Chimney Cap Repairs For Roosevelt

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

Chimney caps preserve the section atop the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. Your chimney cap is one of the most forgotten sections when it comes to the adequate preservation of a dwelling. Most customers don’t give a lot of thought to their Roosevelt home’s (or business’s) chimney caps integrity. Chimney cap repairs are necessary to impede your Roosevelt home from water problems. The chimney cap caulking used to keep your chimney cap in place will slowly erode, making the roof sensitive to leaks. Warped or missing chimney cap parts can lead to serious water leak and severe leakage to your Roosevelt dwelling and parts of the chimney.

A chimney cap’s purpose is to avert rain water and melting snow from eroding your property. When installed properly, proper chimney cap repairs will serve you for many years. Expressway provides chimney cap inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to secure your chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable rotting caused by excessive water infiltration.

Checking For Chimney Cap Damage

Following a storm, walk around your structure and check 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 dwelling that start to leak, call Expressway Roofing & Chimney immediately. Expressway’s expert chimney pros recommend you never let leaks go without address for very long. On your home’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?

Do I Need My Chimney Cap Repaired?

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Roosevelt) 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. Rust problems 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 harm if left slighted. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s always important to ensure that your chimney cap is kept in good working order.

Some Signs A Chimney Needs A New Cap:

• If your chimney cap is missing
• When your chimney cap looks 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 seems to be leaking water into your dwelling.

Whether your Roosevelt 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 Inspections

Many of the dwelling’s chimneys in Roosevelt are over 50 years old (or more) and failing. The next component that our technicians would analyze the bricks that are above the chimney cap need to be fixed. Last – but not least – almost every fireplace’s crown needs to be investigated for cracks, damage or breaks at least once a month.

Chimney crown cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney can leak past 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 sections in question and help to keep the home’s roof secured. Expressway regularly fixes chimney caps that can no longer do its job in preserving a residence from infiltrating water.

If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the problems can be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other property building materials can be really broken by regular water insertion. Because damage begins below the roof and out of sight, homeowners may not become aware of a leak until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to evaluate your roof and chimney soon.

Chimney Cap Repairs By Expressway

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 properly in order to work exactly. Part of our chimney inspection service includes a close up evaluate at the chimney cap. Our chimney experts have the correct tools and training and take pride in doing every job exactly the first time. However, our technicians know that there are a ton of other chimney companies options to choose from. Why choose Expressway’s chimney experts? Our chimney experts 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 Expressway’s previous work. Our pros know that after you take a look, you will see just how much joy our technicians take in each task. If it’s time for a chimney cap inspection or you know there’s trouble with your chimney cap, you can call Roosevelt’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.