
Lexington Park, MD Maryland 20653
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our main priority. We proudly provide fast response times and the best quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is important to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair service, or you would just like to update your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros take care of all kinds of repair services 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 produced by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and degrading mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's feasible to take care of the loose mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will have the ability to give you a flue repair quote as well as recommend the very best choices for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damage and prevent fires. The three primary sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored kind of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair services. They are generally produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from aluminum as well. Metal liners are are very versatile, offered in rigid or flexible versions, and most any type of residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. A lot of older residences have clay liners. They are fairly affordable, yet call for routine maintenance to make sure 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 kinds of liners tend to be hard to. install as well as expensive. Over time, they can start to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help establish the most effective choices for your residence.
The chimney crown is very important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This secures your flue as well as chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown gets cracks or ends up being damaged whatsoever, it enables 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 taking place.
If cracking in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealant can be applied on top. This will safely block water from entering.
In situations where there is a lot more extensive damage to the crown, it may be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild only the crown. This will protect the chimney for a lot more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in lots of ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks as well as 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 professionals can replace your chimney cap or mount a 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 closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair service. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's far better to set up a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and also every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also unwanted weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your home feel cooler in the winter. This can easily add up to hundreds of dollars annually in additional heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair service isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair and also full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fireplace repair work service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair service, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fireplace can in some cases require repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that removes old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are filled with new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can additionally be repaired.
Prefabricated fire places include refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a nice enhancement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of range of fireplace repair and enhancements.