Lomita holds every fireplace problem California makes — cracked masonry from earthquakes, salt air on the coast, summer-idle gas units inland, and wood heat in the foothills. Our techs diagnose yours on the spot, fix it with real parts, and leave it lighting first try.
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Repair, cleaning, inspection, installation and maintenance — the full fireplace service list for Lomita, with the same crew and the same free estimates.
Repair
Fireplace Repair
Any fireplace, any failure — diagnosed first, then fixed with the right parts. In Los Angeles County we test part by part — masonry, damper, ignition, valve — and repair the failure we find.
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Repair
Gas Fireplace Repair
Pilot out, remote dead, flame lazy — the Lomita gas calls we run every week. Pilot that won't stay lit, dead remote, weak or lazy flame: gas systems diagnosed safely and repaired to code.
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Cleaning & Care
Fireplace Cleaning
Soot, dust and that stale closed-up smell removed from the firebox, glass and burner — the clean that takes a firebox from a season of real wood fires to ready for the next one.
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Cleaning & Care
Fireplace Inspection
Firebox, flue, venting and controls checked end to end, with a plain-language report. In Lomita it is also how cracked flue tiles and corroded caps get caught while they are small repairs.
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Install & Replace
Fireplace Installation
A new gas fireplace or an outdoor fire feature, done right: sizing, venting, gas and electric runs, finishing — one crew, start to first fire. We handle the whole job — unit, venting, gas line, electric and finish work.
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Cleaning & Care
Fireplace Service & Maintenance
The annual service that keeps a Lomita gas fireplace lighting first try: full clean, burner and pilot service, safety sensors tested, and a test fire before we leave. The fall appointment Lomita regulars book before the burn season starts.
Get a free estimateNeed something else — a damper, a blower, a smoke problem, a bird in the flue? We cover all 27 fireplace specialties. Call (888) 257-9181 and describe it.
A fireplace in Lomita lives with California's mix all at once — ground that moves, air that corrodes or dries, summers that idle it and winters that work it. This is what we actually find here, and what we check on every visit.
In the Sierra foothills and higher country around California, wood fireplaces and stoves do real heating work through snow season, and that means real creosote. Glazed buildup from smoldering fires is a flue-fire risk, not a cosmetic issue. Cleaning and inspection before the burn season are the fire prevention these systems are built around.
Older California homes — Spanish-style, craftsman and mid-century — often carry original masonry fireplaces with aging mortar, older dampers and flues built to another era's standards. They are worth keeping and worth checking: cracked joints, tired dampers and worn firebox brick are repairable when they are caught before water and heat widen the damage.
Drought-dry planting makes an outdoor fire feature in California a clearance-and-safety conversation first: what sits near the flame, what the wind carries, and whether burners and valves have survived seasons of sun and dust. We install and service patio fireplaces and fire pits with those clearances checked, not assumed, and we flag plantings and furniture that sit too close.
Plenty of Lomita buyers inherit a fireplace with no history — original masonry, a conversion nobody documented, or a gas unit that sat idle for years. In seismic country that unknown matters more, not less. An inspection before the first fire tells you exactly what you have, what is sound, and what needs attention before it is used.
Lomita sits in Los Angeles County, and the ZIP list at the bottom of this page covers 1 serviceable ZIP codes — 90717 through 90717. The closest served neighbors are Torrance, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates, and every one of them is covered by the same crews, the same day, under the same number: (888) 257-9181.
Same-day service, free estimates, licensed & insured — and a fireplace that lights when you click the remote.
Cracked or missing mortar, leaning or separated sections, cracked flue tiles and a split crown are the warning signs, and earthquakes and freeze-thaw cycles both widen them over time. Water follows the cracks in, and heat follows them out toward framing. We check the masonry on every inspection in Lomita and tell you plainly what is repairable and what needs a mason's rebuild.
On bad-air days in metro areas, wood burning is restricted, so a wood fireplace sits unused on exactly the cold, still evenings you want it. A gas insert or log set is the common answer: sealed, instant, and not a wood fire, so it stays usable when wood is restricted. We measure your firebox and price the conversion on a free estimate.
Yes — quietly and constantly. Metal caps, dampers, grates and vent terminations corrode faster in salt-carrying air, and a rusted-through cap lets rain straight down the flue while corroded venting becomes a safety issue. An inspection checks the metal parts most companies skip, so corrosion in Lomita gets caught while it is still a small repair instead of a replacement.
After roughly every cord of wood burned, and at least once a year if you burn regularly — more often where wood is real heat, as in the foothills. Evening-and-weekend burning lays down glazed creosote faster than steady hot fires do, and that buildup is a flue-fire risk. A cleaning is not cosmetic here; it is the fire prevention the service exists for.
Leave the fireplace off, and if the smell is strong, leave the house and call your gas utility or 911 first. Once it is safe, call us: after any ground movement, a gas smell deserves a connector and valve check before anything else. A faint odor at startup can be a lazy ignition, but a leaking valve or connector is fixed before the fireplace is used again — never after.
No — and be wary of anyone who does. Every fireplace fails differently, so a phone price is a guess that changes at your door. Our estimates are free: a tech looks at the actual problem, then gives you one clear price before any work starts.
Fireplace Team is a national company with local technicians serving Lomita street addresses across the ZIP codes below — same-day service and free estimates, every day 8 AM – 8 PM. More of California is covered from our California page. The Lomita list below covers 1 ZIP codes, 90717 through 90717.
Don't see your ZIP? Lomita also uses P.O. Box and single-organization ZIP codes that have no street addresses — call (888) 257-9181 and we will confirm coverage for your street address on the call.
Also serving nearby: Torrance, CA · Palos Verdes Estates, CA · Rolling Hills Estates, CA · Rolling Hills, CA · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · Carson, CA.
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