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Notes from the roof
Sausalito and Marin County chimney questions, answered plainly. Each article links to one service page and nowhere else.
What changes the scope of a chimney repairA similar-looking crack can hide very different repair scopes. The real factors that change the size of a chimney repair in Marin — no prices, no ranges.
When chimney work in Marin County needs a permitMarin’s eleven small cities and the county itself each run their own building department. What that means for permitting a chimney rebuild or crown repair.
How Mount Tamalpais' terrain affects chimney draftCanyon wind, elevation and fog interplay around Mount Tamalpais change how a chimney draws. Why identical fireplaces can draft differently a few streets apart.
Wildfire and WUI spark-arrestor rules in Marin CountyCalifornia’s wildfire code sets stricter spark-arrestor requirements inside a Wildland-Urban Interface zone. What that means for a chimney cap in Marin County.
Chimneys and flues in Sausalito’s floating-home communityWaldo Point Harbor’s floating homes change what a wood stove’s clearance and venting actually require. What a floating structure means for chimney safety.
Chimney work on Sausalito’s hillside homesSausalito’s steep Old Town hillside changes how a chimney sweep or repair gets done. What narrow stairs, steep pitches and terraced lots mean for a visit.
Marine layer and salt air: what they do to a Sausalito chimneyA Sausalito chimney can corrode and crack with zero measurable rainfall, because harbor-level marine layer and salt spray behave nothing like a rainstorm.