Chimney Flashing For East Northport

The Importance Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing is your East Northport structure’s first line of protection against water damage. Chimney flashing is one of the most imperitive parts of a home’s chimney. Chimney flashing is rarely seen – or even noticed – until something goes wrong with it. When roof or chimney flashing becomes broken, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and causes a host of other problems. Roof flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are generally mounted beneath your roof’s shingles. Warped or missing flashing could lead to a serious water leak and severe leakage to your East Northport home and parts of the chimney.

There are 3 arrays of chimney flashing. ‘Step flashing’ – which diverts water from the roof away from your chimney. ‘Counter flashing’ – which is installed around a chimney to stop water from leaking into the home. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which forestalls water’s nature to pond on your roof. Counter flashing overlaps 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 protect your chimney as well as your roof and attic from the inevitable deterioration initiated by excessive water infiltration.

Chimney Flashing Issues To Look For

Even if your roof looks 100% fine after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying damage that will go unnoticed to a novice eye. Water stains could indicate the start of a leaking problem. Our highly-skilled flashing techs could find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. On your structure’s roof, do you see adverse mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? If you smell mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, contact an highly-skilled chimney flashing chimney contractor such as Expressway to look at your structure’s chimney and roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

Leave The Flashing Repairs To A Highly-skilled Pro

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in East Northport) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Leakage producers definitely include turbulent winds that will move the flashing material. Improperly installed flashing or poor caulking used in the sealing process. Old age – i.e. many extreme winters and extreme summers. Flashing that has deteriorated from the elements can eventually cause damage to the roofing system, as your chimney flashing helps forestall water problems from occurring to the roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained flashing, it is important to ensure that your flashing is kept in efficient working order.

Whether you have a fireplace that is built with masonry stone or brick you’ll have to manage the chimney flashing so that it won’t leak.

Chimney Flashing Problems

Many of the home’s chimneys in East Northport are over 50 years old or more and failing. The next part that we would look for is if the bricks that are above the chimney flashing need to be addressed Missing mortar joints also need to be repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water may pass the chimney flashing. Expressway’s team might visit your property and assess the integrity of your property’s chimney system, identify whether your flashing needs to be addressed. If the chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from your roof, our team can replace all of the flashing around the places in question and help to keep your residence’s roof defended. Expressway regularly repairs chimney flashing that could no longer do its service in cushioning a structure from infiltrating water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the damage might be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other home building materials can be severely deteriorated by regular water penetration. Because breakage happens below the roof and out of sight, clients will 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 Contractors

This is one of the reasons it’s not recommended for the average customer to perform a flashing installation job on their own. Remember: One chimney contractor doesn’t always fit all. When Expressway’s expert qualified professionals build new chimney flashing, our technicians take the time to make sure the new chimney flashing is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for the chimney and roof. We, at Expressway, would love to handle all of your chimney flashing and other home needs. However, we know that there are a ton of other chimney companies options to choose from. Our chimney experts let our work speak for itself. We know that after you take a look, you might see just how much satisfaction our chimney experts take in each job.

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