Chimney Flashing For Garden City Park

Layouts Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing preserves the spots around the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most overlooked places in the conservation of a residence. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their Garden City Park home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. Roof flashing is installed to avert your Garden City Park structure from water leakage and is generally laid down around vents, chimneys and skylights. Chimney flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are typically mounted beneath the roof’s shingles. Warped or missing flashing could lead to a serious water leak and severe damage to your Garden City Park structure and parts of the chimney.

There are 3 types of chimney flashing. ‘Step flashing’ – which diverts water from the roof away from your chimney. ‘Counter flashing’ – which is installed around a chimney to hamper water from leaking into the dwelling. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which prevents water’s nature to pond on your roof. Counter flashing covers the top ridge gap of the L-flashing and is secured by embedding it into the chimney masonry. When installed correctly, chimney flashing can serve you well for many years.

Checking For Chimney Flashing Damage

Even if your roof looks 100% fine after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying problems that could go unnoticed to a novice eye. If, when it starts to rain, you notice that there are areas in your dwelling that start to leak, call Expressway Roofing & Chimney immediately. Expressway’s trained chimney techs recommend you never let leaks go without address or repair for very long. On your structure’s roof, do you see harmful mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? If you smell mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, contact an professional chimney flashing chimney company such as Expressway to assess your residence’s chimney and roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

How Does Flashing Become Worrisome?

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

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

Chimney Flashing Problems

Many of the chimneys flashing that we repair is the same chimney flashing that was installed when the chimney was first built. Most of the time this could be fixed by cutting out the old metal flashing with an angle grinder and replacing it with new chimney flashing. Last – but not least – almost every fireplace crown needs to be scrutinized for cracks at least once a month. Our team can visit the property and assess the integrity of your dwelling’s chimney system, identify whether your flashing needs to be repaired. If the chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from your roof, our team could replace all of the flashing around the areas in question and help to keep the structure’s roof cushioned. Expressway regularly fixes chimney flashing that could no longer do its service in preserving a structure from damaging water. Property materials can simply develop harm over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other dwelling building materials could be severely deteriorated by regular water seepage. Mold is known to be unhealthy to humans and pets and if water is damaging down into your dwelling, the growth could be widespread and very pricey to remedy. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway Chimney Flashing Repair Contractors

This is one of the reasons it’s not recommended for the average property owner to perform a flashing installation repair on their own. Remember: One chimney contractor doesn’t always fit all. Part of our scheduled chimney inspection service includes a close up look at the chimney flashing. We, at Expressway, would love to handle all of the chimney flashing and other residence needs. However, our chimney experts know that there are a ton of other companies options to choose from. We let Expressway’s work speak for itself. If it’s time for a chimney flashing inspection or you know there’s trouble with the flashing, you may reach us at 631.772.6363.

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