Portland, OR Oregon 97206
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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Regular chimney and fireplace maintenance is necessary to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and also fires. Whether you are needing a repair, 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 types of repair services and upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to full 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 deteriorating mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's possible to take care of the loose mortar and fractures. One of our experts will have the ability to provide you a flue repair work estimate and suggest the very best choices for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damage and protect against fires. The 3 major types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly 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 as well. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, readily available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any 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 fairly low-cost, however need regular upkeep to see to it 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 sorts of liners often tend to be hard to. install and also costly. With time, they can begin to develop cracks and need relining.
Our pros can help figure out the most effective choices for your house.
The chimney crown is extremely vital. It functions as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This protects 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 permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause extreme damage to the whole chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, standard repair services can be made to prevent issues from occurring.
If splitting in the chimney crown is small, the cracks can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will safely prevent water from getting in.
In circumstances where there is more substantial damage to the crown, it might be necessary to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild only the crown. This will protect the chimney for a lot more years. It is necessary to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in several ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and also protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You should never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed from galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians can replace your chimney cap or mount a 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 interior of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the part of the chimney that closes off air circulation to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it needs fixing. Usually fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to mount a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and also every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as unwanted weather outside. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your house feel cooler in the winter season. This can easily add up to hundreds of dollars each year in extra heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair service isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair work and full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place repair service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair, gas log repair and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fireplace can occasionally require repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that removes old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are loaded with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fire places have 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 great enhancement for your fire place. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of selection of fire place repair service and renovations.