Chimney Flashing For Town Of Babylon

NEW CHIMNEY FLASHING FOR TOWN OF BABYLON, LONG ISLAND

What Chimney Flashing Does

Chimney flashing protects the spots around the chimney from leaking water where the roof joins the chimney. Chimney flashing is one of the most imperitive parts of a structure’s chimney. Most clients don’t give a lot of thought to their 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 damage. Roof flashings are generally made of thin copper, galvanized steel or aluminum sheets that are most commonly mounted beneath your roof’s shingles. Warped or missing flashing might lead to a serious water leak and severe problems to your Town Of Babylon dwelling and parts of the chimney.

Chimney flashing’s purpose is to hamper rain water and melting snow. Flashing has two layers: “step flashing” and “counter flashing.” Counter flashing protects the top ridge gap of the L-flashing and is secured by embedding it into the chimney masonry. If water is allowed to flow down into your structure through a gap started by leaking or missing flashing, there should be major cause for leaks.

Checking For Chimney Flashing Damage

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. If, when it starts to rain, you notice that there are areas in your structure that start to leak, call your local flashing experts immediately. Our expert flashing techs will find the source of the problem and fix it ASAP. On your structure’s roof, do you see dangerous mold, algae, mildew or fungus growth? If you smell mold, shrinking, blistering or curling shingles, call an professional chimney flashing 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.

Leave The Flashing Repairs To A Flashing Pro

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Town Of Babylon) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Leakage producers definitely include extreme winds that might move the flashing material. Rust issues (which are common with certain selections of flashing material). Old age – i.e. many severe winters and crazy summers. If your chimney’s flashing is leaky, it can quickly become a major issue if passed over. 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.

Some Signs The Chimney could Need New Flashing:

  • your flashing is dislodged or missing
  • the flashing is rusted or rotted through
  • the flashing is now coming free
  • your 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

A lot of the home’s chimneys in Town Of Babylon are over 50 years old or more and failing. 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 will pass the chimney flashing. Our team may visit the property and assess the integrity of the home’s chimney system, identify whether your flashing needs to be repaired. 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 the property’s roof defended. Expressway regularly replaces chimney flashing that may no longer do its service in securing a residence from infiltrating water. If there are undiscovered cracks or compromises in this masonry, the harm will be faster and more pervasive. Mold growth – which is generally in dark, undrafted and damp areas are perfect for growing and harboring sickening mold. Mold is known to be risky to humans and pets and if water is eroding down into your property, the growth can be widespread and very pricey to remedy. We suggest you call Expressway to inspect your roof and chimney soon.

Chimney Flashing Repairs By Expressway

Because there are so many parts and components of your chimney system, chimney flashing must be properly customized in order to perform well. Remember: One company doesn’t always fit all. Part of Expressway’s scheduled chimney inspection service includes a close up look at the chimney flashing. We have the proper tools and training and take pride in doing every project precisely the first time. So why choose Expressway’s chimney experts? We could talk about quality and the Expressway advantage. Feel free to check out Expressway’s 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 the flashing, you can reach us at 631.772.6363.

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Long Island Chimney Flashing Contractor

Expressway Roofing And Chimney has been fixing, servicing and doing residential broken chimney fixes and repairs, dangerous deck repair jobs, fixing leaky skylights and leaky gutters, installing new home exterior siding and other cedar products and roofs in Nassau and Suffolk county for over 22 years. Long Islanders have been trusting us with their skylight problems, quality roofing installations and home construction repairs since 2001. Call Expressway today at 631.772.6363.