We inspect a chimney and compare it to what the codes and standards say and then apply some experience and judgement into the overall call and the recommendations.

The cities in the Los Angeles area are enforcing some rules and regulations from the EPA and the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) that result in the circumstance that no wood burning fireplaces can be installed or constructed in the Los Angeles area any more

If you want a burner beneath a bed of crushed glass, or glass beads, or small lava rock, or a bed of sand with large concrete balls, anything like that, call us. We can install it.

Sometimes a brick chimney has a fracture running through it, which means it is broken. The mass of masonry above the fracture is just resting on top of the masonry below, with no mortar bond effective there to hold things together.

Chimney caps protect the inside of your chimney and the inside of your home from weather damage and outdoor pests.

Sometimes called “fake logs” or a “gas insert.” These usually consist of a grate, a pan with a burner, sand over the burner, and fake embers on top of the sand. The fake logs, made of something like special concrete or ceramic, then fit on top of the grate.

We are upgrading and you should too! Now offering electric fireplace installation services!