Chimney Cap Repairs For Freeport

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

Chimney caps cushion the area atop the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. A chimney cap is one of the most important parts of a property’s healthy chimney. Most customers don’t give a lot of thought to their Freeport home’s (or business’s) chimney caps integrity. Chimney cap repairs are necessary to stop your Freeport property from water damage. The chimney cap caulking used to keep your chimney cap in place will slowly erode, making the roof susceptible to leaks. Warped or missing chimney cap parts can lead to serious water leak and heavy problems to your Freeport dwelling and parts of the chimney.

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 is allowed to enter into your home through a gap caused by leaking or missing chimney cap, there should be major cause for damage. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney assessments to cushion your chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable corrosion caused by excessive water infiltration.

Looking Chimney Cap Damage

Following a storm, walk around your dwelling and inspect 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 trained chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without address for very long. On your residence’s roof, do you see detrimental mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water eroding into the attic or into walls or down stairs that you can see?

Do I Need My Chimney Cap Repaired?

A variety of things can damage your chimney cap and initiate 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 weakening are common with certain types of chimney cap materials. Old age – i.e. many cold winters and hot summers. If your chimney’s cap seems to be problematic, it can quickly become a major leak if left ignored. With so much to gain from having precisely installed or maintained chimney cap, it is 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 damaged
• When the chimney cap looks rusted or rotted through
• If the chimney cap looks coming loose
• the chimney cap seems to be covered with roofing tar
• You’re installing new roof shingles – or having other roofing work done
• the chimney is leaking water into your dwelling.

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

Chimney Cap Breakages

Many of the chimneys that our chimney experts repair are the same chimney caps that were installed when the chimney was originally built. The next component that we would look the bricks that are above the chimney cap need to be addressed. Missing mortar joints also need to be resealed and or re-tuckpointed so that the water can readily pass by the chimney cap.

Expressway’s team will visit your property and assess the integrity of the structure’s chimney system, identify whether your 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 areas in question and help to keep your home’s roof cushioned. Expressway regularly repairs chimney caps that can no longer do its job in defending a structure from eroding water.

Dwelling products can simply develop leakage over time. Mold growth – which is generally in dark, undrafted and damp areas are perfect for growing and harboring threatening mold. Mold is known to be dangerous to humans and pets – and – if water is penetrating down into your dwelling, the growth can be widespread and very expensive to address. We suggest you call Expressway to evaluate your roof and chimney soon.

The Chimney Repair Pros

One chimney company doesn’t fit all. This is one of the keys to why it’s not advisable for the average customer to perform a chimney cap repair on their own chimney. Part of Expressway’s chimney inspection service includes a close up assess at your chimney cap. Expressway would love to handle all of your chimney cap problems and other residence needs. However, we know that there are hundreds of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Why choose Expressway? Our chimney experts could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. Our pros 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. Our technicians know that after you take a look, you will see just how much pride 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 reach Freeport’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.