Chimney Cap Repairs For Westbury

What Damage Does A Chimney Cap Repair Repair?

A chimney cap repair is frequently your Westbury property’s first line of defense against water leakage. Your chimney cap is one of the most forgotten places when it comes to the adequate preservation of a property. Most homeowners don’t give a lot of thought to their Westbury home’s (or business’s) chimney caps integrity. When roof or chimney cap repair becomes harmful, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and causes a host of other problems. Chimney cap repairs are usually made with cement or thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are typically mounted beneath your roof’s shingles. Replacing your chimney cap (or chimney cap sealants) from time to time will go a long way in water tightening your roof and securing your Westbury residence from water penetration.

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 exactly, proper chimney cap repairs will serve you for many years. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to preserve the chimney as well as your roof and attic from the inevitable deterioration caused by excessive water penetration.

Assessing For Chimney Cap Damage

Following a storm, walk around your home and inspect for water stains and in your house and ceilings using a flashlight – if possible. Water stains could indicate the start of your chimney leaking issue. Our highly-skilled chimney techs will find the source of the damage and reseal it ASAP. On your dwelling’s roof, do you see adverse mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water infiltrating into the attic or into walls or down stairs that you can see?

How Does A Chimney Cap Become Obstructed?

A variety of parts can rot the chimney cap and cause 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. Incorrectly-installed chimney caps or poor-quality cement or caulking used in the sealing process. Workers on your Westbury roof may also inadvertently break or dislodge the chimney cap. If your chimney’s cap looks leaky, it can quickly become a major harm if left slighted. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s important to ensure that the chimney cap is kept in optimum working order.

Some Signs A Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

Chimney cap repairs for your structure should last about 20 years in Westbury’s climate due to the amount of wear and tear caused by New York’s weather.

Spotting Problematic Chimney Caps

Many of the home’s chimneys in Westbury are over 50 years old (or more) and failing. The next factor that our technicians would watch the bricks that are above the chimney cap need to be renovated. Last – but not least – almost every fireplace’s crown needs to be analyzed for cracks, defects or breaks at least once a month.

Expressway’s team will visit your property and assess the integrity of the dwelling’s chimney system, identify whether the chimney cap needs to be repaired. Chimney inspection is a small maintenance task, but it’s one that you can’t afford to overlook. Expressway regularly repairs chimney caps that can no longer do its job in defending a home from eroding water.

Residence items can simply develop problems over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other dwelling building materials can be really harmed by regular water invasion. Because breakage happens below the roof and out of sight, property owners may not become aware of a leak until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to check your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway: The Chimney Cap Repair Pros

Reach out to our team of qualified professionals today to get started! There are many factors of your chimney system. Chimney caps often need to be customized exactly in order to work exactly. Part of Expressway’s chimney inspection service includes a close up assess at the chimney cap. Our chimney experts have the latest tools and training and take pride in doing every job correctly the first time. However, we know that there are hundreds of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Why choose Expressway? Our technicians could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. Our technicians let Expressway’s work speak for itself. Feel free to check out Expressway’s Google reviews – or even look at some of our previous work. We know that after you take a look, you will see just how much dignity our chimney experts take in each project. If it’s time for a chimney cap inspection or you know there’s trouble with the chimney cap, you can reach Westbury’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.