
Waverly, IA Iowa 50677
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We happily offer great response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is essential to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and also fires. Whether you are requiring a repair, or you would just like to upgrade your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros handle all sorts of repair services and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damages, it's feasible to take care of the loose mortar and fractures. One of our professionals will have the ability to provide you a flue repair work quote as well as suggest the very best options for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damages and protect against fires. The 3 primary kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently favored type of chimney liner for upgrades and repair services. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum as well. Metal liners are are very versatile, available in rigid or flexible models, and most any type of house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common type of chimney liner. Many older houses have clay liners. They are rather affordable, but require regular maintenance to ensure that flue tiles don't crack, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light product comparable to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These types of liners tend to be difficult to. install and expensive. With time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help establish the best choices for your residence.
The chimney crown is very important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue and chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops cracks or becomes damaged at all, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger serious damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, standard repair services can be made to stop issues from happening.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealer can be applied on top. This will securely keep water from getting in.
In situations where there is more substantial damage to the crown, it might be necessary to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild only the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in lots of ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and prevents hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roofing. You should 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 mount a brand-new one on your chimney if you don't have one yet.
Many people confuse the chimney damper with the flue. The flue is the interior of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the portion of the chimney that closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair service. Normally repairing or changing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, and every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and unwanted weather outside. A considerable amount of air flow can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your residence feel cooler in the wintertime. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars each year in additional home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair work isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair as well as full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place repair work service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair service, gas log repair service and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fire place can in some cases need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and then the old joints are loaded with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can likewise be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces include refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a great enhancement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are attractive and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of variety of fire place repair work and improvements.