Chimney Inspection in West Hollywood, CA

What happens during a chimney inspection visit in West Hollywood

In West Hollywood's older buildings, inspectors regularly find cracked crowns and eroded mortar joints on original masonry chimneys, damage that age and seismic exposure make almost inevitable. A cracked crown left unrepaired lets water into the chimney structure, which speeds up every other kind of failure.

Seismic movement and older construction put original fireplaces at the front of the line for full inspection before use, more so than the mild climate itself. A chimney that passed a sweep in the past can still fail once age and shifting have cracked the mortar.