
Blue Bell, PA Pennsylvania 19422
When you require your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to help! We provide 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 main priority. We happily provide rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal 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, 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 take care of all sorts of repair services as well as upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar happen after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's possible to fix the loose mortar and cracks. One of our experts will be able to give you a flue repair work quote as well as recommend the very best options for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damage and also protect against fires. The 3 main kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently favored sort of chimney liner for upgrades and repair work. They are generally produced from stainless-steel, although they can in some cases be made from aluminum too. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in stiff or flexible versions, and most any kind of house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. Many older houses have clay liners. They are rather economical, but call for routine upkeep to ensure 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 kinds of liners have a tendency to be difficult to. install and also expensive. In time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help establish the very best choices for your house.
The chimney crown is very important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue and also chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops fractures or comes to be damaged at all, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create extreme damage to the whole chimney if not fixed. When discovered early, standard repair services can be made to stop issues from taking place.
If breaking in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealer can be applied on top. This will securely block 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 protect the chimney for a lot more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in numerous ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roof. You must never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made from galvanized or stainless-steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or set up 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 interior of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the component of the chimney that shuts off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair service. Usually repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's better to install a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, and also every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also unwanted weather outside. A substantial amount of air flow can leak in through the chimney from the exterior, making your house really feel colder in the winter season. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars per year in extra heating expenses.
There are times when a fast repair service isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair as well as complete chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with complete fireplace repair service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can sometimes need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and after that the old joints are filled with new cement. Cracked or loose bricks can additionally be taken care of.
Prefabricated fireplaces contain 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 wonderful improvement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any range of fire place repair service and enhancements.