Sweet Home, OR Oregon 97386
When you need your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to help! We offer a wide 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 important to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair service, or you would just like to update your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros deal with all kinds of repair work and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are produced 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 moderate damage, it's possible to fix the loose mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will be able to provide you a flue repair quote and advise the very best choices for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damages and protect against fires. The three primary types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred kind of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair services. They are normally produced from stainless-steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are very versatile, available in rigid or flexible versions, and most any residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common type of chimney liner. Many older homes have clay liners. They are relatively inexpensive, however call for routine maintenance to ensure that flue tiles do not crack, 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 types of liners have a tendency to be hard to. install and expensive. In time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help figure out the most effective choices for your home.
The chimney crown is really vital. It functions as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This protects your flue as well as chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown gets cracks or becomes damaged at all, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause severe damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When found early, standard repair services can be made to avoid issues from happening.
If cracking in the chimney crown is small, the fractures can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealer can be applied on top. This will securely prevent water from getting in.
In situations where there is a lot more extensive damage to the crown, it might be needed to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild only the crown. This will protect the chimney for a lot more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair check the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make sure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in numerous ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace as well as protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roof. You must never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made from 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.
Many 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 flow to the exterior. When a damper becomes old, it requires repair work. Typically repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less costly, and every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also unwanted weather outdoors. A significant amount of air flow can leak in through the chimney from the exterior, making your house feel colder in the wintertime. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars each year in added heating expenses.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair as well as complete chimney rebuilding.
We can help with full fireplace repair service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair work, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and more.
The firebox is the area inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can in some cases need repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and afterwards the old joints are filled with brand-new cement. Cracked or loose bricks can also be taken care of.
Prefabricated fire places have refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a good improvement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are attractive and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any kind of variety of fireplace repair and improvements.