Happy Valley, OR Oregon 97086
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is important to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and also 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 assist!
Our chimney pros take care of all sorts of repair work and upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the interior shaft that vents smoke and gases which are created by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, cracks in between the bricks, and degrading mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damage, it's feasible to fix the loose mortar and fractures. One of our professionals will have the ability to give you a flue repair estimate and advise the best choices for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damages as well as protect against fires. The 3 major types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently favored sort of chimney liner for upgrades and repairs. They are normally produced from stainless steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any kind of house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. Many older homes have clay liners. They are rather affordable, however require regular upkeep to make certain 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 sorts of liners tend to be challenging to. install and also expensive. Gradually, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help establish the very best choices for your residence.
The chimney crown is extremely vital. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue as well as chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or comes to be damaged at all, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create severe damage to the entire chimney if not fixed. When found early, standard repairs can be made to prevent issues from occurring.
If splitting in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealer can be used on top. This will safely keep water from getting in.
In situations where there is a lot more substantial damage to the crown, it might be needed to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild only 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 entire chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in lots of ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and also protects against hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roofing. You must never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made of galvanized or stainless-steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians can replace your chimney cap or mount a brand-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 interior 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 comes to be old, it needs repair. Typically fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's much 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 unwanted weather outdoors. A considerable amount of airflow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your house feel colder in the wintertime. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars per year in added heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair work as well as complete chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fireplace repair work service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fireplace can often require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that removes 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 loosened bricks can also be repaired.
Prefabricated fireplaces include 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 great improvement for your fire place. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any variety of fireplace repair and improvements.