Chimney Flashing For East Hills

The Importance Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing secures the sections around the chimney from leaking water where the roof abuts the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most essential parts of a home’s chimney. Most customers don’t give a lot of thought to their East Hills home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. Roof flashing is installed to avert your East Hills property from water leakage and is usually placed around vents, chimneys and skylights. The chimney flashing or caulking used to keep the flashing in place might slowly erode, making the roof open to leaks. Warped or missing flashing will lead to a serious water leak and severe leakage to your East Hills structure and parts of the chimney.

There are 3 styles of chimney flashing. ‘Step flashing’ – which diverts water from the roof away from the chimney. ‘Counter flashing’ – which is installed around a chimney to hamper water from leaking into the property. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which impedes water’s nature to pond on your roof. Counter flashing protects the top ridge gap of the L-flashing and is secured by embedding it into the chimney masonry. If water is allowed to flow down into your dwelling through a gap begun by leaking or missing flashing, there should be major cause for damage.

New Chimney Flashing

Following a storm, walk around your structure and inspect for water stains in your ceiling using a flashlight if possible. Water stains could indicate the start of a leaking problem. Expressway’s expert chimney techs recommend you never let leaks go without address or repair for very long. Leaky roofs recurrently cause additional problems to other parts of your structure – which can then include the growth of risky mold and mildew… and that willthen cost you thousands more to address. Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water leaking into the attic or into walls that you can see?

How Does Flashing Become Concerning?

Nuerous parts could harm your home’s flashing and cause the need for either a flashing installation. Squirrels, raccoons and other animals that enjoy chewing on the flashing. Rust issues (which are common with certain types of flashing material). Workers on a roof in East Hills might also inadvertently break the flashing. If the chimney’s flashing is problematic, it can quickly become a major issue if forgetten about. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained flashing, it’s always important to ensure that your flashing is kept in optimum working order.

Some Signs Your Chimney might Need New Flashing:

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

Chimney Flashing Inspections

A lot of the chimneys flashing that our pros repair is the same chimney flashing that was installed when the chimney was originally built. The next component that our technicians would look for is if the bricks that are above the chimney flashing need to be repaired Missing mortar joints also need to be repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water can pass the chimney flashing. Expressway’s team could visit your property and assess the integrity of your dwelling’s chimney system, identify whether the flashing needs to be repaired. If your chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from the roof, Expressway’s team might replace all of the flashing around the areas in question and help to keep the property’s roof secured. Expressway regularly fixes chimney flashing that might no longer do its job in cushioning a property from penetrating water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the harm can be faster and more pervasive. Mold growth – which is usually in dark, undrafted and damp spots are perfect for growing and harboring adverse mold. Because breakage happens below the roof and out of sight, customers 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.

Chimney Flashing Repairs By Expressway

This is one of the reasons it’s not recommended for the average client to perform a flashing installation repair on their own. Reach out to Expressway’s team of chimney pros today to get started! When Expressway’s expert qualified professionals install new chimney flashing, we take the time to make sure the new chimney flashing is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for your chimney and roof. We, at Expressway, would love to handle all of the chimney flashing and other home needs. However, our chimney experts know that there are a ton of other companies options to choose from. Feel free to check out our Google reviews or even look at some of Expressway’s previous work. If it’s time for a chimney flashing inspection or you know there’s trouble with the flashing, you could reach Expressway Roofing & Chimney at 631.772.6363.

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