A covered patio with a built-in grill and travertine pavers, seen close at the grill's knobs.

Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

Grill repair in Malibu.

Malibu grills stand between ocean salt and wildfire country, so their burners and hood hinges pit quickly, and at seasonal homes here a grill that sat through a damp spell often needs its igniter and venturi tubes cleared before the first cook back.

(844) 660-6426

Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm

Los Angeles County
Three things about Malibu
10 repairs we do here

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What Malibu does
to a grill.

No fire of any kind, barbecues included, is allowed on any beach in Malibu, apart from designated spots at some state beaches.

The City of Malibu also bans barbecues, open fires and smoking at every one of its parks and facilities.

Malibu's beach ordinances are enforced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The Corral Fire of November 2007 began at the top of Corral Canyon, where young people in closed parkland after dusk had lit a bonfire despite high Santa Ana winds.

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On the water

Before a hurricane or a coastal storm, a grill by salt water has its tank closed and taken off or its gas shut off, and it is strapped down or moved inside, since wind can throw a cart grill; afterward it stays unlit until checked.

Seasonal houses

A caretaker watching a seasonal house should look for a propane smell, a cover blown off or a tank knocked over, and call rather than light the grill to test it, since a grill left idle needs its burners checked first.

Pool decks and cookouts

Grills near a pool catch splashed chlorine or salt water and then the covers owners pull over them, and a grill covered while still warm and wet rusts under the hood, so the cover goes on only after the grill has cooled and dried.

A visit in
Malibu.

Four steps from the call to a working grill in Malibu, Los Angeles County.

What repairs cost

01The gas and the grill, checked first
02What failed, and what it costs
03Parts on the truck
04Lit before we leave

When a grill
cannot wait in Malibu.

In Malibu as anywhere, these four put the people at the grill in danger and mean the gas stays closed until we come: a gas smell at the grill, the hose or the tank, a grease fire that keeps burning with the knobs down, flame curling out behind the control panel, or a knob that turns to off while the burner stays lit.

All 17 problems