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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AfterFast, Reliable Chimney Cap & Crown Across Tujunga
A chimney cap and crown in Tujunga typically runs $225-$475 for a standard cap installation, $650-$1,200 for a poured concrete crown rebuild, and $1,400-$3,200 for a custom multi-flue cap fabricated to fit an older masonry chimney. We schedule most Tujunga jobs within 3-5 business days, and every quote is written before work starts, per Clause 1 of the Haven Standard. If you’re in Hillhaven, Shadow Hills adjacent, or up off Foothill Boulevard and water is getting past a cracked crown, call (980) 580-8641 and we’ll put a camera on it.
We know the chimneys in this town. A lot of them were built between the 1920s and 1940s, before liners were standard, before freeze-thaw cycles started eating at the concrete. Tujunga gets colder than people expect. That cold does real work on a chimney crown. The cap is the first line of defense, and in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, it’s also a code requirement. Our Chimney Cap & Crown team covers every part of that system.
Why Emberly Chimney Cleaners Is Tujunga’s Preferred Chimney Cap & Crown Company
Since 2009, we’ve completed more than 38,000 chimney inspections and cleanings, every one with a written price before work and a documented photo record when the job is done. That practice became Clause 4 of the Haven Standard, and it’s the reason homeowners in Tujunga call us instead of rolling the dice on a flashlight inspection. You get to see what we see. The camera goes down the flue, the photos come back up, and you get a copy.
Corrine Halstead runs our operation, and she’s particular about two things: the tech who shows up is the tech whose name is on the work order, and the price on that work order doesn’t change after the truck arrives. Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, and we text when we’re on the way to your Tujunga street. Live phone support runs 24/7, which matters more than people think when a cap blows off in a Santa Ana wind event.
We also bring a Free Second Opinion on any written estimate. If another company quoted you a crown rebuild or a cap replacement, bring us the paperwork. Corrine will tell you plainly whether it’s fair, whether it’s oversized, or whether the work can safely wait. That’s the whole point of the Haven Standard: evidence before expense.
Our Chimney Cap & Crown Services in Tujunga
We install, replace, repair, and coat caps and crowns on every type of chimney in Tujunga, from single-flue bungalows off Foothill to dual-flue Spanish-revival cottages in Hillhaven. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
Cap Installation
A new chimney cap in Tujunga runs $225-$475 installed for a standard stainless or copper single-flue cap. That includes measuring the flue tile, mounting the cap, and a photo record at the end. For homes in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, we always confirm the cap has an integrated spark arrestor screen. Los Angeles fire code requires it, and your insurer may ask to see it.
Cap Replacement
Most cap replacements in Tujunga start with a rusted or unwrapped screen cap that’s been up there since the house was built. We see them on original 1920s and 1930s chimneys all the time, and they fail in two ways: the screen rusts through and stops catching embers, or the cap body warps and lets water drive straight down the flue. Replacement runs $275-$520 for a standard cap, more for custom sizing on older masonry flues. We carry Copperfield and Olympia Chimney caps in our Los Angeles stock, so most Tujunga replacements don’t wait on shipping.
Crown Repair
A cracked chimney crown is the most common water entry point we find in Tujunga, and it’s almost always freeze-thaw damage. Overnight lows in the foothills regularly hit the low 30s in winter, and water that seeps into hairline cracks expands when it freezes. Ten years of that and the crown is spalling, meaning the top surface is flaking off in chunks. Crown repair runs $650-$1,200 depending on how much material we’re removing and repouring. We use a poured concrete wash with a proper overhang so water drips away from the flue, not into it.
Crown Coating
When a crown is intact but wearing, we can apply a flexible crown coating that bridges micro-cracks and buys you several more years before a full rebuild. In Tujunga, coating a crown runs $350-$650. It’s not a permanent fix for a crown that’s already spalling, and we’ll tell you if yours is past that point. A coating only makes sense on a crown with structural integrity left to protect. We show you the photos either way.
Multi-Flue Cap
Larger Tujunga properties often have two or three flues sharing one chimney, which is exactly when a multi-flue cap makes sense. A custom multi-flue cap for a typical Tujunga home runs $1,400-$3,200, depending on flue spacing, crown dimensions, and whether you need stainless, copper, or a powder-coated finish. You get a single cap that spans all flues, with a continuous spark arrestor screen, instead of three separate caps fighting each other for space on a crowded crown.
Custom Cap
Some Tujunga chimneys don’t fit anything off the shelf. We fabricate custom caps for oversized clay flue tiles, octagonal terra cotta flues, and architectural chimneys on older Spanish-revival homes where an off-the-shelf cap would look wrong and fit worse. Custom caps in Tujunga run $600-$2,800, and we’ll give you a written drawing and a written price before we cut metal.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Tujunga
We stock and install caps and crown materials from Copperfield, Olympia Chimney, and DuraFlex, sourced through Haven’s buying network specifically to keep customer prices honest. That means when a Tujunga homeowner needs a standard cap replaced fast, we’re not waiting on a warehouse in another state. We also work on existing installations from other manufacturers, so if you’ve got a cap from a brand we didn’t install and it’s failing, we’ll tell you whether it’s worth repairing or whether the metal itself is done.
Common Chimney Cap & Crown Problems We See in Tujunga Homes
- Freeze-thaw crown failure at elevation. Tujunga sits at 1,200-1,600 feet, and winter nights in the low 30s mean water in crown cracks freezes and expands, year after year. A crown that looked fine five years ago can be spalling badly by now.
