Chimney Flashing For East Shoreham

What Chimney Flashing Does

Chimney flashing preserves the sections around the chimney from leaking water where the roof abuts the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most important parts of a dwelling’s chimney. Most homeowners don’t give a lot of thought to their East Shoreham home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. When roof or chimney flashing becomes damaged, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and begins a host of other problems. Roof flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are frequently mounted beneath your roof’s shingles. Chimney flashing is your last line of integrity from water damage.

Chimney flashing’s purpose is to prevent rain water and melting snow. Flashing has two layers: “step flashing” and “counter flashing.” 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 property through a gap initiated by leaking or missing flashing, there should be major cause for worry.

New Chimney Flashing

Even if your roof looks 100% fine after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying damage that may go unnoticed to a novice eye. If, when it starts to rain, you notice that there are areas in your dwelling that begin to leak, call your local flashing experts immediately. Expressway’s highly-skilled chimney techs recommend you never let leaks go without address or repair for very long. On your dwelling’s roof, do you see threatening mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water penetrating into the attic or into walls that you might see?

Do I Need My Chimney Flashing Inspected?

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in East Shoreham) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Leakage producers definitely include extreme winds that may dislodge the flashing material. Rust issues (which are common with certain designs of flashing material). Workers on a roof in East Shoreham can also inadvertently damage the flashing. Flashing that has deteriorated from the elements could eventually cause problems to your roofing system, as your chimney flashing helps prevent water damage from occurring to your roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having precisely installed or maintained flashing, it’s important to ensure that your flashing is kept in fine working order.

Chimney flashing should last about 20 years in East Shoreham’s extreme climate due to the amount of wear and tear begun by New York’s weather patterns.

Chimney Flashing Inspections

Many of the property’s chimneys in East Shoreham are over 50 years old or more and failing. Most of the time this can be fixed by cutting out the old metal flashing with an angle grinder and replacing it with new chimney flashing. Missing mortar joints also need to be repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water may pass the chimney flashing. Chimney crown cracks are one of the obvious reasons that chimney can leak past the chimney flashing. If the chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from the roof, Expressway’s team may replace all of the flashing around the places in question and help to keep the home’s roof protected. Chimney leakage most commonly begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the damage could be faster and more pervasive. Mold growth – which is typically in dark, undrafted and damp sections are perfect for growing and harboring unhealthy mold. Mold is known to be unhealthy to humans and pets and if water is leaking down into your home, the growth could be widespread and very costly to remedy. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway Chimney Flashing Repair Technicians

This is one of the reasons it’s not okay for the average customer to perform a flashing installation job on their own. Reach out to our team of chimney pros today to get started! When Expressway’s expert qualified professionals install new chimney flashing, our pros take the time to make sure the new material 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 property needs. So why choose us? We could talk about quality and the Expressway advantage. Our chimney experts let our work speak for itself. Our technicians know that after you take a look, you will see just how much joy our technicians take in each project.

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