Why chimney inspection looks different in Altadena
Altadena sits in a very high fire hazard zone right against the mountains, so we photograph spark arrestor caps and masonry condition on every visit rather than relying on notes from a prior season. Santa Ana wind events raise ember risk fast, and a dated photo record shows exactly what shape a chimney was in going into fire season. Work here regularly turns up level 1: visual inspection for annual maintenance, level 2: camera inspection for real estate or damage assessment, and level 3: invasive inspection for suspected hidden damage, which is why we scope the job off the chimney in front of us instead of a flat estimate.
