
Rockville, MD Maryland 20850
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 help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We happily offer great response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fire place maintenance is important to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and also fires. Whether you are requiring a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros deal with all sorts of repair work as well as maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the interior shaft that vents smoke and gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks in between the bricks, and degrading mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's feasible to deal with the loose mortar and cracks. One of our specialists will have the ability to provide you a flue repair work quote as well as advise the very best choices for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damages and also protect against fires. The 3 major kinds 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 generally produced from stainless-steel, although they can in some cases be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are very versatile, offered in rigid or flexible versions, and most any kind of home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. Most older residences have clay liners. They are fairly inexpensive, but need regular maintenance to make certain that flue tiles don't 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 types of liners have a tendency to be challenging to. install and costly. With time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the best choices for your home.
The chimney crown is very important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This protects your flue and also chimney from rain and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or becomes damaged in any way, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create severe damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When found early, standard repair work can be made to avoid issues from happening.
If splitting 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 prevent water from getting in.
In circumstances where there is much more substantial 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 a lot more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make sure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in several ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace as well as protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You ought to 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 professionals can replace your chimney cap or mount a brand-new one on your chimney if you do not have one yet.
Many people confuse the chimney damper with the flue. The flue is the interior of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the part of the chimney that shuts off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair work. Normally repairing or changing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's better to mount a top sealing damper. They are more economical, as well as every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outside. A considerable amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your home really feel chillier in the winter season. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars per year in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair work and also complete chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place repair service including firebox repair work, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair work, gas log repair work and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can sometimes require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are filled with new cement. Fractured or loose bricks can likewise be taken care of.
Prefabricated fire places 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 enhancement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of variety of fire place repair and renovations.