Chimney Cap Repairs For The Town Of Northport

What’s The Need For Chimney Cap Repairs?

A chimney cap repair is usually your The Town Of Northport residence’s first line of protection against water breakage. A chimney cap is one of the most essential parts of a home’s healthy chimney. Chimney cap damage is rarely seen from the ground – or even noticed – until something goes awry with it. Chimney cap repairs are necessary to prevent your The Town Of Northport residence from water damage. The chimney cap caulking used to keep your chimney cap in place will slowly erode, making your roof open to leaks. If water gets under the chimney cap, there is nothing left to stop it from penetrating into your residence’s structure’s walls and ceilings.

A chimney cap’s purpose is to impede rain water and melting snow from infiltrating your home. 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 rotting caused by excessive water intrusion.

Chimney Cap Harm To Evaluate For

Following a storm, walk around your home and maintain for water stains and in your house and ceilings using a flashlight – if possible. Water stains could indicate the start of your chimney leaking issue. Our trained chimney techs will find the source of the breakage and reseal it ASAP. On your structure’s roof, do you see risky 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?

How Does A Chimney Cap Become Closed?

A variety of conditions can rot your chimney cap and initiate the need for either a chimney cap repair or a chimney cap installation. Leakage producers definitely include powerful winds that can uplift the chimney cap material. Rust damage are common with certain types of chimney cap materials. Old age – i.e. many cold winters and hot summers. A chimney cap that has rusted from the elements will eventually cause damage to the roofing system, as the chimney cap repair helps avert water damages from occurring to your roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained chimney cap, it’s always important to ensure that the chimney cap is kept in fine working order.

Some Signs The Chimney Needs A New Cap:

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

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

Recognizing Leaks Below The Surface

Many of the chimneys that our chimney experts repair are the same chimney caps that were installed when the chimney was initially built. The next component that we would assess 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 easily pass by the chimney cap.

Chimney crown cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney can leak below the chimney cap. Chimney inspection appears a small maintenance task, but it’s one that you can’t afford to overlook. Expressway regularly fixes chimney caps that can no longer do its job in preserving a dwelling from eroding water.

If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the leakage can be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other dwelling building products can be really broken by regular water infiltration. Because leakage occurrs below the roof and out of sight, property owners may not become aware of the problem until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to test your roof and chimney soon.

The Chimney Repair Contractors

Reach out to Expressway’s team of roofing experts today to get started! This is one of the reasons to why it’s not advisable for the average homeowner to perform a chimney cap repair on their own chimney. Part of Expressway’s chimney inspection service includes a close up watch at your chimney cap. Our chimney experts have the correct tools and training and take pride in doing every job exactly the first time. However, our pros know that there are a lot of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Why choose Expressway? Our technicians 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 chimney experts know that after you take a look, you will see just how much pride our chimney experts take in each job. If it’s time for a chimney cap inspection or you know there’s trouble with the chimney cap, you can reach us at 631.772.6363.