Looking After South Pasadena Chimneys and Fireplaces
Ask About Your South Pasadena Fireplace
Send your name, number and what the fireplace is doing. We call back, set a South Pasadena visit and tell you what we will look at first.
The South Pasadena streets we work on
Houses here run from Colonial and Spanish Revival, Victorian and Craftsman homes, mostly prewar, plus many apartments. 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 South Pasadena
For your South Pasadena older home, ask for a sweep and camera before a wood fire.
Chimney Sweep in South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
Small warning signs, refractory cracks, a stiff damper, worn smoke shelf mortar, matter more than they look in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
A leak near the chimney is usually a flashing problem, not a chimney problem, in Silver Lake.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
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 South Pasadena
South Pasadena incorporated in 1888, and much of its housing dates from the 1890s through 1930s, with landmarks on many streets. Chimneys on houses like that were never built with quakes in mind. We look at them with respect, and explain plainly what a repair would change. Shaking in 1987 and again in 1991 reached this city, so prewar brick has been tested twice. Hot summers and cool winter nights keep stressing the joints, and a cracked crown usually shows up indoors as a damp patch after rain.
The Houses
Around South Pasadena the stock runs to Colonial and Spanish Revival, Victorian and Craftsman homes, mostly prewar, plus many apartments.
Before the First Fire
Two quakes in five years hit this city, so a camera is the honest way to learn what they left in the flue.
Care of the Room
Original tile, plaster and woodwork stay padded, and we never lean tools against anything older than we are.
Close By
South Pasadena stops sometimes fall alongside Garvanza, Alhambra, Pasadena.
Not Sure What It Needs?
Tell us what your South Pasadena 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.