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Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown in Pasadena: What to Know First

We provide independent Olympia Chimney chimney cap and crown service in Pasadena, from standard cap swaps to full crown rebuilds on multi-flue systems. Most Olympia Chimney jobs we book in Pasadena run from half-day to two-day turnarounds, depending on whether we’re coating a hairline crown crack or fabricating a custom cap for an oversized flue. The written price arrives before any tool comes out of the truck, and every scope includes a camera-scan record you keep. This page is for Olympia Chimney owners in Pasadena who want to know what actually fails, what it costs, and why the fix holds. Call (213) 459-6058 when you’re ready to schedule, or read on if you’re still deciding between repair and replacement.

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How Olympia Chimney Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Olympia Chimney Gelco-style single-flue caps corrode at the mesh-to-frame weld. The 304 stainless mesh on older Gelco-labeled Olympia caps holds up fine, but the spot weld where mesh meets the lid frame collects salt from Pasadena’s winter Santa Ana wind cycles. We see this most on homes south of the 210 near San Rafael. Our fix: cut the old mesh out, fabricate a continuous-seam replacement from heavier-gauge material, and reattach with a folded mechanical lock instead of a weld point.
• Olympia Chimney multi-flue caps sag between support legs on wide masonry crowns. The 1000-series and 3000-series multi-flue caps span 24 to 36 inches on some Pasadena bungalows, and the cross-bracing wasn’t designed for the thermal expansion our summer rooftop temperatures produce. We replace with a reinforced subframe or, on heritage homes near Bungalow Heaven, fabricate a custom cap with intermediate legs that match the existing crown footprint without new anchor holes.
• Olympia Chimney crown sealants shrink-check within two winters. The factory-recommended elastomeric coating works on new crowns, but we’ve found it doesn’t bond well to calcium-heavy Pasadena tap water residue that builds on older masonry. We strip to sound concrete, apply a silane-siloxane penetrating treatment first, then topcoat with HeatShield CrownCoat or a poured Portland rebuild if the structural shell is compromised.
• Olympia Chimney outside-mount caps trap condensation against flue tile. The SC-series outside-mount caps seal tightly for draft control, but in Pasadena’s spring humidity swings, that seal becomes a moisture trap on unlined or partially lined flues. We always run the camera before cap installation on SC-series jobs. If we find saturated flue tile, we vent the cap skirt or recommend a full liner evaluation before the new cap goes on.
• Olympia Chimney copper caps pit at the solder joint near the spark arrestor hood. Rare but expensive when it happens, usually on the custom copper line installed in the 2010s around the Linda Vista and San Pasqual areas. The cap itself outlasts the house, but the lead-free solder oxidizes where the hood meets the base flange. We remove the hood, re-solder with a higher-silver-content alloy, and re-patinate the joint so the repair disappears visually.

Our Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown Process

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   Call and schedule. A live person answers, checks availability, and notes your Olympia Chimney model or series if you know it. We don’t require it, but it helps us load the right flashing gauge and cap adapters.
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   Camera-scan inspection on arrival. Corrine Halstead or a uniformed, background-checked tech runs an NFPA 211 Level 2 inspection, camera down the flue, before quoting. The camera doesn’t negotiate, it just shows what’s there. We photograph the crown surface, cap anchor points, and any spalling or delamination.
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   Written price and scope. You get a single-page scope with line-item pricing, parts source (OEM Olympia Chimney, quality aftermarket from our Haven buying network, or custom fabrication), and the warranty term. No work starts until you approve in writing. Haven Standard Clause 1.
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   Repair or replacement. For caps, we remove the old unit, inspect the flue tile top course for cracks, and install the new cap with stainless hardware and a bead of high-temp sealant at the penetration. For crowns, we grind out loose material, apply bonding agent, and pour or trowel the new crown to a minimum 2-inch overhang with a drip edge.
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   Post-work camera verification and photo record. We run the camera again to confirm no debris fell into the flue during cap work, photograph the finished crown or cap from two angles, and upload the dated record to your job file. Haven Standard Clause 4, documented since 2009.
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   Cleanup and 365-Day Done Right Promise. We haul old materials, magnet-sweep the driveway for fasteners, and leave a written warranty card. If anything’s not right within a year, we make it right.

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What Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown Costs in Pasadena

These are real ranges from our last 18 months of Olympia Chimney cap and crown jobs in Pasadena. Your exact price comes after the camera inspection, never before.

Estimates are free. Bring us a competitor’s written quote and we’ll give you a free second opinion. Call (213) 459-6058 for an exact quote on your Olympia Chimney system.

Why Pasadena Homeowners Call Level Two Chimney Pasadena for Olympia Chimney Work

We’ve inspected and cleaned more than 38,000 chimneys since 2009, every one with a written price first and a photo record after. Corrine Halstead and her crew know Olympia Chimney hardware from the inside out, and when an Olympia part is back-ordered or discontinued, we source equivalent-quality replacements through our Haven buying network from DuraFlex, HeatShield, and Gelco without marking up for brand panic. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and named before they arrive, you’ll get a text when they’re on the way, and our live phone support runs 24 hours a day. The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every cap and crown job we touch. We’re independently owned and operated, not a franchise, and we’re not affiliated with or authorized by Olympia Chimney. We just fix their products correctly.

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