
Southgate, MI Michigan 48195
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We happily provide fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fire place maintenance is important to help keep your family members safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair service, 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 deal with all kinds of repair work and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke as well as gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks in between the bricks, and degrading mortar happen after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damages, it's feasible to fix the loose mortar and cracks. One of our specialists will have the ability to provide you a flue repair work price quote and suggest the best options for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damages and also prevent fires. The 3 major kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred kind of chimney liner for upgrades and repairs. 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, offered in stiff or flexible models, and most any residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common type of chimney liner. A lot of older residences have clay liners. They are fairly affordable, yet require routine upkeep to ensure 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 hard to. install as well as pricey. Gradually, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help figure out the very best options for your house.
The chimney crown is really important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This secures your flue and also chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown gets fractures or ends up being damaged in any way, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger severe damage to the entire chimney if not fixed. When found early, basic repair work can be made to prevent issues from occurring.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is small, the fractures can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealant can be used on top. This will securely keep water from entering.
In circumstances where there is a lot more substantial damage to the crown, it may 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 is essential to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in many ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks and also 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 of galvanized or stainless steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians can replace your chimney cap or mount a brand-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 travels through. The damper is the component of the chimney that closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs fixing. Generally repairing or changing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, and every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your home really feel chillier in the winter season. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars annually in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a fast repair isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair as well as full chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fireplace repair work service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair work, gas log repair service and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fireplace can in some cases need repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned, and after that the old joints are loaded with new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can additionally be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces 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 and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of selection of fire place repair work and enhancements.