Cherryville, NC North Carolina 28021
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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Normal chimney and fireplace maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are requiring a repair service, or you would just like to update your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all kinds of repair work and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke as well as gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's feasible to fix the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will have the ability to give you a flue repair work estimate and suggest the best options for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damages and also protect against fires. The three major sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred kind of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair work. They are generally produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum as well. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in stiff or flexible versions, and most any house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. The majority of older houses have clay liners. They are rather economical, but require routine maintenance to see to it 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 kinds of liners tend to be tough to. install as well as costly. In time, they can begin to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the best options for your house.
The chimney crown is really vital. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This secures your flue as well as chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops fractures or comes to be damaged at all, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create extreme damages to the entire chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, standard repair work can be made to stop issues from happening.
If cracking in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will securely block water from entering.
In situations where there is more substantial damage to the crown, it might be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild only the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in numerous ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roof. You should never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made of galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals can replace your chimney cap or install a 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 inside of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the part of the chimney that shuts off air flow to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair. Usually fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's better to set up a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and also every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and unwanted weather outside. A considerable amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your home really feel colder in the winter season. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars annually in added home heating costs.
There are times when a quick repair isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be completely rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair and also total chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fireplace repair work service including firebox repair work, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair service, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fire place can often require repair work. 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. Cracked or loose bricks can also be fixed.
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 great enhancement for your fireplace. The newest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any type of selection of fireplace repair and enhancements.