Projects

Work we photographed

No stock photography — every image on this page is from a real San Francisco or Bay Area job.

  • New chimney caps on a fog-shrouded San Francisco rooftop with the bay and the East Bay hills visible in the distance
    New chimney caps on a fog-shrouded San Francisco rooftop, the bay and East Bay hills behind.
  • A freshly poured concrete chimney crown with a sloped surface and a drip edge, seen from a San Francisco rooftop with fog in the background
    A crown poured fresh, thrown clear of the brick and cut with a drip edge, fog behind.
  • A technician in a navy polo kneeling at a brick firebox in a San Francisco Victorian rowhouse living room with drop cloths laid over the floor
    Sweeping the firebox of a San Francisco Victorian rowhouse, floor protection down first.
  • A chimney stack being repointed on an early-1900s house in Richmond’s Point Richmond neighborhood, refinery skyline visible in the distance
    Repointing a chimney stack on an early-1900s house in Richmond’s Point Richmond neighborhood.
  • Several new stainless steel chimney caps with spark-arrestor mesh screens laid out on a work surface before installation in San Francisco
    New stainless caps and spark-arrestor screens, measured before fitting.
  • An inspection camera being fed into a brick chimney flue in a Craftsman-era Oakland home near Rockridge
    A camera run down a brick chimney flue in a Craftsman-era Oakland home near Rockridge.
  • A restored chimney crown on a Victorian-era Queen Anne house on Alameda island’s Gold Coast
    A restored chimney crown on a Victorian-era Queen Anne house on Alameda’s Gold Coast.
  • A HEPA extraction vacuum hose sealed into a firebox opening during a deep chimney cleaning in a San Francisco home
    Sealed HEPA extraction during a deep chimney cleaning in a San Francisco home.
  • A freshly repaired chimney crown on a Craftsman-era Brown Shingle house in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood
    A freshly repaired chimney crown on a Craftsman-era Brown Shingle house in Berkeley’s Elmwood.
  • A technician inspecting a factory-built chimney cap on a postwar tract home roof in Hayward, hills visible behind
    Inspecting a factory-built cap on a postwar tract home roof in Hayward.
  • An inspection camera on a flexible rod being fed into a chimney flue in a San Francisco home, monitor screen visible
    A camera run down a San Francisco chimney flue — the part of the inspection you never see.
  • A technician inspecting a chimney crown on a hillside home in El Cerrito with the Berkeley hills visible behind
    Inspecting a chimney crown on a hillside home in El Cerrito, the Berkeley hills behind.

Photographed on our own jobs across San Francisco and the Bay Area. Nothing here is a manufacturer stock image or a photo from another Nationwide Chimney location.

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