Avalon Fireplaces, Safe for the Whole Family
A Family Fireplace in Avalon?
Leave your name and number, and tell us if there are small kids or pets at home. We call back and plan the Avalon visit around them.
Avalon ZIP Codes
Give us your ZIP when you call, and say if a nap time or school pickup limits the window.
Family Home Services for Avalon
On Avalon cottages, the salt-worn cap comes before anything else, then the old flue beneath it gets a camera.
Chimney Sweep in Avalon
Creosote and soot out of the flue. If the family lights a fire most weekends, book this every year.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Avalon
Every part from cap to firebox, plus the screen, the hearth edge and the alarm nearest the fireplace.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Avalon
Crown, mortar, liner and crack repair, explained in plain words before any work starts.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Avalon
Firebox, damper and smoke chamber, with a look at how hot the parts a child can touch get.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Avalon
Cracked firebox panels and sticky dampers fixed, so the fire stays where it belongs.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Avalon
A camera up the whole flue. The one to book after a quake, a chimney fire, or when smoke shows up upstairs.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Avalon
A stainless cap with spark mesh keeps rain, birds and squirrels out of the flue your family breathes near.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Avalon
Where the chimney meets the roof. Water in the attic or a stain on a bedroom ceiling starts here.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Avalon
Loose brick and crumbling mortar repaired before a piece falls into the yard where the kids play.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Avalon
Partial or full rebuilds when repairs will not hold, with permits and code work handled.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Avalon
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, ash removed, so little hands come away clean.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Avalon
Burner, pilot, logs and glass serviced, with a talk about the barrier screen and the CO alarm.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Avalon
Pilot, valve and ignition faults found and named, plain words, before anything is swapped.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Avalon
New surrounds and hearths planned with rounded edges and room for a proper screen.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Avalon
A closed insert keeps the fire behind a door. Gas, wood or electric, liner and venting included.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Avalon
Auger, igniter, blower and control board faults diagnosed, with the hot surfaces pointed out.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Avalon
Gaskets, firebrick and baffles replaced, so the door seals and smoke stays in the stove.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Avalon
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the damper clamp set and the alarm talk included.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Avalon parents
Half the homes in Avalon predate 1950, tucked into a tight canyon with neighbors close by. An old cottage chimney that sheds smoke badly can affect the next house as well as your own, so what happens inside that flue matters. Salt and damp, not heat or frost, wear down island masonry and metal. Flames forced Avalon evacuations in 2007, when the Island Fire took about 4,750 acres, so a cap with sound mesh is worth having in this canyon.
Check at Home
Look for orange streaks running down from the chimney top, a sign the cap or flashing is rusting and letting damp reach the flue.
Kids and Pets
Rust flakes and wet soot can drop into the firebox from a failing cap, so keep little ones from playing inside a cold fireplace.
What We Look At First
The salt-worn cap and its fasteners, then a look down the cottage flue for damp and cracks.
Next Door
We also take calls from Two Harbors, Dana Point, Descanso Beach.
Call Family Home
Not sure the Avalon fireplace is ready for the kids?
Tell us who lives in the house and what you have noticed: smoke, a smell, a loose screen, an alarm that chirps. We say what to book.