Your client asks about the fireplace

Keep it short. In a Level 2 a camera rides down the whole flue. It answers whether the liner is whole and whether anything is open to the sky that should not be. We take pictures. Your client reads them, and so do you.

NFPA 211, the chimney standard, treats a change of owner as a reason for a Level 2. Your client is not overreacting by asking.

A seller's agent can use the same line. A report in hand before listing means the first buyer's questions already have answers.

A report with photos, on the day we inspect. The client picks who receives it.

A buyer may come back wanting work done, a lower price, or a return visit. You guide that. Contract advice is not what we do. Repairs without a posted range are quoted after the inspection. We cover Ventura, Ojai, Oxnard, Camarillo, Santa Paula and Fillmore.

A client may worry at the word fire. Skip the drama. Tell them the camera will show the flue as it is, that the pictures will be theirs, and that whatever the report lists will have a plain next step. The photos do the persuading.

If your client burns wood or gas at the house now, mention it when you call. We look at the cap and its screen during the visual part of the visit.