
Youngstown, OH Ohio 44512
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 assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our top priority. We happily provide rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair service, or you would just like to upgrade your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all kinds of repairs as well as 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 produced by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks between the bricks, and weakening mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's possible to fix the loose mortar and cracks. One of our experts will be able to provide you a flue repair service estimate as well as advise the very best options for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damages as well as protect against fires. The 3 primary types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades and repairs. They are generally produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum as well. Metal liners are are very versatile, offered in rigid or flexible versions, and most any type of home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common kind of chimney liner. Most older residences have clay liners. They are relatively economical, but call for regular maintenance to make sure that flue tiles don't fracture, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light material comparable to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These kinds of liners often tend to be difficult to. install and also pricey. Over time, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help establish the best options for your home.
The chimney crown is very vital. It works as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This shields your flue and also chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown gets fractures or comes to be damaged at all, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause extreme damage to the whole chimney if not fixed. When found early, standard repair work can be made to stop issues from occurring.
If cracking in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealant can be applied on top. This will safely block water from getting in.
In scenarios where there is a lot more substantial damage to the crown, it might be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild just the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It is essential to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in several ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and also prevents hot sparks and 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 of galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or install 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 travels through. The damper is the portion of the chimney that closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it requires repair work. Generally fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's better to mount a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, and also every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outside. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your home feel colder in the winter. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars per year in extra home heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair service and total chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fireplace 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 a lot more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can often need repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned, and after that the old joints are loaded with brand-new cement. Cracked or loose bricks can additionally be fixed.
Prefabricated fire places contain refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a good enhancement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any type of selection of fireplace repair work and improvements.