Wilmington, NC North Carolina 28403
When you need 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 assist with your chimney needs!
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Regular chimney and fire place maintenance is essential to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are requiring a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros handle all sorts of fixings and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks between the bricks, and degrading mortar happen after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's possible to deal with the loosened mortar and fractures. One of our professionals will be able to give you a flue repair service price quote and suggest the best choices for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damage and also prevent fires. The three primary sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored kind of chimney liner for upgrades and repair services. They are generally produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in rigid or flexible models, and most any type of residence 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, however call for regular maintenance to make certain 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 challenging to. install and also expensive. In time, they can start to develop cracks and need relining.
Our pros can help establish the best choices for your house.
The chimney crown is really vital. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue and chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or ends up being damaged at all, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause serious damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, basic repair work can be made to prevent issues from taking place.
If fracturing 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 securely prevent water from getting in.
In scenarios where there is much more extensive damage to the crown, it may be needed to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild just the crown. This will secure the chimney for a lot more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make sure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in many ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace as well as 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 constructed from galvanized or stainless steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or install 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 inside of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the part of the chimney that shuts off air circulation to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it needs repair work. Usually repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's much better to mount a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outdoors. A considerable amount of airflow can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your residence feel cooler in the winter. This can easily add up to hundreds of dollars annually in additional home heating costs.
There are times when a quick repair isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair work and also complete chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fire place repair service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can occasionally require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and then the old joints are loaded with brand-new cement. Broken or loose bricks can likewise be repaired.
Prefabricated fireplaces include 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 nice enhancement for your fire place. The newest gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any kind of range of fireplace repair work and renovations.