Ojai Fireplaces, Safe for the Whole Family
A Family Fireplace in Ojai?
Leave your name and number, and tell us if there are small kids or pets at home. We call back and plan the Ojai visit around them.
Ojai 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 Ojai
Ojai's older cottages begin with frost damage at the top of the chimney, then a look down the flue.
Chimney Sweep in Ojai
Creosote and soot out of the flue. If the family lights a fire most weekends, book this every year.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Ojai
Every part from cap to firebox, plus the screen, the hearth edge and the alarm nearest the fireplace.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Ojai
Crown, mortar, liner and crack repair, explained in plain words before any work starts.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Ojai
Firebox, damper and smoke chamber, with a look at how hot the parts a child can touch get.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Ojai
Cracked firebox panels and sticky dampers fixed, so the fire stays where it belongs.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Ojai
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 Ojai
A stainless cap with spark mesh keeps rain, birds and squirrels out of the flue your family breathes near.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Ojai
Where the chimney meets the roof. Water in the attic or a stain on a bedroom ceiling starts here.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Ojai
Loose brick and crumbling mortar repaired before a piece falls into the yard where the kids play.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Ojai
Partial or full rebuilds when repairs will not hold, with permits and code work handled.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Ojai
Firebox, glass and hearth cleaned, ash removed, so little hands come away clean.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Ojai
Burner, pilot, logs and glass serviced, with a talk about the barrier screen and the CO alarm.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Ojai
Pilot, valve and ignition faults found and named, plain words, before anything is swapped.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Ojai
New surrounds and hearths planned with rounded edges and room for a proper screen.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Ojai
A closed insert keeps the fire behind a door. Gas, wood or electric, liner and venting included.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Ojai
Auger, igniter, blower and control board faults diagnosed, with the hot surfaces pointed out.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Ojai
Gaskets, firebrick and baffles replaced, so the door seals and smoke stays in the stove.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Ojai
Vented or ventless log sets sized to the room, with the damper clamp set and the alarm talk included.
Learn MoreWhat we tell Ojai parents
Downtown Ojai's cottages and Spanish homes can carry unreinforced brick, and ranch properties spread out toward the hills. On cold valley nights a fire can run for hours, so a family's flue may get more of a workout than in the basin. Cold air settles in this enclosed valley on winter nights, so masonry freezes and thaws harder than on the coast. Santa Anas can lift caps and carry embers, and Ventura County's separate air district means Rule 445 alerts are not the rule here.
Check at Home
After a hard frost, look at the top of the chimney for flaking brick or crumbs of mortar in the flower beds below.
Kids and Pets
Long fires on cold Ojai nights make the hearth stone very hot, so keep crawling babies and dozing dogs from settling beside it.
What We Look At First
Freeze damage at the top, then a camera along the old cottage flue.
Next Door
We also take calls from Casitas Springs, Oak View, Meiners Oaks.
Call Family Home
Not sure the Ojai 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.