Level 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
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A chimney cap and crown in Hollywood usually costs $340-$1,180 installed, with crown repair falling between $280 and $650 and custom caps running higher depending on flue count and access. Most Hollywood jobs are completed the same week we inspect, because we carry the parts and materials for this market on our trucks. Call (980) 580-8641 and we’ll give you a written price before any work begins, with the camera footage to back it up.
Hollywood’s hillside streets and 1920s-era chimneys don’t respond well to generic cap-and-crown work. Beachwood Canyon lots drop away from the street, Hollywood Dell roads climb at angles that make ladder work dangerous, and the Cahuenga Pass slopes hide flue damage behind decorative street-facing brickwork. We know these streets. We work them weekly.
Why Emberly Chimney Cleaners Is Hollywood’s Preferred Chimney Cap & Crown Company
Hollywood homeowners call us because we do what most companies won’t: we put a camera down the flue before we recommend anything, and we hand you the photos. No flashlight-and-hunch inspection. If your crown is spalled or your cap is missing, you’ll see it on screen with us, and you’ll get a written scope with a line-item price before a single part gets ordered.
Corrine Halstead leads our Hollywood crews. Under her direction, every job follows Clause 4 of the Haven Standard: a documented photo record on every visit, taken before work starts and after it’s done, so you can see exactly what changed. That means a 1939 Spanish Revival in Hollywood Dell gets the same camera-scan documentation as a multi-flue condo stack off Hollywood Boulevard.
Our crews are background-checked, uniformed, and assigned by name before they arrive. You’ll get a text when they’re on the way, not a four-hour window that may or may not happen. And if you’ve got a written estimate from another company, bring it to us. We’ll give you a Free Second Opinion, and we’ll show you what’s actually needed versus what isn’t.
Scheduling is coordinated from our Miami (South FL) office, with crews serving Hollywood locally. We answer the phone 24/7, near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and US 441 or up in the Hills off North Beach Lake Drive.
Our Chimney Cap & Crown Services in Hollywood
Cap Installation
An un-capped flue on an old Hollywood bungalow is an open invitation to the Brewer’s blackbirds and roof rats that live in the Hills. We install stainless and copper caps sized to your flue, not the universal-fit caps that rattle loose in Santa Ana winds. On 1920s single-wythe brick chimneys, we often find the original terra cotta flue tile is slightly out of round, so we measure before ordering anything.
Cap Replacement
Rusted-out galvanized caps are common in Hollywood, especially on homes within a few blocks of the ocean where salt air accelerates corrosion in ways the inland neighborhoods don’t see. We replace them with Gelco or Copperfield caps that carry a real warranty, not a 90-day box-store promise. If your cap blew off during a Santa Ana event, we’ll anchor the replacement so it doesn’t happen again.
Crown Repair
This is the work Hollywood Hills homes need most. Original unreinforced mortar crowns on 1930s Spanish Revival chimneys crack from decades of seismic micro-activity, then spall into the flue and block draft. We remove the loose material, rebuild the crown with a proper overhang and drip edge, and coat it. In Hollywood Dell and Beachwood Canyon, crown repair often has to be done from the firebox side, because the crown itself sits below the uphill grade and safe rooftop access isn’t possible with a standard ladder.
Crown Coating
When a crown has hairline cracks but the structure is still sound, a flexible Crown Coating beats a full rebuild. We use a waterproof elastomeric membrane, not silicone caulk that peels after two seasons. For a 1930s bungalow off Franklin Avenue, coating can buy you 10 to 15 years before a full replacement is needed.
Custom Cap & Multi-Flue Cap
Hollywood’s attached bungalows and duplexes often vent two or three flues through a single chimney stack. A multi-flue cap sized to the full crown is the correct fix, not three separate caps butted against each other. We build custom caps when the flue layout is irregular, which happens often on properties where decorative street-facing chimneys were added for curb appeal more than function. Those chimneys sometimes lack proper dampers or flue sizing entirely, and the fix starts with measuring what’s actually there.
This page covers Chimney Cap & Crown work specifically. If you need a full inspection, liner work, or a clean-and-sweep, those services are detailed on other pages.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We install and service caps and crowns from Gelco, Copperfield, and Olympia Chimney. These are the manufacturers we trust on hillside lots, because their stainless and copper caps hold up to Santa Ana winds and salt air better than the generic caps sold at big-box stores. We keep common cap sizes and crown repair materials stocked for Hollywood jobs, which means less waiting when your flue is open and birds have already moved in. We also source through Haven’s buying network, which keeps customer pricing honest on every line item.
Common Chimney Cap & Crown Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Shared and adjacent flues in attached bungalows. Hollywood’s 1920s-1940s housing stock includes many attached properties where two or three flues share a single brick stack. If your neighbor’s furnace vents into the same stack and your cap or crown is missing or cracked, their combustion gases can push into your living space. We camera-scan the full stack to confirm separation before we cap it.
