Chimney Flashing For Harbor Hills

The Importance Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing is your Harbor Hills dwelling’s main line of defense against water problems. Chimney flashing is one of the most pertinent parts of a dwelling’s chimney. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their Harbor Hills home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. When roof or chimney flashing becomes harmful, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and initiates a host of other weakening. The chimney flashing or caulking used to keep your flashing in place might slowly erode, making the roof susceptible to leaks. If water gets past the chimney flashing, there is nothing left to stop it from penetrating the structure’s walls and ceilings.

Chimney flashing’s purpose is to prevent rain water and melting snow. Flashing has two layers: “step flashing” and “counter flashing.” Chimney flashing is made typically from sheet metal strips that are engineered to to fit securely around the base of the chimney where it intersects with the roof. If water is allowed to flow down into your dwelling through a gap begun by damages or missing flashing, there should be major cause for worry.

New Chimney Flashing

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 structure that begin to leak, call us immediately. Expressway’s professional chimney techs recommend you never let leaks go without address or repair for very long. On your structure’s roof, do you see detrimental mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water infiltrating into the attic or into walls that you could see?

How Does Flashing Become Worrisome?

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Harbor Hills) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Squirrels, raccoons and other animals that enjoy chewing on the flashing. Rust issues (which are common with certain layouts of flashing material). Old age – i.e. many crazy winters and crazy summers. If your chimney’s flashing is broken, it can quickly become a major issue if slighted. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained flashing, it’s 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 sustain the chimney flashing so that it won’t leak.

Chimney Flashing Problems

A lot of the residence’s chimneys in Harbor Hills are over 50 years old or more and failing. Most of the time this will 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 assessed for cracks at least once a month. Chimney crown cracks are one of the obvious reasons that chimney could leak past the chimney flashing. Chimney inspection is a small maintenance task, but it’s one that you can’t afford to neglect. Expressway regularly addresses chimney flashing that might no longer do its job in securing a property from penetrating water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the damage may be faster and more pervasive. Mold growth – which is typically in dark, undrafted and damp areas are perfect for growing and harboring risky mold. Mold is known to be harmful to humans and pets and if water is infiltrating down into your home, the growth may be widespread and very costly 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 homeowner to perform a flashing installation repair on their own. Remember: One company doesn’t always fit all. Part of our scheduled chimney inspection service includes a close up look at your chimney flashing. Our chimney experts have the latest tools and training and take pride in doing every project correctly the first time. So why choose us? We could talk about quality and the Expressway advantage. Feel free to check out our Google reviews or even look at some of Expressway’s previous work. We know that after you take a look, you will see just how much pride our pros take in each job.

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