What Oxnard weather does to the job
Rainfall on the coast is modest, but the marine layer brings damp air on many mornings through much of the year. Masonry that never fully dries holds salts near the surface, which is how efflorescence and spalling get started. Stainless steel caps and covers make more sense here than almost anywhere else we work. On a chimney cap installation visit that means checking the parts that take the weather first, the crown, cap and flashing, before deciding what the chimney needs.

