Foothill neighborhoods below the Verdugos, older Spanish and Craftsman homes and brush on the ridgelines. We sweep, inspect and repair chimneys across Glendale, from Adams Hill and Rossmoyne to the Verdugo and Chevy Chase canyons.
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We cover sweeping, inspection and repair across Glendale, from Adams Hill and Rossmoyne up into Verdugo Woodlands, Chevy Chase Canyon and the foothill streets.
Glendale runs from a flat downtown up into the foothills of the Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains, and the housing climbs with it. The older neighborhoods, Adams Hill, Rossmoyne and the streets around Brand Park, are full of 1920s and 30s Spanish and Craftsman homes, and above them the land rises into Verdugo Woodlands, Glenoaks Canyon and Chevy Chase Canyon.
A lot of these chimneys are original masonry, laid nearly a century ago, and that age shows. Old lime mortar loosens, crowns crack and flue liners wear, and this stretch of foothill has felt its share of earthquakes, which does old brick no favors. Reading that wear is most of the job here.
Access shifts with the ground. Downtown and the flats are simple, while the canyon and hillside streets climb, narrow and twist. We plan the roof access and timing before the visit rather than work it out on your street.
All of it is available across the neighborhood, and every job opens with an inspection.
Where every job starts. Photos and a plain read on an older chimney's condition.
Crowns, mortar, flashing and flue liners, common work on Glendale's 1920s masonry.
Flue cleared of creosote and soot, with the mess held in the whole visit.
Tracing a leak back to its source, which older foothill masonry likes to hide.
Caps and spark arrestors fitted right, worth more with brush on the Verdugo slopes.
Firebox, damper and hearth work on the original and remodeled fireplaces here.
Age is the first thing about a Glendale chimney. Many of these stacks were built in the 1920s and 30s, and mortar that old gives up its grip over the decades. We find crumbling joints, cracked crowns and worn clay flue tiles, the ordinary wear of a chimney that has stood for the better part of a century.
This is earthquake country too, sitting near the Verdugo and Sierra Madre faults, and shaking is hard on tall masonry. Even a moderate quake can crack a crown, open a joint or shift a flue tile, sometimes in ways you would never spot from the living room.
The foothills carry brush, and a Santa Ana can drive fire down the Verdugo and San Gabriel slopes. A sound spark arrestor on the cap keeps an ember inside your flue, which counts for more the closer your street sits to the open hillside.
You can read some of it from the yard. Look for a cracked or leaning crown, rust on the cap and stair-step cracks in the brick. If the mortar crumbles under a screwdriver, the chimney is due for a proper look, and after a quake or a windstorm is a sensible time.
Call for the quickest answer, or send the form higher up the page and we will come back to you the same day.
Usually the same week. We are in the foothill neighborhoods often, so a Glendale visit fits in without a long wait. Call and we will give you the next open day and a realistic window.
Often yes, but age is the whole question. Old mortar, a cracked crown or a worn liner can let heat or water into the house, and quakes add to that wear. An inspection tells you where it really stands, with photos.
It can, and the damage is not always obvious. Shaking cracks crowns, opens mortar joints and shifts flue tiles up top where you cannot see it. After a notable quake it is worth a look, especially on an older masonry stack.
Yes. The Verdugo and San Gabriel slopes can burn on a dry wind, and a spark arrestor keeps an ember from leaving your flue. If yours is missing or rusted through, we would fit one before fire season.
Once a year for most homes that burn wood, before the first cold night. Even light use builds creosote, and on an older flue the yearly visit is when we catch a crack or a worn liner early.
No. We cover everything before starting and run the vacuum throughout. You should not be able to tell we were there.
We look at it, you see the photos, then you get a written price. Call, or fill in the form above.
