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Norwalk chimney sweep for wood and gas fireplaces
AAA Chimney Sweep, a family chimney business founded in 1977, cleans and repairs wood and gas fireplaces in Norwalk and inspects the chimneys above them. Inspections come in starting at $69, sweeps starting at $99. Norwalk became a city in August 1957 and counted 88,739 residents at the 1960 census.
What is the fireplace doing?
8am to 8pm
A dairy town that turned into a postwar city
Nearly half of Norwalk's homes date from the 1950s. If yours still burns wood, this page covers keeping it that way and switching to gas.
By the early 1900s Norwalk was a dairy center, with some of the largest sugar beet farms in Southern California. On the city's east side, farm and ranch land began changing over in 1954, when Interstate 5 opened. Cerritos College followed in 1955. Incorporation came two years later.
The census puts 47 percent of Norwalk's housing units in the 1950s, which means the chimney on a typical Norwalk house has been through roughly seventy winters by now. Old enough.
Air rules matter here too. South Coast AQMD can call a No-Burn day for wood fireplaces across the whole basin on any day from November through the end of February, based on the forecast for fine particles. Gas is treated differently.
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Services
Where Norwalk fireplace work usually lands
Gas fireplace repair
Log sets and pilots in 1950s fireboxes that were first built for wood.
Fireplace insert installation
A sealed gas or wood insert, vented through its own stainless liner.
Chimney inspection
Camera work, Level II, before any Norwalk fireplace switches fuel.
Chimney sweeping
Soot and creosote out before the November to February burn season.
Firebox repair
Cracked firebrick, replaced.
Wood to gas
Three things to settle before you switch
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Is the flue sound?
Gas still vents up the chimney. All of it. A cracked liner that leaked smoke will leak gas exhaust too, and that exhaust carries carbon monoxide. The camera settles it.
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Logs or an insert?
A log set sits in the open firebox and looks like a wood fire. An insert closes the opening behind glass and heats the room far better. It needs its own stainless liner. All the way up.
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What happens to the damper?
Gas logs in an open fireplace need the damper kept from closing all the way, so exhaust always has a way out. A clamp or stop does that.
Questions
Wood or gas in a Norwalk home
- Can we still burn wood in Norwalk?
- Yes, except on declared No-Burn days. Under South Coast AQMD Rule 445 those days can be called on any date from November through the end of February, so check 1-877-4NO-BURN before you light a fire in those months.
- Do No-Burn days apply to a gas fireplace?
- The curtailment in Rule 445 covers devices that burn wood. A fireplace set up to burn only gas, with the burner fixed in place, sits in its own category in the rule. So, generally, no.
- Should the chimney be inspected before we convert to gas?
- Yes. Gas exhaust leaves through the same flue, so the liner has to be sound first. A Level II camera run shows every joint from the firebox to the top.
- Our gas logs came with the house and the pilot keeps going out. Is it worth fixing?
- Often it is. A pilot that will not stay lit usually comes down to a thermocouple or a thermopile, which is a small part. Replacing the whole set is the last resort.
- When should we book a sweep if we still burn wood?
- Early fall. The wood burning season in Rule 445 starts in November, and a clean flue before then means the first cold night is covered.
Nearby
Other pages near Norwalk
The closest cities on our list sit southwest of Norwalk, toward the coast.
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Plan your Norwalk fireplace visit
Wood or gas? Tell us that first, then how the fireplace behaves once lit, and we will line up the right kind of visit for your Norwalk house.
818-348-1993Lines are open seven days a week, 8am to 8pm.
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