Chimney Cap Repairs For Sea Cliff

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

Chimney caps defend the area atop the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. A chimney cap is one of the most pertinent parts of a home’s healthy chimney. Most homeowners don’t give a lot of thought to their Sea Cliff home’s (or business’s) chimney caps integrity. Chimney cap repairs are necessary to prevent your Sea Cliff residence from water leakage. The chimney cap caulking used to keep your chimney cap in place will slowly erode, making your roof vulnerable to leaks. Chimney cap repair is your first line of defense from water intrusion.

A chimney cap repair is typically made with concrete or metal – spread or screwed to fit securely around the top of your chimney. If water appears allowed to penetrate into the structure through a gap caused by harmed or missing chimney cap, there should be major cause for leaks. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to protect the chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable rust caused by excessive water penetration.

Watching Chimney Cap Damage

Following a storm, walk around your home and maintain for water stains and in your house and ceilings using a flashlight – if possible. Water stains could indicate the start of your chimney leaking complication. Expressway’s trained chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without replace for very long. Leaky roofs almost always cause additional damage to other parts of your structure which can include the growth of risky mold and mildew… and that will then cost you thousands more to fix. If you notice dangerous mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, contact an fully-trained chimney cap chimney contractor such as Expressway to maintain your structure’s roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

Addressing Your Own Chimney Cap

A variety of conditions can break your chimney cap and begin the need for either a chimney cap repair or a chimney cap installation. Squirrels, raccoons and other animals may be tearing at the chimney cap to get in. Rust issues are common with certain types of chimney cap metals. Workers on your home’s Sea Cliff roof may also inadvertently damage or dislodge the chimney cap. A chimney cap that has rusted from the elements will eventually cause damage to the roofing system, as your chimney cap repair helps avert water damages from occurring to the roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having precisely installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s always important to ensure that the chimney cap is kept in fine working order.

Some Signs A Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

Whether your Sea Cliff property 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.

Recognizing Destruction Below The Surface

Many of the chimneys that our technicians repair are the same chimney caps that were installed when the chimney was first built. Most of the time, this can be resealed by cutting out the old metal chimney cap with an angle grinder and replacing it with a new chimney cap. . Missing mortar joints also need to be addressed and or re-tuckpointed so that the water can carefully pass by the chimney cap.

Our team will visit the property and assess the integrity of your structure’s chimney system, identify whether the chimney cap needs to be replaced. If your chimney’s cap is rusting and breaking away from your roof, our team will replace all of the areas around the spots in question and help to keep your structure’s roof secured. Chimney leakage typically begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline.

Dwelling materials can simply develop leakage over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other dwelling building products can be heavily damaged by regular water seepage. Because harm happens below the roof and out of sight, customers may not become aware of any danger 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

Reach out to Expressway’s team of roofing experts today to get started! This is one of the redresses to why it’s not advisable for the average customer to perform a chimney cap installation on their own chimney. Part of our chimney inspection service includes a close up look at your chimney cap. Expressway would love to handle all of your chimney cap problems and other property needs. However, we know that there are a lot of other chimney companies options to choose from. Why choose us? We could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. Our pros 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 delight our technicians take in each chimney project. If it’s time for a chimney cap inspection or you know there’s trouble with your chimney cap, you can contact Expressway Roofing & Chimney at 631.772.6363.