
Elizabethtown, PA Pennsylvania 17022
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We happily provide rapid response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal chimney and fireplace maintenance is necessary to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, and fires. Whether you are needing a repair, or you would just like to upgrade your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros manage all types of repair services as well as upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to complete 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 fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and weakening mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's possible to deal with the loose mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will be able to provide you a flue repair price quote as well as recommend the best choices for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damage as well as protect against fires. The three main kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades and repair work. They are typically produced from stainless steel, although they can in some cases be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are very versatile, available in rigid or flexible models, and most any kind of residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common kind of chimney liner. The majority of older residences have clay liners. They are relatively economical, but need regular maintenance to make sure that flue tiles do not 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 difficult to. install and pricey. With time, they can start to develop cracks and need relining.
Our pros can help establish the most effective choices for your home.
The chimney crown is very important. It functions as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This protects your flue and chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or ends up being damaged in any way, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause serious damage to the whole chimney if not fixed. When discovered early, basic repair work can be made to avoid issues from taking place.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealer can be used on top. This will safely prevent water from entering.
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 just the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for a lot more years. It is essential to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in many ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roof. You ought to 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 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 journeys through. The damper is the part of the chimney that shuts off air flow to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it requires fixing. Typically fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's much better to mount a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, as well as every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outside. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your house really feel chillier in the winter. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars per year in additional heating expenses.
There are times when a quick repair isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair work and total chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with complete fireplace repair service including firebox repair service, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair, gas log repair work 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 part of the fire place can in some cases require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned up, and afterwards the old joints are loaded with new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces have 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 nice improvement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are attractive and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of variety of fire place repair and improvements.