
Scottsville, KY Kentucky 42164
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 assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our top priority. We happily offer fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is necessary to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to update your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all kinds of repairs as well as maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire 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 weakening mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, 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 estimate and recommend the best choices for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damage and also protect against fires. The three main types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred type of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair work. They are generally produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum too. 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 kind of chimney liner. A lot of older houses have clay liners. They are fairly cost-effective, however require routine maintenance to ensure that flue tiles do not fracture, 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 tend to be challenging to. install and also expensive. With time, they can begin to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the very best options for your home.
The chimney crown is very important. It works as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue and also chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or becomes damaged in any way, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause extreme damages to the entire chimney if not fixed. When found early, standard repairs can be made to avoid issues from taking place.
If breaking in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will safely block water from entering.
In situations where there is much more extensive 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 just the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It is necessary to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in several ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and also prevents hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roofing. You ought to never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed from galvanized or stainless-steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians 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 inside of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the component of the chimney that closes off air circulation to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair work. Typically repairing or changing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's far better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less costly, as well as every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outside. A significant amount of airflow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your home really feel chillier in the winter. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars per year in added heating costs.
There are times when a quick repair work isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair work and complete chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with full fire place repair service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair service, gas log repair service and replacement, fireplace 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 fireplace can often need repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and after that the old joints are filled with brand-new cement. Cracked or loose bricks can likewise be taken care of.
Prefabricated fireplaces contain 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 nice improvement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any kind of range of fireplace repair and enhancements.