
Granite Falls, NC North Carolina 28630
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We proudly provide fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fire place maintenance is important to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and also fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, 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 types of repair work and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, cracks between the bricks, and degrading mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's feasible to take care of the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will be able to give you a flue repair work price quote and recommend the very best choices for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damages and also protect against fires. The three main kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored type of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair work. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can in some cases be made from aluminum also. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. The majority of older residences have clay liners. They are fairly inexpensive, yet need regular maintenance to make sure that flue tiles do not 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 sorts of liners have a tendency to be tough to. install and costly. Over time, they can begin to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help establish the best options for your house.
The chimney crown is extremely important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This secures your flue and chimney from rain and other elements.
When the chimney crown develops cracks or becomes damaged in any way, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger serious damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, standard repair work can be made to stop issues from occurring.
If splitting in the chimney crown is minor, the cracks can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealant can be used on top. This will safely keep water from entering.
In scenarios where there is a lot 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 only the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for many more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in many ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and also protects against hot sparks as well as 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 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 portion of the chimney that shuts off air circulation to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it requires fixing. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
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 undesirable weather outdoors. A significant amount of airflow can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your residence really feel cooler in the winter. This can easily add up to hundreds of dollars each year in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair work and total chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with full fireplace repair service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair work, gas log repair work and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can in some cases need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and after that the old joints are filled with brand-new cement. Fractured or loose bricks can additionally be taken care of.
Prefabricated fireplaces have refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a great improvement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any kind of range of fireplace repair work and renovations.