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Lomita Chimney Work, Brushed and Built by Hand

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Brushes Run by Hand
Roof Checked Before We Climb Down
Masonry by the Crew That Looked
Photos Taken Up Top
Calls Taken 7 AM to 7 PM Daily
Based in Lomita
Brushes Run by Hand
Roof Checked Before We Climb Down
Masonry by the Crew That Looked
Photos Taken Up Top
Calls Taken 7 AM to 7 PM Daily
Based in Lomita
Harris Work in Lomita

Brushed by hand, checked from the roof, repaired by the same crew

Most jobs start with a sweep and a climb. What we see up there decides the masonry, cap or flashing work that follows. Each card says what that job involves.

Chimney Sweep

Hand-run rotary sweep in Lomita, with the cap and crown checked from the roof before the ladder comes down.

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Chimney Inspection

Chimney inspection in Lomita: we climb up, go over each part by hand and photograph it before we come down.

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Chimney Repair

Crown, mortar and liner repair in Lomita, done by the same people who looked at the chimney first.

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Fireplace Inspection

Firebox, damper and smoke shelf gone over by hand in Lomita, with a photo of anything worn.

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Fireplace Repair

Fireplace repairs in Lomita handled by whoever inspected the firebox, in materials matched to the build.

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Chimney Level 2 Inspection

Level 2 camera inspection in Lomita: the whole flue on video, the roof checked in person, photos in the report.

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Chimney Cap Installation

Stainless chimney caps in Lomita, measured on the roof and fitted by the person who measured them.

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Chimney Flashing Repair

Flashing repair in Lomita: we find the leak at the roof line, then bend and set the new metal ourselves.

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Chimney Masonry Repair

Tuckpointing and brick work in Lomita, repointed by hand by the crew that checked the joints.

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Chimney Rebuilds

Chimney rebuilds in Lomita, laid course by course, from above the roofline down to a full stack.

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Fireplace Cleaning

Fireplace cleaning in Lomita: firebox, glass doors and hearth done by hand, wood or gas.

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Gas Fireplace Cleaning

Gas fireplace cleaning in Lomita, burner and pilot taken apart by hand and a CO check before we leave.

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Gas Fireplace Repair

Gas fireplace repair in Lomita: we test each part in turn until we find the one that failed.

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Fireplace Remodel

Surrounds, mantels and insert conversions in Lomita, built by hand after a look at the flue.

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Fireplace Inserts

Fireplace inserts fitted in Lomita, with the liner and venting run by the same crew.

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Pellet Stove Repair

Pellet stove repair in Lomita: auger, igniter, blower and control board tested by hand.

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Wood Stove Repair

Wood stove repair in Lomita: baffles, firebrick, gaskets and combustors replaced by hand.

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Gas Logs

Gas log sets fitted in Lomita, sized to the room and the firebox and hooked up by our own crew.

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About Harris

Chimney Work That Stays in the Same Hands

Harris Chimney Contractors is a Lomita chimney contractor that keeps the work in a few pairs of hands. Whoever climbs your roof to look at the crown is the one who mixes the mortar and sets it, so nothing gets lost between a salesperson, a report and a crew you have never met.

Every visit starts on the roof. Cap, crown, flashing and the top courses of brick get looked at up close and photographed before we come down, because most chimney trouble starts at the top.

Then the brushes go up from the firebox, turned by hand so we can feel where the flue catches. If a crown or a run of joints needs work, the same people come back with the mortar.

Cap and crown checked on the roof
Rotary brushes run by hand
Repairs by the crew that looked
Photos of each part before we leave
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Roof Checked
Before the ladder comes down

The Looker Is the Fixer

Whoever climbs up to check your chimney is the one who comes back with the trowel. No hand-off to a crew that never saw the roof.

Checked Before We Climb Down

Cap, crown, flashing and top brick are looked at and photographed on the roof, not guessed at from the driveway.

Lomita Roofs, South Bay Brick

We work out of Lomita and spend most days on Torrance, Palos Verdes hill, Gardena and Long Beach roofs, so we know how brick and caps wear here.

Wait If It Can Wait

If a hairline crack can be watched instead of repaired, we say so and photograph it, so you can compare at the next visit.

How a Harris Visit Runs

Roof First, Brushes by Hand, Same Crew After

Five steps, in the order we do them on a real roof. The people at step two are the people at step five.

1

Tell Us What You See

Call and describe it: smoke in the room, a smell, a stain on the ceiling, a rattle in the wind. We ask about the roof, tile or shingle, one story or two, so the right ladder comes on the truck.

2

Up on the Roof First

We climb up and look at the cap, crown, flashing and top courses of brick before anything else, and take a photo of each one while we are still up there.

3

Brushes Run by Hand

Rotary brushes go up the flue from the firebox, turned and pushed by hand, with a HEPA vacuum running at the hearth. The smoke shelf and damper get cleared on the same pass.

4

Walk Through the Photos

Before we leave, we show you what we saw on the roof and in the flue, say what needs work and what can wait, and write it down.

5

Same Hands Do the Repair

Crown, joints, cap or flashing work is done by the people who looked at it, on a day you pick. Nothing gets repaired until you say so.

Want us up there? Call and tell us what you see.

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Where Harris Climbs

Lomita first, then Torrance, the hill and Gardena

140 town pages. Each one says what we tend to find on the roofs there and what the same crew then fixes.

