Why Montrose calls for fireplace inspection
Montrose sits in the Crescenta Valley fire zone below the San Gabriel Mountains. Santa Ana winds push ember risk across the area every fall. Code-compliant spark arrestor caps and annual sweeping are the practical baseline here. On most visits we handle full firebox and refractory panel inspection, damper operation and sealing test, and smoke shelf and smoke chamber evaluation, and the scope comes from what the chimney needs, not a flat-rate script.

