Chimney Cap Repairs For Pantigo

What Issues Does A Chimney Cap Repair Replace?

A chimney cap repair is generally your Pantigo residence’s first line of protection against water problems. Your chimney cap is one of the most overlooked areas when it comes to the adequate sustainment of a residence. Chimney cap damage is rarely seen from the ground – or even noticed – until something goes wrong with it. Chimney cap repairs are necessary to impede your Pantigo property from water leakage. Chimney cap repairs are typically made with cement or thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are usually mounted beneath the roof’s shingles. Chimney cap repair is your first line of defense from water aggression.

A chimney cap repair is typically made with concrete or metal – spread or screwed to fit securely around the top of your chimney. When installed properly, proper chimney cap repairs will serve you for many years. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to protect your chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable rotting caused by excessive water penetration.

Looking For Chimney Cap Damage

Even if your chimney looks dry after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying leakage that might not be obvious to a novice eye. Water stains could indicate the start of your chimney leaking damage. Expressway’s professional chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without fix for very long. On your structure’s roof, do you see threatening mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? If you notice threatening mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, call an expert chimney cap chimney contractor such as Expressway to test your structure’s roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

Correcting Your Own Chimney Cap

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Pantigo) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Harm producers definitely include powerful winds that can uplift the chimney cap material. Imprecisely-installed chimney caps or poor-quality cement or caulking used in the sealing process. Old age – i.e. many cold winters and hot summers. If your chimney’s cap seems to be broken, it can quickly become a major leak if left neglected. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained chimney cap, it is important to ensure that your chimney cap is kept in fine working order.

Some Signs Your Chimney Needs A New Cap:

• If your chimney cap is missing
• When the chimney cap seems to be rusted or rotted through
• If the chimney cap is coming loose
• the chimney cap seems to be covered with roofing tar
• You’re installing new roof shingles – or having other roofing work done
• the chimney appears leaking water into your residence.

Whether your Pantigo house has a fireplace that was built with masonry stone or brick – you’ll have to maintain the chimney cap so that it won’t leak.

Chimney Cap Leaks

Many of the chimneys that we repair are the same chimney caps that were installed when the chimney was originally built. The next element that our chimney experts would watch the bricks that are above the chimney cap need to be repaired. Missing mortar joints also need to be renovated and or re-tuckpointed so that the water can readily pass by the chimney cap.

Chimney crown cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney can leak underneath the chimney cap. Chimney inspection is a small maintenance task, but it’s one that you can’t afford to overlook. Chimney problems usually begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline.

Property items can simply develop harm over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other home building products can be really deteriorated by regular water insertion. Because leakage begins below the roof and out of sight, clients may not become aware of a leak until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to analyze your roof and chimney soon.

Chimney Cap Repairs By Expressway

One chimney contractor doesn’t fit all. This is one of the reasons to why it’s not advisable for the average customer to perform a chimney cap installation on their own chimney. When Expressway’s highly-skilled chimney repair technicians build and construct new chimney cap, our pros take the time to make sure the product chimney cap looks to be a foolproof fit – in terms of shape and size for the chimney and roof. Expressway would love to handle all of your chimney cap problems and other residence needs. However, our technicians know that there are a lot of other chimney companies options to choose from. Why choose Expressway? Our pros could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. Our technicians let our work speak for itself. Feel free to check out our Google reviews – or even look at some of Expressway’s previous work. We know that after you take a look, you will see just how much satisfaction our chimney experts take in each venture. If it’s time for a chimney cap inspection or you know there’s trouble with the chimney cap, you can contact Expressway Roofing & Chimney at 631.772.6363.