Chimney Flashing For Southampton

The Importance Of Chimney Flashing

Chimney flashing preserves the places around the chimney from leaking water where the roof meets the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most forgotten sections in the maintenance of a home. Most homeowners don’t give a lot of thought to their Southampton home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. When roof or chimney flashing becomes problematic, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and starts a host of other issues. The chimney flashing or caulking used to keep the flashing in place might slowly erode, making your roof open to leaks. Warped or missing flashing may lead to a serious water leak and severe leakage to your Southampton structure and parts of the chimney.

There are 3 layouts 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 dwelling. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which prevents water’s nature to pond on the roof. Counter flashing covers the top ridge gap of the L-flashing and is secured by embedding it into the chimney masonry. When installed precisely, chimney flashing may serve you well for many years.

New Chimney Flashing

Even if your roof looks 100% fine after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying problems that will go unnoticed to a novice eye. Water stains could indicate the start of a leaking problem. Our trained flashing techs can find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. On your structure’s roof, do you see risky mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? If you observe mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, contact an expert chimney flashing company such as Expressway to look at your dwelling’s chimney and roof and recommend an appropriate course of action before it’s too late.

How Does Flashing Become Alarming?

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Southampton) 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). Workers on your home’s roof in Southampton can also inadvertently dislodge the flashing. Flashing that has deteriorated from the elements may eventually cause problems to your roofing system, as the chimney flashing helps prevent water leakage from occurring to the roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having correctly installed or maintained flashing, it’s always 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 protect the chimney flashing so that it won’t leak.

Chimney Flashing Inspections

Many of the dwelling’s chimneys in Southampton 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. Last – but not least – almost every fireplace crown needs to be checked for cracks at least once a month. Chimney crown cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney might leak past the chimney flashing. If your chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from your roof, Expressway’s team could replace all of the flashing around the areas in question and help to keep the home’s roof defended. Chimney damage typically begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the breakage could be faster and more pervasive. Mold growth – which is most commonly in dark, undrafted and damp places are perfect for growing and harboring dangerous mold. Mold is known to be unhealthy to humans and pets and if water is damaging down into your residence, the growth could be widespread and very costly to remedy. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Expressway Chimney Flashing Repair Pros

This is one of the reasons it’s not good for the average homeowner to perform a flashing installation fix on their own. Remember: One chimney company doesn’t always fit all. Part of Expressway’s 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 home needs. So why choose us? Our technicians could talk about quality and the Expressway advantage. Our chimney experts let our work speak for itself. If it’s time for a chimney flashing inspection or you know there’s trouble with your flashing, you may call Southampton’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363.

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