahead and done without rushing. Santa Anas push dry, gusty air through this valley in fall and winter, and the 1985 Wheeler Fire threatened it, so spark screens come first here. To the north lie faults like the Santa Ynez, and winter rains find every cracked crown.
The Houses
Around Ojai the stock runs to old cottages and Spanish houses downtown, with ranch and hillside properties further out.
Before the First Fire
Cap and screen should be checked ahead of the fall winds, because dry weather and old hardware are a poor combination here.
Care of the Room
Spanish plaster and old cottage floors get soft padding, and all gear is carried, never dragged, through the house.
Close By
Ojai stops sometimes fall alongside Oak View, Upper Ojai, Casitas Springs.
Not Sure What It Needs?
Tell us what your Ojai 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.