Chimney Cap Repairs For The Town Of Shelter Island

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

A chimney cap repair is frequently your The Town Of Shelter Island residence’s first line of protection against water harm. A chimney cap is one of the most imperitive parts of a property’s healthy chimney. Chimney cap damage is rarely seen from the ground – or even noticed – until something goes wrong with it. When roof or chimney cap repair becomes harmful, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and begins a host of other harm. Chimney cap repairs are generally made with cement or thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are typically mounted beneath your roof’s shingles. If water gets underneath the chimney cap, there is nothing left to stop it from eroding into the residence’s structure’s walls and ceilings.

A chimney cap’s purpose is to stop rain water and melting snow from penetrating your residence. When installed precisely, proper chimney cap repairs will serve you for many years. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney assessments to protect your chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable deterioration caused by excessive water aggression.

Watching Chimney Cap Damage

Following a storm, walk around your dwelling and maintain for water stains and in your house and ceilings using a flashlight – if possible. If, when it starts to rain, you notice that there are areas in your residence that start to leak, call your local roofing experts immediately. Expressway’s highly-skilled chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without address for very long. On your home’s roof, do you see unhealthy mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water penetrating into the attic or into walls or down stairs that you can see?

Repairing Your Own Chimney Cap

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in The Town Of Shelter Island) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Squirrels, raccoons and other animals may be tearing at the chimney cap to get in. Rust leaks are common with certain types of chimney cap products. Workers on your The Town Of Shelter Island roof may also inadvertently damage or dislodge the chimney cap. A chimney cap that has deteriorated from the elements will eventually cause leaks to your roofing system, as your chimney cap repair helps impede water damages from happening to the roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s always important to ensure that your chimney cap is kept in fine working order.

Some Signs The Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

Whether your The Town Of Shelter Island residence 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 Harms

Many of the home’s chimneys in The Town Of Shelter Island are over 50 years old (or more) and failing. Most of the time, this can be repaired 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 repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water can guardedly pass by the chimney cap.

Chimney crown cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney can leak below the chimney cap. Chimney inspection is a small maintenance task, but it’s one that you can’t afford to overlook. Expressway regularly addresses chimney caps that can no longer do its job in protecting a property from infiltrating water.

If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the leakage can be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other structure building materials can be seriously harmed by regular water seepage. Mold is known to be noxious to humans and pets – and – if water is leaking down into your structure, the growth can be widespread and very expensive to replace. We suggest you call Expressway to evaluate your roof and chimney soon.

Chimney Cap Repairs By Expressway

Reach out to our team of roofing experts today to get started! This is one of the reasons to why it’s not advisable for the average client to perform a chimney cap installation on their own roof. When Expressway’s highly-skilled chimney pros craft and construct new chimney cap, our chimney experts take the time to make sure the product chimney cap looks to be a good fit – in terms of shape and size for your chimney and roof. Our pros have the correct tools and training and take pride in doing every job correctly the first time. However, our chimney experts know that there are a ton of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Why choose us? Our chimney experts could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. We let Expressway’s work speak for itself. Feel free to check out our Google reviews – or even look at some of our previous work. Our chimney experts know that after you take a look, you will see just how much pride we take in each 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.