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Yes, we serve Wilsonville on both sides of the Boone Bridge, from the 1970s townhomes of Charbonneau to Villebois and Frog Pond. There is little old brick here, so the work is gas fireplace checks, chase covers on factory-built fireplaces and dryer vents.
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Wilsonville had fewer than 3,000 residents in 1980, so most of the houses standing today are younger than that, and Old Town along Boones Ferry Road holds only a scattering of early houses.
Charbonneau, begun in 1972 south of the river with a nine-hole course and 228 townhomes, is the oldest large neighborhood, and it dates from the decade when factory-built metal fireplaces were replacing brick, so both kinds turn up there, sometimes sharing a chase in an attached building and always under a homeowners association that governs exterior work.
North of the river, the 1980s and 1990s subdivisions were commonly built with factory-built fireplaces in framed chases, and Villebois, laid out from 2003 on the old state hospital land, and the Frog Pond area commonly have gas or no fireplace at all. That is why liner and rebuild jobs are uncommon here and chase covers, metal flue pipe and gas fireplace vent checks fill the day.
A Wilsonville chimney is more often a framed chase than a brick stack: siding outside, a metal flue inside, a sheet metal chase cover on top, and a direct-vent gas fireplace or an older wood-burning factory-built box at the bottom.
The chase cover is the part that fails: a flat galvanized pan that ponds water, rusts through at the seams and drips onto the firebox, and leaves rust on the damper. In Charbonneau, where two units can share one chase, we check both flues and both termination caps on one visit, and the gas units everywhere get a vent inspection and service rather than a brush.
Wilsonville's houses date from the 1970s on, so the calls below are about metal, glass or lint rather than brick.
A direct-vent gas fireplace in Villebois or Frog Pond needs its vent, termination cap and gasket checked and the glass cleaned of the white film gas combustion leaves, and a Level 2 inspection before a sale covers that plus the framing around the chase. Gas units burn clean, but their vents take water vapor and acids, so they still need a yearly look.
Water in a Wilsonville firebox often starts at the top of the chase, where a flat galvanized chase cover has ponded, rusted and split at a seam, or where the siding-to-roof flashing has opened. We fit a stainless chase cover with a crown and drip edge, reseal the flashing and check the storm collar on the flue pipe.
The wood-burning factory-built fireplaces in the 1980s and 1990s subdivisions north of the river still burn wood, and a metal flue builds creosote the same way clay tile does, so a sweep with a brush made for that flue and a Level 1 look at the refractory panels is the yearly job. Cracked panels and a rusted damper are the findings we look for at that age.
A townhome in Charbonneau or Villebois can put the dryer in the middle of the plan, which means a long vent run with turns before it reaches daylight, and lint packs those turns first. A dryer running two cycles for one load is the sign, and the fix is the duct cleaned end to end and the outside hood flap checked.
Houses here are tight and newer, and after a remodel, a new floor or a dust-heavy construction season nearby, owners ask us to clean the supply and return ducts before the furnace season starts. We open the trunks and runs, clean them under suction with the registers sealed, and show you what came out.
Wilsonville is on I-5 at the Boone Bridge, with exits at Wilsonville Road and Elligsen Road, and we take Wilsonville Road west toward Villebois or east toward Memorial Park and Boones Ferry Road, and cross the bridge for Charbonneau.
Stafford Road, Boeckman Road and Town Center Loop tie the north side together, and the subdivisions off them have wide streets and driveways a truck fits in. In Charbonneau and Villebois the association may set where we park and what a roof change can look like, so tell us the rules when you book and we will follow them.
Alphonso Boone, a grandson of Daniel Boone, began running Boones Ferry across the Willamette here in 1847. The community took the name Wilsonville on June 3, 1880, after its first postmaster, Charles Wilson.
Wilsonville left TriMet in 1988 and runs its own transit system. Walt Morey Park has an 8-foot wooden statue of Gentle Ben, and the town recorded 116 degrees on June 28, 2021.
Charbonneau opened in 1972 with a nine-hole golf course and 228 townhomes and is credited with helping push Oregon toward statewide land-use planning.
Yes, every Wilsonville address in 97070 is inside our area, Charbonneau and the Villebois and Frog Pond neighborhoods included. The price is the posted one for the job and there is no trip fee when we do the work. Charbonneau owners should mention their association's rules on service parking and exterior changes when they book, and we will plan around them.
Within the week in most cases, and sooner in a dry stretch than during an October storm week when every call is the same one. In a Wilsonville house the water is often coming through a rusted chase cover or opened flashing, so put a towel in the firebox, leave the fireplace off, and we will look at the top of the chase first.
It is an inspection and a service rather than a sweep. We check the vent run and the termination cap outside, the gasket and glass, the burner and pilot area for debris, and the firebox for signs of water, then clean the white film off the glass. Gas units in Villebois and Frog Pond are young, but their vents still carry water vapor and acids, so a yearly look is the standard.
No. Our research found no wood burning ordinance for Wilsonville or Clackamas County, so Oregon DEQ air quality advisories are what apply on a cold, stagnant day. Outdoor fires and burn piles follow Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue and its seasonal bans. Our wood burning rules guide explains how to read a DEQ advisory and lists the counties that do have red days.
No law requires one that our research found, but we recommend a Level 2 inspection. Trade guidance recommends that level when a home is sold, and a gas insert in a 1990s Wilsonville house has a vent and a chase that have taken thirty winters of rain. The camera and the roof visit show whether the vent is intact, the chase cover sound and the firebox dry, and a gas insert is exempt from Oregon's home-sale removal law.
Our guide to checking an Oregon contractor shows the state lookup and what to make of the result. Beyond that, ask whether you will get photos of your own vent or flue and whether the price is posted before the visit. For a Wilsonville house with a chase and a gas unit, ask one more: does the company service gas fireplaces as a matter of course or only sweep wood ones.
Wilsonville is the south end of our Clackamas County run, and from here the route continues to Tualatin, Sherwood and King City on one side and West Linn, Lake Oswego and Canby on the other.
Call with what the fireplace is doing, or text a photo of the opening and one of the chimney top, and we will name the service and its posted price before we come out.