
Battle Creek, MI Michigan 49015
When you need your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is important to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros take care of all sorts of repairs and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and gases which are created by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's possible to fix the loose mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will have the ability to give you a flue repair service price quote and recommend the best alternatives for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damage and protect against fires. The three main sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored sort of chimney liner for upgrades and also repairs. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from aluminum too. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. A lot of older houses have clay liners. They are relatively economical, yet call for routine 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 hard to. install and expensive. With time, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the best choices for your house.
The chimney crown is really important. It functions as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This shields your flue and chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops cracks or ends up being damaged in any way, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger extreme damage to the entire chimney if not fixed. When discovered early, basic repair work can be made to stop issues from happening.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is minor, the cracks can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealer can be applied on top. This will safely keep water from getting in.
In circumstances where there is much more substantial damage to the crown, it may be necessary to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just the crown. This will secure the chimney for a lot more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make sure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in numerous 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 ought to never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed 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 interior of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the component of the chimney that shuts off air flow to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it needs repair service. Usually fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's far better to mount a top sealing damper. They are less costly, as well as every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outside. A considerable amount of airflow can leak in through the chimney from the exterior, making your residence feel colder in the winter season. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars annually in extra heating expenses.
There are times when a fast fixing isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair and full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place repair service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair work and replacement, fireplace 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 fire place can often need repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and after that the old joints are loaded with new cement. Fractured or loose bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fire places 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 nice enhancement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are attractive and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any range of fireplace repair service and improvements.