Lomita

our home town, a small city between Torrance, Harbor City and the foot of the hill

Lomita is where Harris works from, so a call here usually means a short drive and a ladder off the truck on the first visit. Plenty of houses along Narbonne Avenue and the side streets off Pacific Coast Highway have a single brick stack that has gone a long while without a brush. We sweep it by hand, then climb up and look at the crown and cap before anyone talks about repairs.

TorranceHarbor CityRolling Hills EstatesWalteria

Torrance

the big city on Lomita's north and west sides

Torrance wraps around Lomita on two sides, so it gets more of our ladder time than anywhere but home. Tract houses from the 1950s and 1960s often have a brick chimney with white chalky streaks on the face. That is water moving through the brick, and we trace it on the roof to a split crown or an open joint before we mix any mortar.

WalteriaOld TorranceHarbor CityRedondo Beach

Rancho Palos Verdes

the peninsula above the ocean, up the hill from Lomita

Rancho Palos Verdes is a short drive up the hill from Lomita, and we climb plenty of roofs on the peninsula. Tile roofs and steep lots mean we plan the ladder before we arrive. Around Portuguese Bend and other spots where the ground moves, we look for cracks that cross the brick rather than follow the mortar, and we photograph them from the roof so you see what we see.

Palos Verdes EstatesRolling HillsSan PedroRolling Hills Estates

Rolling Hills Estates

horse-country streets on the hill just above Lomita

Rolling Hills Estates starts right up the hill from Lomita. Houses here sit on big parcels with long roof runs, and a chimney may not have had anyone on top of it in a long time. We walk the roof, check the cap fasteners and the top of the liner, then sweep from below with rotary brushes so the flue is clean all the way up.

Rolling HillsRancho Palos VerdesLomitaTorrance

More areas

136 more towns we work in

Each has its own page with roof notes from our crew.

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Calling Harris

Tell us the town and what you see

A stain, a smell, smoke in the room or a rattle in the wind is enough to start. We ask about the roof so the right ladder comes along. Call, or send the form and we call back.

Call (424) 266-4550All 140 areas we serve

Towns we work in

LomitaTorranceRancho Palos VerdesRolling Hills EstatesGardenaLong BeachAgoura HillsAlhambraArcadiaArtesia
Questions People Ask Harris

Brushes, Roofs and Who Does the Repair

Most calls from Lomita and the towns around it come with the same few questions. Here they are, with straight answers from the people who do the work.

Something you can see from the yard?

Call and describe it. The person on the phone is likely the one who will climb up.

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Rotary brushes on rods that we push and turn ourselves let us feel the flue. When the brush catches on a shifted tile, a ledge of glazed creosote or a nest, we stop and find out what it is. A rig that spins on its own pushes past those spots, and the problem stays in the chimney. Hand work takes a little longer, and it tells us more.
The person who climbed up and looked at it, or someone working beside them that day. We do not send one person to look and a different crew you have never met to build. When the crown, the joints or the cap need work, the people who photographed the problem are the ones who mix the mortar and set it, so nothing gets lost in a hand-off.
The cap and its spark arrestor screen, the crown, the flashing where the chimney meets the roof, the top courses of brick and mortar, and the top of the flue liner. Each one gets a photo before we climb down. Checking from the roof, rather than from the yard or the firebox, is how we catch a split crown or a rusted cap seam early, especially on Lomita and Torrance houses that have gone a long time between visits.
NFPA 211, the national standard for chimneys and fireplaces, calls for an inspection at least once a year and a sweep when deposits build up. In the South Bay most people burn on cool evenings in winter, so once a year is usually enough for a wood fireplace used now and then. A fireplace that runs most nights, or one that smells of campfire on warm days, may need it sooner. We tell you what we found on the brush and the roof, and you decide.
Creosote forms every time wood burns. The first stage is loose soot that a brush clears easily. The later stages harden into a shiny, tar-like coat on the flue walls that ordinary brushing will not move. For that we use rotary chain heads, turned by hand so we can feel how the liner is holding up, and a chemical treatment where needed. If the coating has damaged the liner, we show you the photos before anything else happens.
Call 911 first and get everyone out. Close the damper only if you can reach it safely. Do not light the fireplace again until the whole flue has been checked, which means a Level 2 inspection with a camera. Heat from a chimney fire can crack clay tiles and loosen the joints around them while the outside of the stack looks normal. We run the camera, climb up to look at the crown and cap, and the same crew handles any repair.
Yes. On a gas unit we take the burner and pilot assembly apart by hand, clean the logs and glass, test the thermocouple and ignition, and run a carbon monoxide check before we leave. We also look at the vent or chimney from the roof, because a gas appliance still needs a clear, sound flue. Many newer homes near the beach have gas units in framed chases, and the chase top gets checked on the same visit.
Let the fireplace go cold for a day, clear the hearth and a path to it, and keep pets in another room. Tell us when you book if the roof is tile, very steep or reached only from a neighbor's side, so we bring the right ladder. If you have photos or notes from an earlier chimney visit, have them handy and we will compare.

Get Someone Up on Your Lomita Roof

Harris brushes the flue by hand, checks the cap and crown before climbing down, and the same people come back for any masonry.

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Chimney checks for a sale, a listing or a row of fireplaces

Four pages for the moments a chimney gets looked at hard: buying or selling, working with agents, managing many units, and reading a failed item.

Home sale chimney inspection

A Level 2 flue scan with photos taken on the roof, ready while the buyer's clock is running.

Chimney help for agents

For the call when your client asks about the fireplace: a quick Level 2 and a report you can use.

Property manager chimney service

Every fireplace on the property checked in one visit, priced per fireplace.

Failed Level 2 repairs

What a failed Level 2 means and which repairs carry a posted price.

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