
Somerset, MA Massachusetts 02726
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared 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 happiness is our #1 priority. We happily provide rapid response times and the best quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fire place maintenance is necessary to help keep your family members safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and fires. Whether you are requiring a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros handle all kinds of repair work and upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and weakening mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damage, it's possible to take care of the loose mortar and fractures. One of our experts will have the ability to give you a flue repair estimate as well as suggest the very best choices for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damage as well as prevent fires. The three major sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred kind of chimney liner for upgrades and repair work. They are normally produced from stainless steel, although they can in some cases be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, offered in rigid 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, yet need routine maintenance to make sure that flue tiles don't 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 hard to. install and expensive. In time, they can start to develop cracks and need relining.
Our pros can help figure out the very best options for your house.
The chimney crown is very important. It functions as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue and chimney from rain and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes fractures or comes to be damaged whatsoever, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause extreme damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When found early, basic repairs can be made to prevent issues from happening.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealant can be applied on top. This will securely block water from entering.
In situations where there is more extensive damage to the crown, it might be necessary to rebuild 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 examine the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in lots of 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 fire place 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 technicians can replace your chimney cap or install 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 portion of the chimney that closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it requires repair service. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and also every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outside. A significant amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your residence feel cooler in the wintertime. This can easily add up to hundreds of dollars each year in additional 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 experts can do chimney masonry repair as well as full chimney rebuilding.
We can help with full fire place repair service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can sometimes require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and afterwards the old joints are filled with brand-new cement. Fractured or loosened bricks can additionally be taken care of.
Prefabricated fire places have refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a good improvement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any type of selection of fireplace repair and improvements.