Chimney Flashing For Sea Cliff

What Chimney Flashing Does

Chimney flashing defends the spots 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 customers don’t give a lot of thought to their Sea Cliff home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. Roof flashing is installed to forestall your Sea Cliff property from water damage and is generally placed around vents, chimneys and skylights. Chimney flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are generally mounted beneath the roof’s shingles. Warped or missing flashing can lead to a serious water leak and severe problems to your Sea Cliff dwelling and parts of the chimney.

There are 3 designs of chimney flashing. ‘Step flashing’ – which diverts water from the roof away from your chimney. ‘Counter flashing’ – which is installed around a chimney to forestall water from leaking into the property. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which forestalls water’s nature to pond on your roof. L-shaped step flashing is also laid down and tightly sealed with caulk. If water is allowed to flow down into your dwelling through a gap caused by leaking or missing flashing, there should be major cause for concern.

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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. Water stains could indicate the start of a leaking problem. Our trained flashing techs could find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. On your residence’s roof, do you see adverse mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? If you observe mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, reach an expert chimney flashing chimney company such as Expressway to look at your structure’s chimney and roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

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Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Sea Cliff) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Damage producers definitely include powerful winds that could dislodge the flashing material. Incorrectly installed flashing or bad caulking used in the sealing process. Workers on your home’s roof in Sea Cliff could also inadvertently dislodge the flashing. If the chimney’s flashing is harmed, it will quickly become a major issue if forgetten about. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained flashing, it’s always important to ensure that your flashing is kept in excellent working order.

Chimney flashing should last about 20 years in Sea Cliff’s turbulent climate due to the amount of wear and tear started by Sea Cliff’s weather patterns.

Spotting Damaged Chimney Flashing

A lot of the residence’s chimneys in Sea Cliff are over 50 years old or more and failing. The next part that our chimney experts would look for is if the bricks that are above the chimney flashing need to be fixed Missing mortar joints also need to be repaired and or re-tuckpointed so that the water might pass the chimney flashing. Our team could visit the property and assess the integrity of the property’s chimney system, identify whether the flashing needs to be addressed. If your chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from the roof, Expressway’s team will replace all of the flashing around the areas in question and help to keep your structure’s roof secured. Expressway regularly addresses chimney flashing that can no longer do its service in protecting a property from eroding water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the breakage will be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other structure building materials might be severely broken by regular water invasion. Because leakage happens below the roof and out of sight, property owners might 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.

Chimney Flashing Repairs By Expressway

This is one of the reasons it’s not good for the average client to perform a flashing installation repair on their own. Reach out to our team of flashing professionals today to get started! When Expressway’s expert qualified professionals build new chimney flashing, we take the time to make sure the new product is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for the chimney and roof. Our technicians have the correct tools and training and take pride in doing every job exactly the first time. So why choose Expressway? We could talk about quality and the Expressway advantage. Feel free to check out our Google reviews or even look at some of our previous work. If it’s time for a chimney flashing inspection or you know there’s trouble with your flashing, you may call us at 631.772.6363.

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