Cupertino, CA California 95014
When you require your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
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Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is very important to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to update your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros take care of all sorts of repair services as well as upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks between the bricks, and degrading mortar happen after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damages, it's feasible to take care of the loose mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will have the ability to provide you a flue repair work price quote and suggest the very best choices for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damages and also prevent fires. The three major types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored type of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair work. They are normally produced from stainless-steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. Many older homes have clay liners. They are rather cost-effective, but call for routine maintenance to make sure that flue tiles don't fracture, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light material similar to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These types of liners tend to be hard to. install and costly. In time, they can begin to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help figure out the very best options for your house.
The chimney crown is really important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue and chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or becomes damaged in any way, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create serious damage to the whole chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, basic repair work can be made to stop issues from occurring.
If splitting in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealant can be used on top. This will securely keep water from entering.
In scenarios where there is more extensive damage to the crown, it might be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild only the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for a lot more years. It is essential to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap shields your home in several ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roof. You should never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made from galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or set up a new one on your chimney if you do not have one yet.
Many people confuse the chimney damper with the flue. The flue is the inside of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the component of the chimney that closes off air circulation to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's far better to install a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, and also every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outdoors. A significant amount of air movement can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your house feel colder in the wintertime. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars each year in added home heating costs.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair and also complete chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fireplace repair service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair, gas log repair and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can often require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and after that the old joints are filled with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can additionally be repaired.
Prefabricated fire places include refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a great enhancement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any kind of variety of fire place repair service and renovations.