
Oxon Hill, MD Maryland 20745
When you require your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We proudly provide rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal chimney and fire place maintenance is very important to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all sorts of repair services as well as upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to complete 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, fractures between the bricks, and degrading mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's feasible to fix the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our specialists will be able to provide you a flue repair work estimate and recommend the best alternatives for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damages as well as protect against fires. The 3 primary 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 services. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can in some cases be made from aluminum as well. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any kind of house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common kind of chimney liner. Most older homes have clay liners. They are relatively low-cost, however require regular maintenance to ensure that flue tiles don't fracture, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light material comparable to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These sorts of liners have a tendency to be hard to. install and expensive. In time, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the very best choices for your home.
The chimney crown is very important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This protects your flue as well as chimney from rain and other elements.
When the chimney crown develops cracks or ends up being damaged at all, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger extreme damages to the whole chimney if not fixed. When found early, standard repairs can be made to prevent issues from happening.
If breaking in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will securely prevent water from entering.
In situations where there is much more substantial damage to the crown, it may be needed to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild just the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for many more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make sure 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 fire place and protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roof. You should never run your fire place 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 technicians can replace your chimney cap or set up 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 inside of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the component of the chimney that blocks air flow to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair work. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to install a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as unwanted weather outdoors. A significant amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your residence feel chillier in the wintertime. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars annually in additional home heating expenses.
There are times when a fast fixing isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair and full chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fire place repair work service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fire place can in some cases require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and afterwards the old joints are loaded with new cement. Fractured or loosened bricks can likewise be repaired.
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 enhancement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any kind of variety of fireplace repair service and improvements.