Chimney Cap Repairs For Bay Shore

What Problems Does A Chimney Cap Repair Repair?

A chimney cap repair is usually your Bay Shore property’s first line of defense against water breakage. A chimney cap is one of the most imperitive parts of a home’s healthy chimney. Most customers don’t give a lot of thought to their Bay Shore 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 starts a host of other issues. The chimney cap caulking used to keep your chimney cap in place will slowly erode, making your roof prone to leaks. Warped or missing chimney cap parts can lead to serious water leak and severe harm to your Bay Shore residence and parts of the chimney.

A chimney cap’s purpose is to impede rain water and melting snow from infiltrating your residence. When installed correctly, proper chimney cap repairs will serve you for many years. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to preserve your chimney as well as your roof and attic from the inevitable corrosion caused by excessive water intrusion.

Chimney Cap Harm To Inspect For

Even if your chimney appears dry after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying problems that might not be noticeable to a novice eye. Water stains could indicate the start of your chimney leaking issue. Expressway’s trained chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without repair for very long. On your residence’s roof, do you see threatening mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water infiltrating into the attic or into walls that you can see?

How Does A Chimney Cap Become Clogged?

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Bay Shore) 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. Incorrectly-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 the chimney’s cap is broken, it can quickly become a major leak if left unaddressed. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s important to ensure that the chimney cap is kept in optimum working order.

Some Signs your Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

Whether your Bay Shore dwelling 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 Damage

Many of the dwelling’s chimneys in Bay Shore are over 50 years old (or more) and failing. The next part that our chimney experts would look the bricks that are above the chimney cap need to be addressed Missing mortar joints also need to be repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water can effortlessly pass by the chimney cap.

Our team will visit the property and assess the integrity of your residence’s chimney system, identify whether the chimney cap needs to be repaired. If the chimney’s cap is rusting and breaking away from your roof, Expressway’s team will replace all of the areas around the spots in question and help to keep your residence’s roof defended. Expressway regularly repairs chimney caps that can no longer do its job in securing a property from penetrating water.

If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the harm can be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other home building products can be really deteriorated by regular water invasion. Because harm happens below the roof and out of sight, customers may not become aware of a leak until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway: The Chimney Cap Repair Experts

Reach out to Expressway’s team of chimney pros today to get started! This is one of the redresses to why it’s not advisable for the average homeowner to perform a chimney cap repair on their own chimney. Part of our chimney inspection service includes a close up evaluate at the chimney cap. Our pros have the correct tools and training and take pride in doing every job precisely the first time. However, our pros know that there are a lot of other chimney companies options to choose from. Why choose Expressway’s chimney experts? Our pros could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. We 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 delight 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 contact Bay Shore’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.

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