Chimney Flashing For Kings Park

What Chimney Flashing Does

Chimney flashing preserves the sections around the chimney from leaking water where the roof joins the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most essential parts of a residence’s chimney. Chimney flashing is rarely seen – or even noticed – until something goes bad with it. Roof flashing is installed to impede your Kings Park structure from water leakage and is over and over installed around vents, chimneys and skylights. Chimney flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are generally mounted beneath your roof’s shingles. If water gets past the chimney flashing, there is nothing left to stop it from leaking 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.” L-shaped step flashing is also laid down and tightly sealed with caulk. If water is allowed to flow down into the home through a gap initiated by harmed or missing flashing, there should be major cause for leaks.

Checking For Chimney Flashing Damage

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 home that start to leak, call Expressway Roofing & Chimney immediately. Our expert flashing techs can find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. Leaky roofs over and over cause additional problems to other parts of your structure – which might then include the growth of sickening mold and mildew… and that mightthen cost the owner thousands more to remove. If you smell mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, contact an fully-trained chimney flashing chimney company such as Expressway to assess your structure’s chimney and roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

Leave The Flashing Repairs To A Professional

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Kings Park) 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. Inexactly installed flashing or defective caulking used in the sealing process. Workers on your roof in Kings Park might also inadvertently dislodge the flashing. Flashing that has deteriorated from the elements can eventually cause harm to your roofing system, as the chimney flashing helps impede water damages from occurring to your roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having properly installed or maintained flashing, it’s important to ensure that your flashing is kept in excellent working order.

Some Signs Your Chimney might Need New Flashing:

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

Chimney Flashing Inspections

Many of the property’s chimneys in Kings Park 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 could pass the chimney flashing. Expressway’s team will visit your property and assess the integrity of your structure’s chimney system, identify whether your flashing needs to be fixed. Chimney inspection is a small maintenance task, but it’s one that you can’t afford to avoid. Expressway regularly fixes chimney flashing that could no longer do its job in preserving a home from penetrating water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the leakage could be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other property building materials can be severely broken by regular water seepage. Because harm happens below the roof and out of sight, clients may not become aware of any danger 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 Experts

This is one of the reasons it’s not wise for the average homeowner to perform a flashing installation repair on their own. Reach out to Expressway’s team of flashing experts today to get started! When Expressway’s highly-skilled flashing technicians build new chimney flashing, our pros take the time to make sure the new product is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for the chimney and roof. We, at Expressway, would love to handle all of the chimney flashing and other structure needs. However, our technicians know that there are a ton of other chimney contractors options to choose from. Feel free to check out Expressway’s Google reviews or even look at some of Expressway’s previous work. We know that after you take a look, you can see just how much joy we take in each task.

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