Chimney Flashing For Coram

The Importance Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing preserves the areas around the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most overlooked sections in the prolongation of a structure. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their Coram home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. When roof or chimney flashing becomes damaged, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and initiates a host of other issues. The chimney flashing or caulking used to keep the flashing in place might slowly erode, making your roof open to leaks.Chimney flashing is your last line of integrity from water damage.

Chimney flashing’s purpose is to hamper rain water and melting snow. Flashing has two layers: “step flashing” and “counter flashing.” Counter flashing surrounds the top ridge gap of the L-flashing and is secured by embedding it into the chimney masonry. Expressway provides flashing inspections, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to defend the chimney as well as the roof and attic from the inevitable deterioration caused by excessive water aggression.

Chimney Flashing Issues To Look For

Following a storm, walk around your dwelling and inspect for water stains in your ceiling 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 us immediately. Expressway’s professional chimney techs recommend you never let leaks go without address or repair for very long. Leaky roofs sometimes cause additional damage to other parts of your home – which could then include the growth of threatening mold and mildew… and that maythen cost the owner thousands more to address. Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water infiltrating into the attic or into walls that you may see?

Leave The Flashing Repairs To A Professional

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Coram) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Problem producers definitely include severe winds that may move the flashing material. Improperly installed flashing or wrong caulking used in the sealing process. Old age – i.e. many severe winters and crazy summers. If the chimney’s flashing is leaky, it will quickly become a major issue if forgetten about. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained flashing, it’s important to ensure that your flashing is kept in good working order.

Some Signs The Chimney might Need New Flashing:

• your flashing is dislodged or missing
• the flashing is rusted or rotted through
• the flashing is now coming loose
• the flashing is covered with roofing tar
• You’re installing new roof shingles – or having other roofing jobs done
• The chimney is leaking water into your residence.

Chimney Flashing Problems

Many of the residence’s chimneys in Coram are over 50 years old or more and failing. The next factor that we would look for is if the bricks that are above the chimney flashing need to be renovated Missing mortar joints also need to be repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water might pass the chimney flashing. Expressway’s team may visit the property and assess the integrity of your residence’s chimney system, identify whether your flashing needs to be resealed. If the chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from your roof, our team can replace all of the flashing around the areas in question and help to keep the home’s roof defended. Expressway regularly addresses chimney flashing that may no longer do its service in preserving a home from infiltrating water. Structural materials are known to simply develop breakage over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other structure building materials might be severely deteriorated by regular water aggression. Because leakage happens below the roof and out of sight, clients might not become aware of possible damage until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway: The Premier Chimney Repair Experts

Because there are a lot of parts and components of your chimney system, chimney flashing must be correctly customized in order to work well. Reach out to our team of chimney pros today to get started! When Expressway’s fully-trained chimney pros construct new chimney flashing, we take the time to make sure the new metal flashing is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for the chimney and roof. Our technicians have the latest tools and training and take pride in doing every service precisely the first time. However, our technicians know that there are a ton of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Feel free to check out our Google reviews or even look at some of our previous work. If it’s time for a chimney flashing inspection or you know there’s trouble with your flashing, you may contact Coram’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.

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