
Highland Park, MI Michigan 48203
When you need 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 call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly offer fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal chimney and fire place maintenance is very important to help keep your family members safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and also 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 assist!
Our chimney pros handle all kinds of repair work 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 fire place. Damage to the flue, cracks in between the bricks, and degrading 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 experts will be able to give you a flue repair quote as well as recommend the very best options for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damages as well as prevent fires. The 3 major types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred kind of chimney liner for upgrades and repair services. They are usually produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in rigid or flexible models, and most any house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common kind of chimney liner. A lot of older homes have clay liners. They are relatively affordable, but require routine maintenance to see to it that flue tiles don't crack, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light material similar to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These types of liners tend to be hard to. install and costly. With time, they can start to develop cracks and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the best choices for your home.
The chimney crown is really vital. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue and chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or ends up being damaged at all, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger severe damages to the entire chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, basic repair services can be made to stop issues from happening.
If cracking in the chimney crown is small, the fractures can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealer can be used on top. This will securely block water from getting in.
In situations where there is more substantial damage to the crown, it may be needed to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for a lot more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap shields your home in several ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You should never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed from galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians can replace your chimney cap or install a new one on your chimney if you do not have one yet.
Many individuals 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 shuts off air circulation to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs fixing. Generally repairing or changing 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 and also unwanted weather outside. A significant amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your home feel colder in the wintertime. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars each year in added heating costs.
There are times when a fast repair isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair as well as complete chimney rebuilding.
We can help with full fire place repair work service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the area inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can occasionally need repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned up, and afterwards the old joints are filled with brand-new cement. Broken or loose bricks can also be repaired.
Prefabricated fire places have refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a wonderful improvement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are appealing and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of variety of fire place repair and improvements.