
Newington, CT Connecticut 06111
When you require your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our top priority. We proudly provide rapid response times and the best quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is important to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and fires. Whether you are requiring a repair work, or you would just like to update your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros handle all kinds of fixings and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the interior shaft that vents smoke and gases which are created by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's possible to fix the loose mortar and fractures. One of our professionals will have the ability to give you a flue repair work quote and recommend the best alternatives for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damages and prevent fires. The 3 primary types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored kind of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair services. They are generally produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from aluminum too. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in stiff or flexible models, and most any kind of home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. A lot of older residences have clay liners. They are fairly cost-effective, yet call for regular maintenance to ensure that flue tiles don't crack, 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 sorts of liners often tend to be hard to. install and expensive. With time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the best options for your home.
The chimney crown is very vital. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue and chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown develops fractures or becomes damaged at all, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create extreme damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, basic repair work can be made to prevent issues from occurring.
If breaking 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 prevent water from entering.
In situations where there is much more substantial damage to the crown, it may be needed to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just the crown. This will secure the chimney for a lot more years. It is essential to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in several ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and prevents hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roof. You must never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made of galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals can replace your chimney cap or set up a brand-new one on your chimney if you don't have one yet.
Lots of people confuse the chimney damper with the flue. The flue is the inside of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the part of the chimney that closes off air flow to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it needs fixing. Usually repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less costly, and every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your residence really feel cooler in the wintertime. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars annually in additional heating costs.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be completely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair work as well as complete chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with complete fire place repair service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair service, gas log repair work and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can in some cases need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and then the old joints are filled with new cement. Fractured or loosened bricks can likewise be taken care of.
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 nice improvement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any type of selection of fire place repair work and improvements.