
Crystal Lake, IL Illinois 60014
When you need 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 call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We happily provide fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is very important to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are requiring a repair, or you would just like to update your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros handle all sorts of repairs as well as upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, cracks in between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damage, it's possible to fix the loose mortar and fractures. One of our experts will be able to provide you a flue repair service quote and recommend the best alternatives for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damages and also protect against fires. The three primary kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades and repair services. They are usually produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from aluminum as well. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in stiff or flexible versions, and most any type of residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. A lot of older houses have clay liners. They are fairly low-cost, yet require regular maintenance to make sure that flue tiles don't crack, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light product similar to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These sorts of liners have a tendency to be hard to. install and also 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 vital. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This secures your flue and chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown develops fractures or becomes damaged whatsoever, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause severe damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, basic repair work can be made to avoid issues from happening.
If breaking in the chimney crown is small, the fractures can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealant can be used on top. This will securely block water from getting in.
In circumstances where there is much more substantial damage to the crown, it might be necessary to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild only the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for many more years. It is necessary to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in many ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace as well as protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roofing. You must never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made of galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians can replace your chimney cap or mount a brand-new one on your chimney if you do not have one yet.
Lots of people confuse the chimney damper with the flue. The flue is the interior of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the part of the chimney that closes off air circulation to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair service. Normally fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's far better to set up a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and undesirable weather outdoors. A considerable amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your house feel chillier in the winter. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars annually in extra home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair work isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair work and also full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fireplace repair service including firebox repair work, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair service, gas log repair and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can occasionally require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are loaded with new cement. Cracked or loose bricks can also 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 nice improvement for your fire place. The newest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any variety of fire place repair work and renovations.