Licensed chimney sweeps and repairs across Santa Monica, from Ocean Park up to North of Montana. Usually out the same week.
Tell us what you need and we will come back to you the same day. Sweeps start at $99, inspections at $69, and you get a firm number before anyone starts.
Prefer to talk? Call (818) 854-5578
The Chimney Brothers cover chimney sweeping, inspection and repair across Santa Monica, from the beach blocks up to the streets above Montana Avenue.
Santa Monica housing runs older than most of the Westside. Craftsman bungalows around Ocean Park and Sunset Park. Spanish revival further north. A lot of it still has the original masonry, which has been sitting in coastal weather for decades. That matters more than people expect. Salt air is hard on mortar and harder on metal, so crowns crack and caps corrode years before they would inland.
The other thing we see constantly here is fireplaces that sit idle most of the year, then get lit a handful of times over winter. Creosote does not need heavy use to build up. A flue nobody has looked at since last February is exactly the one that causes trouble on the first cold night.
We work the Westside on a regular route, so Santa Monica appointments are usually available inside a week.
Same flue, same angle, one visit apart. The buildup on the left is what catches fire.
Everything we do is available across the city, and every job starts with an inspection.
Where every job starts. From $69, complimentary with a sweep.
Creosote and soot cleared, drop cloths down, HEPA vacuum running. From $99.
Crowns, caps, flashing and mortar. The parts coastal air gets to first.
Tracking down where water is getting in, then sealing it before it reaches the ceiling.
Firebox, damper, and hearth repairs on older Santa Monica fireplaces.
A breathable seal that keeps salt air and rain out of the masonry.
Chimneys here wear differently to inland ones. Salt comes in off the water and goes after mortar joints and metal. Caps rust through. Dampers seize. Crowns pick up hairline cracks that let water straight into the masonry.
Then there is the marine layer, damp most mornings for a good stretch of the year, leaving moisture in brickwork that never properly dries. That is how a small crack turns into spalling brick and a stain on your ceiling.
It is why waterproofing and cap replacement come up far more often on this side of the city, and why we look properly at the exterior on every Santa Monica job instead of sweeping the flue and driving off.
Call for the quickest answer, or send the form at the top of the page and we will come back to you the same day.
Usually the same week. The Westside is on a regular route, so Santa Monica jobs do not sit behind the rest of the city. Calling gets you scheduled quickest.
Yes, noticeably. Salt air corrodes metal caps and dampers faster, and works its way into mortar joints and crowns. The closer to the water, the sooner the exterior masonry needs attention.
Sweeps start at $99, inspections at $69. We inspect first to see what the chimney actually needs, then quote before starting. Booked together, the inspection is on us.
Common here, and worth checking before you light it. Old creosote hardens off, debris and nests build up, dampers seize. An inspection tells you whether it is safe to burn or needs work first.
No. Drop cloths go down before anything else and the HEPA vacuum runs the whole time. Your floors look the same as when we arrived.
Sweeps start at $99, inspections at $69, and you get a firm number before anyone starts. Call, or send the form at the top of the page.
