Chimney Flashing For The Town Of Babylon

What Chimney Flashing Does

Chimney flashing preserves the sections around the chimney from leaking water where the roof abuts the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most essential parts of a structure’s chimney. Most customers don’t give a lot of thought to their The Town Of Babylon home’s (or business’s) chimney flashing. When roof or chimney flashing becomes leaky, it loses it imperviousness and resistance to water and causes a host of other harm. The chimney flashing or caulking used to keep the flashing in place may slowly erode, making your roof wide open to leaks.Chimney flashing is the last line of defense from water damage.

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 forestall water from leaking into the residence. And ‘cricket flashing’ – which stalls water’s nature to pond on your roof. Chimney flashing is made typically from sheet metal strips that are made to to fit securely around the base of your chimney where it intersects with the roof. When installed properly, chimney flashing will 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 damage that will go unnoticed to a novice eye. Water stains could indicate the start of a leaking problem. Our expert flashing techs might find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. Leaky roofs recurrently cause additional issues to other parts of your home – which might then include the growth of toxic mold and mildew… and that mightthen cost you thousands more to fix. If you see mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, call an highly-skilled chimney flashing chimney contractor such as Expressway to look at your residence’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 The Town Of Babylon) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Problem producers definitely include turbulent winds that could uplift the flashing material. Imprecisely installed flashing or defective caulking used in the sealing process. Old age – i.e. many harsh winters and bad summers. Flashing that has deteriorated from the elements may eventually cause harm to your roofing system, as the chimney flashing helps stop water damage from occurring to your roof deck and shingle system. With so much to gain from having precisely installed or maintained flashing, it’s always important to ensure that the 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
• the flashing is now coming loose
• the flashing is covered with roofing tar
• You’re installing new roof shingles – or having other roofing jobs done
• The chimney is leaking water into your dwelling.

Spotting Damaged Chimney Flashing

Some of the dwelling’s chimneys in The Town Of Babylon are over 50 years old or more and failing. Most of the time this may 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 inspected for cracks at least once a month. Chimney crown cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney could leak past the chimney flashing. If your chimney’s flashing is rusting and breaking away from your roof, Expressway’s team may replace all of the flashing around the places in question and help to keep the structure’s roof defended. Expressway regularly fixes chimney flashing that can no longer do its service in securing a residence from aggressive water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the damage may be faster and more pervasive. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other residence building materials might be severely deteriorated by regular water invasion. Mold is known to be dangerous to humans and pets and if water is penetrating down into your residence, the growth can be widespread and very costly to remedy. 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 good for the average customer to perform a flashing installation fix on their own. Remember: One chimney contractor 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 property needs. However, we know that there are a ton of other chimney companies options to choose from. 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 will call Expressway Roofing & Chimney at 631.772.6363.

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