From the flats near the studios up to the canyon streets under Mulholland, we sweep, inspect and repair chimneys across Studio City.
Send the details and we will get back to you the same day. We inspect first and price after, so the number we give you is the number you pay.
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Our work runs right across Studio City, from the grid of streets near the studios up into the canyon lots that climb toward Mulholland Drive.
Studio City splits into two kinds of property, and the chimneys tell you which one you are standing on. Down on the flats between Ventura Boulevard and the river you get older single-story homes, a lot of them built in the 1940s and 1950s, laid out in tidy pockets like Colfax Meadows and the Silver Triangle. Their stacks are short, plain masonry, and most have been used steadily for decades.
Then the land tips upward. South of the boulevard the streets wind into the hills, the lots grow, and the houses run from mid-century post-and-beam to newer rebuilds tucked behind the trees. Those roofs are steeper and slower to get onto, which we plan around instead of hurrying.
The one thing nearly every Studio City property shares is tree cover. This is one of the greener corners of the Valley, and that shade is lovely to live under and hard on a flue, which is the part we spend the most time on here.
All of it is available across the neighborhood, and every job opens with an inspection.
Where everything else begins. You get photos and a plain read on the chimney's condition.
Crowns, mortar, flashing and flue liners. The usual work on stacks of this age.
Flue cleared of creosote, soot and whatever the trees dropped in, mess held in throughout.
Repointing and brickwork on the older masonry stacks down on the flats.
A capped, screened flue is what keeps leaves and animals out on a wooded lot.
Firebox, damper and hearth work on mid-century and remodeled fireplaces.
Studio City sits under more mature trees than most of the Valley. Oak, sycamore and pine lean over the canyon streets and shade the older lots on the flats, and every one of them sheds onto the roofs below. An open flue sitting under that canopy collects leaves, needles and small twigs all year, and by autumn there can be a real plug of debris packed down inside the top of the chimney.
That matters for two reasons. A flue choked with leaf litter does not draw properly, so smoke backs up into the room the first cold night you light a fire. And dry plant matter sitting on top of warm creosote is exactly the kind of thing you do not want near a flame.
The trees bring animals with them, too. Raccoons, birds and squirrels treat an uncapped flue as a ready-made hollow, and a nest wedged partway down is both a blockage and a fire risk. We pull more nests out of chimneys in this neighborhood than almost anywhere else we cover.
The fix is usually a good sweep followed by a properly screened cap. Up in the hills toward Fryman Canyon there is a fire-zone angle as well, where a sound spark arrestor keeps an ember from reaching dry brush.
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 work out of Woodland Hills, so Studio City is a short run east along the boulevard or over the hill. Call and we will find you the first open slot.
More than people expect. Leaves, needles and twigs drop into an open flue and pack down over the year, which blocks the draw and can leave smoke coming back into the room. Dry debris sitting on old creosote is also a fire risk. A sweep clears it, and a screened cap keeps most of it from getting back in.
Often, yes. Raccoons, birds and squirrels use uncapped flues as nesting spots, and we see it a lot in this neighborhood. We clear the nest, sweep the flue and fit a proper cap so it does not happen again. If there are live animals, we will tell you straight whether it needs a wildlife specialist first.
Yes. The canyon streets sit near the fire zone, and a spark arrestor on the cap stops an ember drifting out of your flue into dry brush. It doubles as the screen that keeps leaves and animals out, so one cap handles both jobs.
An inspection. On a stack that old we want eyes on the crown, the mortar and the flue liner before anything else. You get photos of what we find and a straight answer on what actually needs doing.
No. Everything gets covered before a tool comes out, and the vacuum runs the whole visit. 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.
