
Pittston, PA Pennsylvania 18640
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a full 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 main priority. We happily offer great response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal chimney and fireplace maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, as well as fires. Whether you are requiring 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 deal with all kinds of repair work and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke as well as gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and weakening mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's possible to deal with the loosened mortar and fractures. One of our specialists will have the ability to provide you a flue repair service estimate as well as suggest the best options for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect 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 kind of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repair work. They are usually produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum too. 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 type of chimney liner. Most older houses have clay liners. They are relatively cost-effective, but require routine maintenance to see to it that flue tiles do not fracture, split, or break.
Cast in place liners are a light product similar to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These sorts of liners often tend to be difficult to. install and also expensive. Gradually, they can begin to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the most effective choices for your house.
The chimney crown is really important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue as well as chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops fractures or ends up being damaged whatsoever, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger extreme damages to the entire chimney if not fixed. When discovered early, standard repair services can be made to stop issues from happening.
If breaking in the chimney crown is minor, the splits can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealant can be applied on top. This will securely block water from getting in.
In scenarios where there is more substantial damage to the crown, it might be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for many more years. It is necessary to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap shields your home in several ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and 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 set up 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 inside of the chimney that smoke journeys through. The damper is the portion of the chimney that blocks air circulation to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it requires repair service. Typically repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's much better to mount a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, and every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also unwanted weather outdoors. A substantial amount of air movement can leak in through the chimney from the outside, making your house really feel colder in the winter season. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars annually in additional home heating costs.
There are times when a fast repair isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair service as well as total chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fireplace repair service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fire place door repair work, gas log repair work and replacement, fireplace 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 fireplace can often need repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned up, and afterwards the old joints are loaded with brand-new cement. Broken or loose bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces contain 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 nice improvement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are attractive and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of variety of fire place repair service and enhancements.