Mount Holly, NC North Carolina 28120
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared to help! 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 top priority. We happily offer great response times and the best quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal chimney and fireplace maintenance is necessary to help keep your family members safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are requiring a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all kinds of repairs and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full 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, fractures in between the bricks, and degrading mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damages, it's feasible to take care of the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our specialists will be able to provide you a flue repair work price quote as well as advise the very best choices for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damage as well as prevent fires. The 3 major kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair work. They are generally produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from aluminum also. Metal liners are are very 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. Most older residences have clay liners. They are relatively inexpensive, however require regular maintenance to make sure 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 expensive. Over time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help figure out the very best choices for your house.
The chimney crown is very important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue and also chimney from rainfall and 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 trigger severe damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When found early, basic repair work can be made to avoid issues from taking place.
If splitting in the chimney crown is small, the fractures can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealant can be used on top. This will safely block water from entering.
In scenarios where there is a lot more extensive 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 protect the chimney for many more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap shields your home in lots of ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and also 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 made from galvanized or stainless steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or set up a brand-new one on your chimney if you do not 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 part of the chimney that blocks air circulation to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it needs repair. Normally repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's far better to mount a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, and every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and unwanted weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your home feel cooler in the winter. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars each year in additional home heating costs.
There are times when a fast fixing isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair service and complete chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with complete fire place repair service including firebox repair work, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair service and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the area inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fireplace can in some cases need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned up, and after that the old joints are filled with new cement. Fractured or loosened bricks can also 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.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a wonderful enhancement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any variety of fire place repair and enhancements.