Chimney service built around Simi Valley homes
Simi Valley runs hot and dry, ringed by brush-covered hills that funnel Santa Ana winds straight across the rooflines. Most of what we correct here comes down to two things: draft and embers.
The bulk of the housing stock is 1960s through 1990s tract construction — a mix of true masonry fireplaces in the older sections and prefabricated metal units in newer developments like Wood Ranch and Big Sky. Foothill properties in Santa Susana Knolls and along the north side sit against open brush.
Extreme summer heat bakes crowns and mortar until they craze, then the first hard rain drives water into those cracks. We cast crowns with a proper drip edge and expansion joint rather than smearing mortar, which is the single most common defect we find on valley homes.