
Fort Scott, KS Kansas 66701
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to assist! 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 satisfaction is our main priority. We happily offer great response times and the best quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is essential to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair, 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 take care of all types of repairs and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke as well as gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's possible to take care of the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will be able to give you a flue repair work estimate and suggest the best options for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damage as well as protect against fires. The 3 main sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repairs. They are usually produced from stainless steel, although they can sometimes be made from aluminum as well. Metal liners are are very 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. A lot of older homes have clay liners. They are rather inexpensive, but require routine maintenance 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 kinds of liners often tend to be challenging to. install and expensive. In time, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help establish the very best options for your home.
The chimney crown is really crucial. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue as well as chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown gets cracks or comes to be damaged whatsoever, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create extreme damage to the whole chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, basic repairs can be made to stop issues from happening.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is small, the splits can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will safely keep water from entering.
In scenarios where there is much more extensive damage to the crown, it may be needed to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild only the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It is essential to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in several ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and protects against hot sparks and 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 made from galvanized or stainless steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals can replace your chimney cap or mount a new one on your chimney if you do not have one yet.
Many individuals 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 becomes old, it requires repair. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, as well as every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as unwanted weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your home really feel chillier in the wintertime. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars annually in added home heating costs.
There are times when a fast repair service isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be completely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair service as well as total chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with complete fireplace repair service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and more.
The firebox is the place inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can often need repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are filled with brand-new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can additionally be taken care of.
Prefabricated fire places include refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a great improvement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of range of fire place repair and enhancements.