Chimney Cap Repairs For Westhampton Beach

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

Chimney caps secure the spot atop the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. A chimney cap is one of the most imperitive parts of a home’s healthy chimney. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their Westhampton Beach home’s (or business’s) chimney caps integrity. When roof or chimney cap repair becomes problematic, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and initiates a host of other weakening. Chimney cap repairs are generally made with cement or thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are frequently mounted beneath the roof’s shingles. If water gets past your chimney cap, there is nothing left to stop it from leaking into your dwelling’s structure’s walls and ceilings.

A chimney cap’s purpose is to forestall rain water and melting snow from penetrating your property. If water is allowed to penetrate into your dwelling through a gap caused by harmed or missing chimney cap, there should be major cause for damage. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney assessments to preserve your chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable rust caused by excessive water intrusion.

Checking For Chimney Cap Damage

Even if your chimney appears okay after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying problems that might not be obvious to a novice eye. If, when it starts to rain, you notice that there are areas in your dwelling that start to leak, call us immediately. Expressway’s highly-skilled chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without fix for very long. On your home’s roof, do you see harmful 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?

Do I Need My Chimney Cap Repaired?

A variety of factors can break your chimney cap and initiate the need for either a chimney cap repair or a chimney cap installation. Damage producers definitely include powerful winds that can displace the chimney cap material. Rust weakening are common with certain types of chimney cap materials. Old age – i.e. many cold winters and hot summers. A chimney cap that has corroded from the elements will eventually cause damage to the roofing system, as the chimney cap repair helps prevent water damage from occurring to the roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained chimney cap, it is important to ensure that the chimney cap is kept in efficient working order.

Some Signs A Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

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

Spotting Broken Chimney Caps

Many of the chimneys that our pros repair are the same chimney caps that were installed when the chimney was first built. The next element that our technicians would evaluate the bricks that are above the chimney cap need to be addressed. Missing mortar joints also need to be addressed 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 under the chimney cap. If your chimney’s cap is rusting and breaking away from your roof, our team will replace all of the areas around the areas in question and help to keep your property’s roof protected. Chimney problems most commonly begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline.

Structural items can simply develop leakage over time. Mold growth – which is typically in dark, undrafted and damp sections are excellent for growing and harboring dangerous mold. Mold is known to be unhealthy to humans and pets – and – if water is penetrating down into your property, the growth can be widespread and very expensive to address. We suggest you call Expressway to analyze your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway: The Chimney Cap Repair Pros

One company doesn’t fit all. This is one of the reasons to why it’s not advisable for the average property owner to perform a chimney cap installation on their own chimney. Part of our chimney inspection service includes a close up analyze at the chimney cap. Our technicians have the proper tools and training and take pride in doing every job precisely the first time. However, our pros know that there are hundreds of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Why choose Expressway’s chimney experts? Our technicians could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. Our chimney experts let Expressway’s work speak for itself. Feel free to check out our Google reviews – or even look at some of Expressway’s previous work. Our pros know that after you take a look, you will see just how much satisfaction our pros take in each chimney project. If it’s time for a chimney cap inspection or you know there’s trouble with the chimney cap, you can call us at 631.772.6363.