Local chimney inspection in Crawford
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Clearances to framing are measured in the attic, where most people never look.
- Free inspection and estimateThe chimney inspection at your Crawford home costs nothing, and a clean result is reported as clean.
- Locally ownedA locally owned business shows you what it sees, so the findings are yours to check.
- No hidden feesAny repair that comes out of the inspection gets its own line and price before you decide.
Inspecting a chimney during a house sale
A sale is one of the moments NFPA 211 singles out for a closer look than the ordinary yearly check. For a buyer, the point is to learn what the chimney will need before the papers are signed. For a seller, it is to know what a buyer's inspector will find, and to decide what to repair first.
Either way the inspection covers the attic side of the stack, every flue and every connected appliance, and it ends with findings explained on site and any repairs set out in writing. Tell us the closing date when you book, so the visit lands in time for the Crawford closing. Starting the season in Crawford? Call (904) 920-5495 and book the inspection before the first fire.
Crawford sits in Nassau County. Crawford is inland.
Inspection work we handle in Crawford
- Crown, cap and flashing checked from the roof
- Stove connectors and gas vents followed end to end
- Flue size compared with the opening or appliance
- Findings for your Crawford home explained on site
Ask, look up, look down, explain
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The reason noted first
We ask why you want the inspection, whether a sale, a new stove, a storm or a smell, and plan around it.
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Firebox up to the flue
Firebrick, hearth, damper, smoke chamber and flue tile are checked with a strong light from below.
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Roof and attic next
Crown, cap, flashing and brick are checked from the roof where safe, and clearances from the attic.
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Findings explained on site
We go over each finding with you on site, and any repair gets its own price.
What inspections find in Crawford
Crawford is inland, so salt is less of a factor for its chimneys. Findings here usually come from water through the crown or flashing, deposit in the flue, and wear in the firebox.
The inspection ranks what it finds, with safety items first.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
The inspection in Crawford is free, and a repair it turns up is 10% off if booked within 72 hours.
Working the damper through its full travel
A damper has two jobs: open fully so smoke can leave, and close flat so room air cannot. The inspection works the handle through its whole travel and watches the plate. A plate that stops short of open chokes the fire; one that will not close leaks conditioned air up the flue on every idle day.
Rust scale on the frame, a bent plate, pivot wear or a handle that slips are all recorded. The handle positions for open and closed are shown to you. So is a damper missing altogether, which turns up in some fireplaces after an earlier repair took it out and nothing replaced it.
What a cap should do, and how it fails
A chimney cap sheds rain, bars animals from the flue and holds sparks in. To do that it has to sit square on the flue or crown, be fastened so wind cannot lift it, and keep its screen whole. The inspection checks each point: legs or band loose on the tile, fasteners rusted, mesh torn or clogged with soot, a lid dented low enough to choke the draft.
A missing cap is noted with the flue's outside size so the right one can be fitted. Where one cap covers several flues, it is checked against every opening under it.
Every flue in the stack, including the idle ones
NFPA 211 has the yearly inspection take in every flue in the chimney and every appliance connected to it, including ones rarely used. A second flue that once served a furnace or a closed-off fireplace can hold nests, fallen tile or water damage with no one watching.
The code also wants a masonry divider, a wythe of 4 inches or more, between flues in the same chimney (FBC R1003.13), and a missing or crumbled wythe lets smoke cross from one flue into another. Each flue is recorded by what it serves, or that it serves nothing. Unused flues get their caps checked too.
Firebox, flue, roof and attic
- Framing clearances checked in the attic and where floors and ceilings meet the stack
- Stove connector support, joints, pitch and thimble condition recorded
- Factory-built listing label read and parts compared with the manual
- Chimney height measured against any roof or wall within 10 feet
Inspection questions from Crawford
Will you need to get into the attic?
If the chimney passes through an attic, yes, because the attic is where clearances to framing and fireblocking can be seen. If there is no safe access, the findings say what could not be checked.
Can you inspect the top if the roof is not walkable?
Yes. The top is examined from a ladder at the eave or from the ground with good optics. The findings say which parts were seen close up and which were not, so nothing is guessed at.
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