Chimney service built around Palm Springs homes
Palm Springs fireplaces are architecture as much as appliance. Mid-century modern homes treat the fireplace as the centerpiece of the room, and restoring one badly ruins the house — so we approach desert work with restoration discipline plus modern gas expertise.
The Movie Colony, Racquet Club Estates and Twin Palms are full of 1950s and 1960s low-profile masonry fireplaces, often with distinctive hoods, raised hearths and slim flues. Many have already been converted to gas logs; plenty were converted badly. Vacation rentals across the city need documented annual safety checks.
Blowing sand and desert wind pack flues with grit, corrode caps and clog gas burner ports, while extreme temperature swings crack crowns and mortar. Seasonal homeowners frequently return to a flue full of debris and a burner that will not light evenly — both are routine visits for us.