Why fireplace inspection in Ventura is not a one-size job
Coastal humidity and salt air are steady enough here that a lapsed inspection shows up fast on original masonry, exactly the kind of finding a buyer's inspector notes in a report. Keeping that inspection current protects the sale timeline as much as the chimney itself. A typical visit here covers full firebox and refractory panel inspection, damper operation and sealing test, and smoke shelf and smoke chamber evaluation, and the scope gets set by what the chimney actually needs, not by a number quoted over the phone.

