Chimney Cap Repairs For North Babylon

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

Chimney caps protect the section atop the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. Your chimney cap is one of the most neglected spots when it comes to the adequate conservation of a structure. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their North Babylon home’s (or business’s) chimney caps integrity. Chimney cap repairs are necessary to avert your North Babylon home from water damage. The chimney cap caulking used to keep your chimney cap in place will slowly erode, making the roof wide open to leaks. Chimney cap repair is your first line of defense 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. If water seems to be allowed to flow down into your home through a gap caused by damages or missing chimney cap, there should be major cause for concern. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to defend your chimney as well as your roof and attic from the inevitable rotting caused by excessive water infiltration.

Evaluating For Chimney Cap Damage

Following a storm, walk around your structure and evaluate for water stains and in your house and ceilings using a flashlight – if possible. Water stains could indicate the start of your chimney leaking damage. Our trained chimney techs will find the source of the complication and replace it ASAP. On your home’s roof, do you see toxic mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water damaging 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 North Babylon) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Leakage producers definitely include powerful winds that can displace the chimney cap material. Improperly-installed chimney caps or poor-quality cement or caulking used in the sealing process. Old age – i.e. many cold winters and hot summers. A chimney cap that has corroded from the elements will eventually cause problems to your roofing system, as your chimney cap repair helps avert water harm from occurring to the roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having precisely installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s important to ensure that the chimney cap is kept in good working order.

Some Signs The Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

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

Chimney Cap Inspections

Many of the property’s chimneys in North Babylon are over 50 years old (or more) and failing. Most of the time, this can be fixed by cutting out the old metal chimney cap with an angle grinder and replacing it with a new chimney cap. . Last – but not least – almost every fireplace’s crown needs to be analyzed for cracks, danger or breaks at least once a month.

Expressway’s team will visit the property and assess the integrity of your structure’s chimney system, identify whether your chimney cap needs to be addressed. If your chimney’s cap is rusting and breaking away from the roof, our team will replace all of the areas around the places in question and help to keep the residence’s roof preserved. Expressway regularly replaces chimney caps that can no longer do its job in cushioning a residence from penetrating water.

Home products can simply develop breakage over time. Mold growth – which is typically in dark, undrafted and damp sections are excellent for growing and harboring risky mold. Mold is known to be dangerous to humans and pets – and – if water is penetrating down into your residence, the growth can be widespread and very expensive to repair. We suggest you call Expressway to test your roof and chimney soon.

Chimney Cap Repairs By Expressway

One chimney company doesn’t fit all. There are many factors of a chimney system. Chimney caps often need to be customized properly in order to work exactly. Part of our chimney inspection service includes a close up assess at the chimney cap. Expressway would love to handle all of your chimney cap repairs and other home needs. However, our chimney experts know that there are a ton of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Why choose Expressway? 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 Expressway’s previous work. Our technicians know that after you take a look, you will see just how much dignity our technicians 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 reach North Babylon’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.