Long Beach Fireplaces, Safe for the Whole Family
A Family Fireplace in Long Beach?
Leave your name and number, and tell us if there are small kids or pets at home. We call back and plan the Long Beach visit around them.
Long Beach 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 Long Beach
Older Long Beach houses begin with the rebuilt joints, since a patch from 1933 may be what gives way.
Chimney Sweep in Long Beach
Creosote and soot out of the flue. If the family lights a fire most weekends, book this every year.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Long Beach
Every part from cap to firebox, plus the screen, the hearth edge and the alarm nearest the fireplace.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Long Beach
Crown, mortar, liner and crack repair, explained in plain words before any work starts.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Long Beach
Firebox, damper and smoke chamber, with a look at how hot the parts a child can touch get.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Long Beach
Cracked firebox panels and sticky dampers fixed, so the fire stays where it belongs.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Long Beach
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 Long Beach
A stainless cap with spark mesh keeps rain, birds and squirrels out of the flue your family breathes near.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Long Beach
Where the chimney meets the roof. Water in the attic or a stain on a bedroom ceiling starts here.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Long Beach
Loose brick and crumbling mortar repaired before a piece falls into the yard where the kids play.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Long Beach
Partial or full rebuilds when repairs will not hold, with permits and code work handled.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Long Beach
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, ash removed, so little hands come away clean.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Long Beach
Burner, pilot, logs and glass serviced, with a talk about the barrier screen and the CO alarm.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Long Beach
Pilot, valve and ignition faults found and named, plain words, before anything is swapped.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Long Beach
New surrounds and hearths planned with rounded edges and room for a proper screen.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Long Beach
A closed insert keeps the fire behind a door. Gas, wood or electric, liner and venting included.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Long Beach
Auger, igniter, blower and control board faults diagnosed, with the hot surfaces pointed out.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Long Beach
Gaskets, firebrick and baffles replaced, so the door seals and smoke stays in the stove.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Long Beach
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the damper clamp set and the alarm talk included.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Long Beach parents
Chimneys on older Long Beach houses were often damaged or rebuilt after 1933, so a brick stack here may not be as old as the house around it. A parent cannot know which kind they have without a camera and a little detective work. Damage here in 1933 was bad enough to bring about the Field Act, which made schools safer, and the Newport-Inglewood Fault is still underfoot. Mild Pacific air spares most frost damage, leaving November through March rain to find the old cracks.
Check at Home
On a Craftsman or Spanish house, look for mismatched brick at roof height, since a color change can mark where a chimney was rebuilt after 1933.
Kids and Pets
Old screens can have wide gaps that let sparks out at toddler height, so check that yours fits the opening and that dogs cannot paw it aside.
What We Look At First
Rebuilt sections from after 1933, and how they join the older brick below.
Next Door
We also take calls from Carson, Los Alamitos, Bellflower.
Call Family Home
Not sure the Long Beach 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.