
Temple Hills, MD Maryland 20748
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our main priority. We happily offer fast response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fire place maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are requiring a repair work, or you would just like to update your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros handle 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 and gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and degrading mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damage, it's feasible to take care of the loose mortar and fractures. One of our experts will be able to give you a flue repair service quote as well as advise the best alternatives for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damage and prevent fires. The three main sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair work. They are normally produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in stiff 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. Many older homes have clay liners. They are fairly affordable, but need regular upkeep to ensure that flue tiles don't crack, 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 have a tendency to be challenging to. install and also pricey. Over time, they can start to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help establish 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 shields your flue and chimney from rain and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes fractures or comes to be damaged in any way, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger severe damages to the whole chimney if not fixed. When discovered early, basic repair services can be made to stop issues from taking place.
If cracking in the chimney crown is small, the cracks can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealant can be applied on top. This will securely keep water from getting in.
In situations where there is a lot 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 only the crown. This will protect the chimney for a lot more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap shields your home in many ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and prevents hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roof. You must never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made from galvanized or stainless-steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists 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 inside of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the part of the chimney that closes off air circulation to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair service. Typically repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's far better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less costly, and every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your house feel cooler in the winter season. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars each 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 service as well as full chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with full fire place repair work service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair work, gas log repair 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 portion of of the fireplace can in some cases need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are loaded with new cement. Fractured or loose bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces have refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a good enhancement for your fire place. The latest gas logs are attractive and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of variety of fire place repair and improvements.