Lomita Fireplaces, Safe for the Whole Family
A Family Fireplace in Lomita?
Leave your name and number, and tell us if there are small kids or pets at home. We call back and plan the Lomita visit around them.
Lomita 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 Lomita
Lomita chimneys start with a hunt for moisture in the old brick and any cracks that let it in.
Chimney Sweep in Lomita
Creosote and soot out of the flue. If the family lights a fire most weekends, book this every year.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Lomita
Every part from cap to firebox, plus the screen, the hearth edge and the alarm nearest the fireplace.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Lomita
Crown, mortar, liner and crack repair, explained in plain words before any work starts.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Lomita
Firebox, damper and smoke chamber, with a look at how hot the parts a child can touch get.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Lomita
Cracked firebox panels and sticky dampers fixed, so the fire stays where it belongs.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Lomita
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 Lomita
A stainless cap with spark mesh keeps rain, birds and squirrels out of the flue your family breathes near.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Lomita
Where the chimney meets the roof. Water in the attic or a stain on a bedroom ceiling starts here.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Lomita
Loose brick and crumbling mortar repaired before a piece falls into the yard where the kids play.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Lomita
Partial or full rebuilds when repairs will not hold, with permits and code work handled.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Lomita
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, ash removed, so little hands come away clean.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Lomita
Burner, pilot, logs and glass serviced, with a talk about the barrier screen and the CO alarm.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Lomita
Pilot, valve and ignition faults found and named, plain words, before anything is swapped.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Lomita
New surrounds and hearths planned with rounded edges and room for a proper screen.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Lomita
A closed insert keeps the fire behind a door. Gas, wood or electric, liner and venting included.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Lomita
Auger, igniter, blower and control board faults diagnosed, with the hot surfaces pointed out.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Lomita
Gaskets, firebrick and baffles replaced, so the door seals and smoke stays in the stove.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Lomita
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the damper clamp set and the alarm talk included.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Lomita parents
Half of Lomita's homes are houses, half something else, and around 8 in 10 of all of them predate 1980. Most of those detached places carry brick from the postwar decades, the sort of thing a parent assumes is solid until someone looks. About three miles from the ocean by the peninsula, these chimneys stay on the damp side. Harbor-area shaking in 1933 reached Lomita as well, and from November to March the rain goes looking for any crack it left.
Check at Home
Keep a dry towel handy after heavy rain and press it to the fireplace wall, since a wet towel means water is getting into the brick.
Kids and Pets
A damp firebox can grow mold that bothers little lungs, so keep kids from playing inside one and let it dry before any fire.
What We Look At First
Dampness in brick masonry, then any old Harbor-area shaking cracks.
Next Door
We also take calls from Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills.
Call Family Home
Not sure the Lomita 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.