Chimney Flashing For Plainview

The Importance Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing secures the spots around the chimney from leaking water where the roof joins the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most forgotten places in the maintenance of a residence. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their Plainview home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. Roof flashing is installed to avert your Plainview structure from water leakage and is recurrently installed around vents, chimneys and skylights. Chimney flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are most commonly mounted beneath the roof’s shingles. Warped or missing flashing can lead to a serious water leak and severe harm to your Plainview residence and parts of the chimney.

There are 3 arrays of chimney flashing. ‘Step flashing’ – which diverts water from the roof away from the chimney. ‘Counter flashing’ – which is installed around a chimney to prevent water from leaking into the dwelling. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which hampers 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 might serve you well for many years.

Checking For Chimney Flashing Damage

Following a storm, walk around your residence 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 residence that start to leak, call Expressway Roofing & Chimney immediately. Our highly-skilled flashing techs can find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. Leaky roofs almost always cause additional problems to other parts of your structure – which could then include the growth of noxious mold and mildew… and that willthen cost the owner thousands more to address. If you observe mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, reach an professional chimney flashing chimney company such as Expressway to inspect your residence’s chimney and roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

How Does Flashing Become Clogged?

Several elements might harm the flashing and cause the need for either a flashing installation. Leakage producers definitely include harsh winds that could dislodge the flashing material. Incorrectly installed flashing or bad caulking used in the sealing process. Old age – i.e. many crazy winters and inclement summers. Flashing that has deteriorated from the elements might eventually cause problems to your roofing system, as the chimney flashing helps hamper water harm from occurring to your roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained flashing, it’s always important to ensure that the 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.

Spotting Damaged Chimney Flashing

Many of the chimneys flashing that our technicians repair is the same chimney flashing that was installed when the chimney was originally built. 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. 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 might leak past the chimney flashing. If your 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 preserved. Chimney harm often begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline. House materials are known to simply develop harm over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other structure building materials can be severely deteriorated by regular water intrusion. Because damage happens below the roof and out of sight, clients could not become aware of the problem until a major safety and property risk occurs. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway Chimney Flashing Repair Experts

Because there are different parts and components of a chimney system, chimney flashing must be exactly customized in order to function well. Remember: One chimney company doesn’t always fit all. When Expressway’s fully-trained flashing experts build new chimney flashing, our pros take the time to make sure the new metal flashing is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for your chimney and roof. Our chimney experts have the latest tools and training and take pride in doing every service precisely the first time. So why choose us? We could talk about quality and the Expressway advantage. Our technicians 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 can reach Expressway Roofing & Chimney at 631.772.6363.

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