Chimney Guides

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Is My Chimney Unreinforced Masonry?

California has the largest concentration of unreinforced masonry chimneys in the country, and most of the people who own one do not know it.

Spark Arrestor Requirements in California

The cheapest part on a California chimney is also the one most likely to be missing, corroded through, or blocked solid.

Fitting a Gas Insert? It Needs a Liner

Air district restrictions have pushed a lot of California households from open wood fires to gas inserts, and the liner has been left out of a lot of those installations.

Chimney Flashing Under Terracotta Barrel Tile

This is the hardest chimney detail in California roofing and the one done badly most often, because the shortcut looks finished.

Stucco Chimney Cracks: What Hollow Render Means

Stucco is the reason most California chimney problems are found late. It looks fine until it is not, and by then the water has been behind it for years.

After an Earthquake, Get the Chimney Looked At

California adds a trigger no other state has. Any event that could have damaged the chimney calls for a Level 2 inspection, and here that includes an earthquake you felt.

Rebuild It or Take It Down? A California Decision

This option gets raised less often than it should, because most of the companies you would ask do masonry for a living.

Buying in California? The Chimney Needs Its Own Survey

On a pre-war California house the chimney is the component most likely to be both a safety issue and a five-figure one, and it is the component the standard inspection covers least.

Burn Days, No-Burn Days, and What They Mean for Your Fireplace

In two large parts of California, whether you can light a fire tonight is a question with an official answer, published daily.

Marine Air and Chimneys on the California Coast

The rainfall figures for the California coast understate how wet a chimney there actually is, because most of the moisture arrives as fog.

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