Chimney Services in Sacramento County

Most of Sacramento County's households are not in the city of Sacramento. They are in Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom and Rancho Cordova, and in unincorporated communities such as Fair Oaks, Carmichael and Orangevale, and those places were developed in clearly separated waves. Post-war expansion produced masonry fireboxes. The 1980s and 1990s produced early factory-built units. The 2000s produced sealed direct-vent appliances. Knowing roughly when your neighborhood went up is usually a better predictor of what your chimney needs than anything about the weather.

What matters about Sacramento chimneys

• The county's suburban communities were developed in distinct waves — post-war masonry, 1980s and 1990s factory-built, and 2000s direct-vent — so the dominant appliance type varies sharply between neighborhoods a few miles apart.

• Rapid growth in Elk Grove, Folsom and Rancho Cordova installed large numbers of factory-built units within narrow date ranges, meaning whole communities reach component service life at roughly the same time.

• Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD administers its own Check Before You Burn program independently of the San Joaquin Valley district, despite sharing the program name and season.

  Source: Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD

• The county contains seven incorporated cities plus substantial unincorporated area, so permitting authority for installation and replacement work differs between neighboring communities.

• Eastern county communities approaching the Sierra foothills sit in elevated fire hazard terrain, where a missing spark arrestor on a wood-burning chimney carries the most risk; the state building code requires the screen county-wide.

  Source: CAL FIRE