Chimney Repair Near Jericho

What’s The Importance Of Chimney Repairs?

A rooftop chimney is your Jericho home’s major line of defense against water leakage. Your chimney is one of the most neglected places in the conservation of a home ability to remain dry and keep your home’s inhabitants safe. Most homeowners don’t give a lot of thought to their Jericho home’s (or business’s) chimney. Chimney repairs are necessary to stall your Jericho residence from water penetration. The chimney caulking used to keep your chimney in place may slowly erode, making your roof open to leaks. Chimney repair is your fist line of defense from water damage.

A chimney cap’s purpose is to stall rain water and melting snow from infiltrating your property. A chimney repair is eventually made with concrete or metal – spread or screwed to fit securely around the top of your chimney. If water is allowed to penetrate into the home through a gap caused by broken or missing chimney cap, there should be major cause for worry. Expressway provides chimney assessments, preventative maintenance and chimney inspections to cushion your chimney as well as your roof and attic from the inevitable deterioration caused by excessive water aggression.

Checking For Chimney Leakage

Even if your chimney looks fine after a heavy rain or snow storm, there could still be underlying problems that might go unnoticed to a novice eye. Water stains could indicate the beginning of a chimney leaking problem. Expressway’s trained chimney and roofing technicians recommend you never let leaks go without address or repair for very long. Leaky roofs almost always cause additional leakage to other parts of your home which might include the growth of sickening mold and mildew… and that will then cost the owner thousands more to fix. Are there shrinking, blistering or curling shingles? Is there any water eroding into the attic or into walls that you can see?

How Does A Chimney Become Harmful?

Here in the NY tri-state area (and especially in Jericho) we get quite a bit of sun, wind, sleet, rain and snow every year. Damage producers definitely include powerful winds that may uplift the chimney material. Improperly installed chimneys or poor-quality cement or caulking used in the sealing process could be to blame. Old age – i.e. multiple cold winters and hot summers. If your chimney’s is leaky, it can quickly become a major issue if left unaddressed. With so much to gain from having precisely installed or maintained chimney, it’s always important to ensure that the chimney is kept in good working order.

Some Signs Your Chimney May Need Us:

• the chimney is uplifted or fallen
• the chimney is rusted or rotted through in spots
• the chimney is now coming loose
• your chimney covered with roofing tar
• You’re installing new shingles (or having another roof job/work done)
• Your chimney is leaking water into your residence.

Chimney Problems

Some of the home’s chimneys in Jericho are over 50 years old or more and failing. Most of the time this might be fixed by cutting out the old harmed metal or brick chimney with an angle grinder and replacing the broken pieces with new brick or metal. Missing mortar joints also need to be fixed and or re-tuckpointed so that the water might pass by the chimney cap. Chimney cracks are one of the main reasons that chimney will leak past the chimney cap or crown. If your chimney’s is rusting and breaking away from your roof, Expressway’s team could replace all of the areas around the areas in question and help to keep your dwelling’s roof protected. Expressway regularly replaces chimneys that could no longer do its job in securing a residence from infiltrating water. Chimney leakage usually begins to erode chimney masonry below the roofline. Property materials also simply just develop harm over time. Wall boards, insulation, electrical wiring and other residence building materials will be severely harmed by regular water infiltration. Mold is known to be toxic to humans and pets and if water is infiltrating down into your home, the growth can be widespread and very expensive to remedy. We suggest you call Expressway to test your roof and chimney soon.

Chimney Repairs By Expressway

One chimney company doesn’t fit all. Reach out to our team of roofing experts today to get started! There are myriad factors of your chimney system. Chimneys many a time need to be customized exactly in order to work properly with the structure they’re attached to. This is one of the reasons it’s not advisable for the average client to perform a chimney repair or installation on their own. When Expressway’s fully-trained roofing experts install new chimney, we take the time to make sure the chimney repair chimney is a perfect fit – in terms of shape and size for your chimney and roof. Our technicians have the proper tools and training and take pride in doing every job correctly the first time. However, our chimney experts know that there are a ton of other chimney contractors options to choose from.

Why choose us? We could talk about quality and the ‘Expressway Advantage’. Our chimney experts let Expressway’s work speak for itself. Feel free to check out Expressway’s Google reviews – or even look at some of Expressway’s previous work. Our chimney experts know that after you take a look, you may see just how much pride we take in each job. If it’s time for a chimney inspection or you definitely know there’s trouble with the chimney, you can contact Jericho’s local chimney experts at 631.772.6363 – 24/7/365. We also offer emergency services.

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