Crowns, Joints and Flashing in Hidden Hills, CA
Book a Roof-Level Look in Hidden Hills
Send your name, number and what you see on top of the chimney. Expect a call to set a Hidden Hills day and say what the visit covers.
Hidden Hills Roofs We Climb
On these streets the chimneys sit on A.E. Hanson's planned ranch-style houses on private streets, every one of them detached. If your house is near one of the names below, it is on our Hidden Hills run.
What a First Hidden Hills Roof Visit Covers
Gate access arranged in advance, then photos of a broad ranch stack, its crown and cap, and its fire-zone concerns.
Chimney Sweep in Hidden Hills
A sweep clears creosote and soot, and while we are up there we photograph the crown and top joints too. Booked in Van Nuys and across the San Fernando Valley.
Learn MoreChimney Inspection in Hidden Hills
We start on the roof with the crown, joints and flashing, then work down the flue. Van Nuys inspections come with photos of every face and a plain account of the build.
Learn MoreChimney Repair in Hidden Hills
Most leaks start at the crown, the top joints or the flashing. We find which one in Van Nuys, show you the photo, and repair that part with matched brick and mortar.
Learn MoreFireplace Inspection in Hidden Hills
The firebox, damper and smoke chamber checked part by part in Van Nuys, with the masonry above them looked at on the same visit.
Learn MoreFireplace Repair in Hidden Hills
Cracked firebrick, a warped damper or worn smoke shelf mortar, repaired in Van Nuys with the material each part was built from.
Learn MoreChimney Level 2 Inspection in Hidden Hills
The camera inspection a home sale calls for in Van Nuys, plus roof photos of the crown and top courses so buyers see the outside of the stack too.
Learn MoreChimney Cap Installation in Hidden Hills
A cap is only as solid as the crown it sits on. In Van Nuys we fit stainless caps with spark screens and fix the crown under them first.
Learn MoreChimney Flashing Repair in Hidden Hills
Flashing pulled away from the brick is behind most leaks beside a chimney. We cut counter flashing into the joints in Van Nuys instead of leaning on caulk.
Learn MoreChimney Masonry Repair in Hidden Hills
Open joints near the top go first. We rake them out and repoint Van Nuys chimneys with mortar matched to the brick, face by face.
Learn MoreChimney Rebuilds in Hidden Hills
When the courses above the roofline have shifted or split, we take them down to sound brick and relay them in Van Nuys, matched to the stack below.
Learn MoreFireplace Cleaning in Hidden Hills
Ash, soot and creosote cleared from the firebox, hearth and glass doors in Van Nuys, on wood-burning and gas fireplaces.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Cleaning in Hidden Hills
Burner, pilot, thermocouple, logs and glass cleaned on gas fireplaces in Van Nuys, with a carbon monoxide check before we leave.
Learn MoreGas Fireplace Repair in Hidden Hills
A gas fireplace that will not light or stay lit usually has a failed thermocouple, valve or igniter. We trace which one in Van Nuys before replacing anything.
Learn MoreFireplace Remodel in Hidden Hills
New surrounds, mantels and insert conversions in Van Nuys, built after we check that the firebox and flue behind them are sound.
Learn MoreFireplace Inserts in Hidden Hills
Gas, wood and electric inserts fitted into existing masonry fireboxes in Van Nuys, with the liner and venting the unit calls for.
Learn MorePellet Stove Repair in Hidden Hills
Augers, igniters, blowers and control boards diagnosed and repaired on pellet stoves in Van Nuys.
Learn MoreWood Stove Repair in Hidden Hills
Baffles, firebrick, door gaskets and combustors repaired on wood stoves in Van Nuys, with the stovepipe checked on the same visit.
Learn MoreGas Logs in Hidden Hills
Vented and ventless gas log sets for masonry fireplaces in Van Nuys, sized to the room with a shut-off on the gas line.
Learn MoreReading the Top of a Hidden Hills Chimney
Landscape architect A.E. Hanson laid this out for ranch-style living, starting around 1950, and nearly every home stands alone and is owner-occupied. Stacks from the sixties and seventies vary with each custom build, so we read each separately. Parts of town fall in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, where the cap has a job beyond rain. Canyon air brings an occasional cool morning, but summer heat here is nothing like the shore, and winter nights can frost.
The Crown
Ranch chimneys often have broad, flat tops where water sits, and we reshape them with a slope that drains off all sides.
Joints and Flashing
Heat by day and occasional frost at night stress older mortar, so worn sections are cut out and repointed to match the rest.
Above the Roofline
Northridge was strongly felt here, and wide ranch stacks can hide cracks along the top, which we check and relay as needed.
Booked Alongside
Hidden Hills roof visits often share a day with Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village.
Before Any Repair
Tell us what you see on top of your Hidden Hills chimney.
A cracked crown, a stain beside the stack, brick that looks out of line. That is enough for us to plan the roof visit, and we explain the build before we quote.