
West Chicago, IL Illinois 60185
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We happily offer fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fire place maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair, or you would just like to update your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros handle all sorts of repair work as well as maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the interior shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks 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 cracks. One of our professionals will be able to provide you a flue repair service price quote as well as recommend the very best alternatives for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damages as well as protect against fires. The three major kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored sort of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair work. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can in some cases be made from aluminum also. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in stiff or flexible versions, and most any type of home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common type of chimney liner. Most older residences have clay liners. They are rather economical, yet require routine upkeep to make sure that flue tiles do not 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 sorts of liners tend to be difficult to. install and also expensive. Gradually, they can begin to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the very best options for your residence.
The chimney crown is really important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This protects your flue and also chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops cracks or ends up being damaged whatsoever, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger severe damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, basic repair services can be made to prevent issues from occurring.
If splitting in the chimney crown is minor, the cracks can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealant can be used on top. This will safely prevent water from entering.
In situations where there is much more extensive damage to the crown, it might be needed to reconstruct 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 necessary to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in numerous ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and prevents hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You should never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed from 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 don't have one yet.
Lots of people confuse the chimney damper with the flue. The flue is the interior of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the component of the chimney that shuts off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair work. Normally repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, as well as every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outside. A significant amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your residence feel colder in the wintertime. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars annually in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be completely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair service and also total chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fireplace repair work service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair work, gas log repair work and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the area inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This part of the fire place can occasionally require repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and after that the old joints are loaded with brand-new cement. Broken or loose bricks can additionally be repaired.
Prefabricated fire places have refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a nice enhancement for your fire place. The newest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of range of fire place repair and improvements.