Santa Monica Chimneys, Old and New
Book a Santa Monica Chimney Visit
Leave your name, number and street. When we call back, tell us roughly how old the house is and whether the fireplace burns wood or gas.
Santa Monica ZIP Codes We Serve
Your street helps us plan the drive from El Segundo, and it often hints at how old the house and its chimney are.
Services for Santa Monica Chimneys
In Sunset Park or Ocean Park, mention any past repairs on an old stack before the sweep.
Chimney Sweep in Santa Monica
Soot and creosote cleared, then the damper and smoke shelf checked, the parts an older flue tends to lose first.
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A crown to firebox check, ordered by the chimney's era so the likeliest weak points come first.
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Crown, mortar and liner repairs in materials that suit when the chimney was built.
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Firebox, damper and hearth checked for the wear an older fireplace shows before a newer one does.
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Refractory, damper and hearth fixes matched to the original build, not a part that only roughly fits.
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A camera run through the whole flue for a home sale, most telling on older clay tile flues.
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Caps made to fit older flue tile sizes that stock caps often miss, spark arrestor mesh on top.
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Flashing redone where an older chimney meets a newer roof, the seam that tends to leak first.
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Repointing and brick work with mortar suited to older brick, color matched to what is there.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Santa Monica
Above-roof or full rebuilds once an old stack has gone past repointing, permits handled.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Santa Monica
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, wood or gas, with any age-related wear pointed out.
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Burner, pilot, logs and glass cleaned, with older valves and thermocouples given a closer look.
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Ignition faults traced on older standing-pilot systems and newer electronic ones alike.
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New surrounds and mantels planned around what the original firebox and flue can carry.
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Inserts fitted to older masonry fireboxes, with a liner sized to the flue already there.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Santa Monica
Auger, igniter, blower and board tested in turn, since an older stove often has more than one tired part.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Santa Monica
Baffles, firebrick, gaskets and combustors replaced as each one reaches the end of its life.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Santa Monica
Vented or ventless log sets that move an old wood firebox to gas without touching the masonry.
Learn MoreChimney ages and weak spots in Santa Monica
Few units here are detached, about 1 in 5, but the ones that are can be quite old, especially around Ocean Park's historic Third Street. A brick stack from before modern seismic rules may be unreinforced, so its age matters a great deal. Chimneys took serious damage here in the 1994 Northridge quake, and a wildfire later brought mandatory evacuations north of San Vicente Boulevard and Montana Avenue. Right on the ocean, the steady marine layer keeps crowns and steel damp all year.
Ages on These Streets
About 2 in 10 homes are prewar, in places like Ocean Park, among mostly apartments from later decades.
What Wears Out First
Steel caps and flashing exposed to salt air, and old brick stacks that may have been reset after 1994.
How We Sort It
Repairs from 1994 get rated as holding or not, and only those that have failed reach the top of your list.
Getting There
About 8 miles northwest, from our El Segundo base. Phones open 7 AM to 7 PM.
Start With the Age
Book an era check for your Santa Monica chimney.
One visit covers the sweep, a look at what the chimney's age puts at risk, and notes that split now from later.