- Original 1920s-1940s chimneys without proper spark arrestors. A large share of Tujunga’s housing stock predates modern fire code. Many original clay tile flues were capped with undersized or missing spark arrestors, which is a direct violation in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
- Creosote-driven corrosion on caps and crowns. Tujunga residents burn wood regularly because the foothills get genuinely cold. That means more creosote, and on unrelined masonry flues, third-degree creosote glazing accelerates corrosion on the cap and the crown surface below it.
- Water entry through a cracked crown that’s already damaged the flue liner. By the time we see a rusted cap on a Hillhaven-area home, water has often been traveling down the inside of the flue for years. The cap failed first, the crown failed second, and the liner paid for both.
Pricing for Chimney Cap & Crown in Tujunga, CA
Here are the numbers we quote in Tujunga, in writing, before any work begins.
| Service | Typical Tujunga Range |
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| Standard cap installation | $225-$475 |
| Cap replacement (stainless or copper) | $275-$520 |
| Crown repair / repour | $650-$1,200 |
| Crown coating | $350-$650 |
| Custom single-flue cap (fabricated) | $600-$2,800 |
| Custom multi-flue cap | $1,400-$3,200 |
What changes the price is the condition of the existing crown, the size and spacing of the flues, and whether we’re working on a one-story bungalow or a taller architectural chimney. You’ll get a flat-price written quote before we schedule the work, not after. And the 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every cap and crown job: if it’s not done right, we make it right. Call (980) 580-8641 for a free estimate.
How Tujunga’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Changes Everything
Here’s what a flatland cap-and-crown page can’t tell you: in Tujunga, your chimney cap is a fire code compliance item, not just a weather shield. The City of Los Angeles designates Tujunga as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone because it sits at the wildland-urban interface directly below the Angeles National Forest. Los Angeles fire code requires spark arrestors on every chimney. And in the last few years, homeowner insurers have started asking for proof of cap and crown condition at renewal. If the cap is rusted through and the crown is spalled, your renewal gets harder, not easier.
The 2009 Station Fire burned tens of thousands of acres on the ridgelines directly above town, and it pushed ash and ember debris into chimneys throughout the community. A lot of Tujunga homeowners watched that smoke from their front yards. They remember. So when we talk to a homeowner in Hillhaven or up off Foothill Boulevard about replacing a rusted cap, we’re not selling an upgrade. We’re closing a gap in a defensible-space plan that the fire code and the insurance company both care about.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tujunga
Our Chimney Cap & Crown in Tujunga service area extends into Burbank, Glendale, North Hollywood, and San Fernando. The foothill conditions we deal with in Tujunga don’t stop at the city line, and we quote those jobs with the same written price and photo record. If you’re just over the border in Sunland or Shadow Hills, you get the same crew, same standard.
Serving Tujunga, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tujunga 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 Tujunga
Yes, Los Angeles can and does issue notices of violation for missing or damaged spark arrestors in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, and the fix is almost always a cap replacement that’s cheaper than the fine plus the repeat inspection. Our recommendation is to get the cap done first. We’ll document the install with a photo record you can show to any inspector or insurer. Call (980) 580-8641 for a quote on the exact cap your chimney needs.
A large share of them. Tujunga developed as a foothill retreat community in the 1920s through 1940s, and many of those Craftsman bungalows and Spanish-revival cottages still carry their original unrelined masonry chimneys. We know within the first few minutes of a camera scan whether we’re looking at an original clay tile flue or a retrofitted liner, and we’ll show you the footage. The cap only protects what’s below it, and if the liner is original, that protection matters even more.
When two flues exit through one crown, they’re often spaced too close together for two standard caps to seat properly. A single multi-flue cap spans both flues, anchors to the crown, and gives you one continuous spark arrestor screen instead of two caps that rattle in the wind or interfere with each other. Most dual-fireplace homes in Tujunga were built for exactly this setup. We measure, fabricate, and install in one visit.
A cracked crown will absolutely take the cap down with it over time. Water that enters the crown freezes and expands in Tujunga’s winter lows, widening the cracks and loosening whatever is anchored to the top of the chimney. The cap’s mounting legs can loosen, the screen can tear, and the whole assembly can shift. We always inspect the crown when we’re replacing a cap, and we’ll show you photos if it’s past the point of patching. Call (980) 580-8641 if you want that second set of eyes.
Increasingly, yes. Several major carriers now request documentation of chimney cleaning and spark arrestor condition at renewal for homes in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, and Tujunga sits squarely in that designation. A documented photo record showing a clean flue, intact cap, and uncracked crown is the exact paperwork they’re looking for. We’ve been running that archive since 2009 under Clause 4 of the Haven Standard. If your renewal is coming up, get the inspection on the calendar before the insurer asks.
Get a Written Price Before Any Work Starts
If your Tujunga chimney cap is rusted, your crown is cracking, or your insurer just sent you a letter, call (980) 580-8641. We’ll schedule a Level 2 camera inspection, show you what’s actually going on up there, and give you a written price for exactly what needs to happen. No pressure. No “call for a quote” runaround. Just the number on paper before anyone starts.
Written by Corrine Halstead, Owner at Emberly Chimney Cleaners, serving Tujunga under the Haven Standard since 2009.