
New Bern, NC North Carolina 28562
When you need your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our main priority. We happily offer rapid 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 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 fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all sorts of fixings and upkeep 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 created by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, cracks between the bricks, and weakening mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's feasible to deal with the loose mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will be able to give you a flue repair quote and advise the best alternatives for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damages as well as prevent fires. The 3 main kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently favored sort of chimney liner for upgrades and repair services. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can in some cases be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are very versatile, offered in rigid or flexible versions, and most any residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common kind of chimney liner. Most older residences have clay liners. They are rather low-cost, yet require regular maintenance to make certain that flue tiles do not fracture, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light product comparable to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These kinds of liners tend to be challenging to. install and pricey. Over time, they can start to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help figure out the best choices for your house.
The chimney crown is extremely vital. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue and also chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops fractures or ends up being damaged at all, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause severe damage to the entire chimney if not fixed. When discovered early, standard repair services can be made to prevent issues from happening.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is small, the cracks can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealant can be applied on top. This will securely block water from entering.
In situations where there is much more substantial damage to the crown, it might be needed to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just 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 rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place as well as protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roof. You ought to never run your fire place 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 mount a brand-new one on your chimney if you don't have one yet.
Many 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 shuts off air circulation to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it needs fixing. Normally fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to install a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, and every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outside. A considerable amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your house really feel cooler in the winter. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars per year in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a fast repair service isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair as well as full chimney rebuilding.
We can help with full fireplace repair work service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair, gas log repair work and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can in some cases require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and after that the old joints are loaded with new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces have refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a nice improvement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are attractive and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any variety of fireplace repair work and improvements.