
Plainfield, IL Illinois 60586
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to assist! We offer 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 satisfaction is our top priority. We proudly offer fast response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fire place maintenance is important to help keep your family members safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros manage all sorts of repair services as well as maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke as well as gases which are created by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and degrading mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damages, it's possible to repair the loosened mortar and fractures. One of our specialists will have the ability to give you a flue repair estimate and advise the best choices for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damages as well as protect against fires. The 3 main kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently favored kind of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair work. 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, offered in rigid or flexible models, and most any kind of residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. Most older houses have clay liners. They are rather inexpensive, however call for regular maintenance to make sure that flue tiles do not crack, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light material comparable to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These sorts of liners often tend to be challenging to. install and also expensive. Gradually, they can begin to develop cracks and need relining.
Our pros can help figure out the most effective options for your home.
The chimney crown is very crucial. It works 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 establishes cracks or ends up being damaged at all, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause serious damages to the entire chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, standard repair services can be made to avoid issues from happening.
If breaking in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealant can be used on top. This will securely keep water from getting in.
In scenarios where there is much more substantial damage to the crown, it might be needed 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 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 rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and prevents hot sparks and also 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 of galvanized or stainless steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or install a 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 travels through. The damper is the component of the chimney that closes off air flow to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it needs repair service. Typically fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to set up 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 substantial amount of air flow can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your house feel colder in the winter. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars per year in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair service isn't a great solution 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 complete fire place repair work service including firebox repair work, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair service, gas log repair service and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can often need repair work. 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 loaded with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can additionally be repaired.
Prefabricated fireplaces 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 also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any range of fire place repair service and renovations.