Chimcare Locations in California

Most California customers start with one of two visits: a $69 chimney inspection, or the $299 chimney sweep and inspection together. If your home has a gas fireplace or insert, as many California homes do, a $49 gas fireplace diagnostic checks the pilot, ignition, and venting. For repair and masonry work, we put the quote in writing before anything begins, and you're under no obligation to go ahead.

California fireplaces live a different life than fireplaces back east. Most burn a few dozen evenings a year rather than all winter, and that occasional use carries its own quiet risks. Creosote still builds up in wood-burning flues even with light use, and because months can pass between fires, problems like a cracked flue tile, a stuck damper, or a bird's nest in the chimney often go unnoticed for years. Two other realities of California homes are worth knowing: a masonry chimney is often the first part of an older house to show hairline cracks after seismic movement, and salt air near the coast slowly wears down chimney caps and flashing. None of these announce themselves, an inspection is usually how a homeowner finds out.

Whether you are lighting the first fire in a while, buying or selling a home, or simply want to know the chimney is sound before the holidays, we can help. Choose your city below and request service.