Where chimneys in Oxnard let water in
Salt air is the main thing working on chimneys in Oxnard, especially in the neighborhoods closest to the harbor and the beaches. It corrodes galvanized caps, rusts flashing fasteners and eats through steel chase covers much faster than it does inland. When we find water in a firebox here, a corroded cap or a rusted-out chase cover is usually part of the story. We keep that in mind on every fireplace remodel appointment, because a fix that ignores the local weak point tends to come back after the next storm.