- Spalled crowns from seismic micro-activity. The original mortar crowns on Hollywood’s unreinforced brick chimneys crack and lose material over time, even though most fireplaces are lit only a few times per year. Bits of mortar and brick fall into the flue, blocking draft on the rare nights you do light a fire. That’s the failure we see most often in Beachwood Canyon.
- Open flues becoming nest sites. Roof rats, raccoons, and Brewer’s blackbirds all nest in unused flues in Hollywood Hills homes. A missing cap on a fireplace that’s used twice a year is a standing invitation. Then Santa Ana winds pack the flue top with dry leaves and debris, and when you finally light a fire, the whole stack is primed for a chimney fire.
- Crowns below the uphill grade. On hillside lots in Hollywood Dell and the Cahuenga Pass, the chimney crown can sit level with or below the uphill grade. That means a roofer or standard ladder crew literally cannot reach the top safely. We run sectional rods from the firebox for inspection and cap installation, because working from the top is not an option on these lots.
Pricing for Chimney Cap & Crown in Hollywood, FL
Here’s what Hollywood homeowners can expect to pay. A standard stainless cap installation runs $340-$620 on a typical 1920s bungalow flue. A replacement with a Gelco or Copperfield stainless cap runs $420-$780. Crown repair with a proper overhang and drip edge runs $280-$650 depending on access, and hillside jobs that require firebox-side work add $150-$300 for the extra rigging and labor. Custom caps and multi-flue caps run $680-$1,180 for the cap itself plus installation, with custom copper caps at the top of that range. Crown coating alone is usually $375-$575.
Every price is written down before work starts. No verbal range, no “we’ll see when we get there.” Clause 1 of the Haven Standard applies to every Hollywood job: written price, written scope, written warranty, before anyone touches your chimney. Call (980) 580-8641 for a free estimate on your specific flue.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Our crews serve Hollywood and the surrounding South Florida communities, including North Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Gardens, and Plantation. If you’re in one of those cities and need chimney cap or crown work, the same written-price guarantee and camera-scan documentation applies.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Chimney Cap & Crown in Hollywood
We work from the firebox, not the roof. On lots where the crown sits below the uphill grade, a standard ladder can’t safely reach the top of the chimney at all. Our crews run sectional rods from the firebox side, which lets us inspect, measure, and install a cap without ever putting a ladder on a 6:12 pitch. This is standard work for us in Beachwood Canyon and Hollywood Dell, not an exception. Call (980) 580-8641 and we’ll tell you ahead of time whether your lot needs firebox-side access.
Yes, and this is a real problem in Hollywood’s attached 1920s bungalows. If two or more appliances vent into the same stack and the flue separation is cracked or missing, your neighbor’s furnace gases can pressurize your flue, push moisture into the crown, and accelerate spalling. We camera-scan the stack to confirm flue separation before installing a cap, because capping a shared stack without that check can trap exhaust and create a carbon monoxide hazard. The fix starts with documentation, not a cap.
Hairline cracks (under about 1/16 inch) with no loose or spalled material can usually be coated with a flexible elastomeric Crown Coating, which costs $375-$575. If the crown has chunks missing, the mortar bed is cracked through, or pieces have fallen into the flue, it needs full repair or rebuild, which runs $280-$650 depending on access. We’ll show you the camera footage and the exact measurement before recommending one path over the other. Bring us a competitor’s written quote and we’ll give you a Free Second Opinion.
A stainless or copper cap with a proper screened side wall and a snug flue fit. The screen mesh needs to be tight enough to exclude rats but open enough to not catch creosote or debris. Universal-fit caps from big-box stores rattle loose in Santa Ana winds and leave gaps big enough for birds. We measure your actual flue, including out-of-round terra cotta tiles, and fit the cap to it. Gelco and Copperfield caps are the ones we most often install up here.
Absolutely, yes. A fire you never light is the most dangerous fire you have, because the flue becomes a nest site and a debris trap. Roof rats and birds move in, Santa Ana winds pack the top with dry leaves, and if you light a fire once a year, all of that becomes fuel in a stack you haven’t inspected in a decade. A cap costs $340-$620 installed and it closes the most common entry point for animals and debris. If your flue has been open for years, call (980) 580-8641 and we’ll camera-scan it before capping, so you know what’s in there first.
In Hollywood Dell, our crew replaced a spalled crown on a 1939 Spanish Revival where the chimney top was below the uphill grade and the roof pitch exceeded 6:12. We ran sectional rods from the firebox to install a Copperfield multi-flue cap over the cracked crown, sealing out the Brewer’s blackbirds that had been nesting in the open flue and restoring a proper draft before the Santa Anas packed the stack with dry debris. That’s the kind of job that looks impossible from the street and is routine for us.
Get a Written Price Before Any Work Starts
If your Hollywood chimney needs a new cap, a crown repair, or a multi-flue solution, call Corrine Halstead’s team at (980) 580-8641. You’ll get a written price, a written scope, and a written warranty before we start, plus a camera-scan photo record when we’re done. No pressure, no vague verbal estimates, no work you can’t verify with your own eyes.
Written by Corrine Halstead, Owner at Emberly Chimney Cleaners, serving Hollywood and the surrounding South Florida communities.
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