
Oakton, VA Virginia 22124
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly offer rapid response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fire place maintenance is very important to help keep your family members safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and also fires. Whether you are requiring a repair service, or you would just like to update your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros deal with all sorts of repairs and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to full chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the interior shaft that vents smoke and gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks between the bricks, and weakening mortar happen after years of use. In cases of light to moderate damages, it's possible to repair the loose mortar and fractures. One of our experts will be able to provide you a flue repair price quote and suggest the best alternatives for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damages as well as prevent fires. The 3 primary kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored kind of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair services. They are typically produced from stainless steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are really versatile, offered in stiff or flexible versions, and most any kind of residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. Most older houses have clay liners. They are fairly inexpensive, yet need regular maintenance to see to it 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 types of liners have a tendency to be hard to. install and also costly. Gradually, they can begin to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the best options for your house.
The chimney crown is really crucial. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This safeguards your flue and also chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes fractures or becomes damaged at all, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause severe damages to the whole chimney if not fixed. When found early, standard repair work can be made to stop issues from occurring.
If cracking in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will safely keep water from entering.
In scenarios where there is a lot more extensive 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 protect the chimney for a lot more years. It's 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 lots of ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You should never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made from galvanized or stainless-steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals can replace your chimney cap or install a new one on your chimney if you do not have one yet.
Many 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 closes off air circulation to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it requires repair. Usually fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are more economical, as well as every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also unwanted weather outside. A significant amount of air flow can leak in through the chimney from the exterior, making your home really feel colder in the wintertime. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars annually in added heating costs.
There are times when a fast repair isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair as well as full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with complete fireplace repair work service including firebox repair, 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 fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can sometimes require repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned up, and then the old joints are loaded with new cement. Broken or loose bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fire places contain 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 wonderful enhancement for your fire place. The most recent gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking as well as are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of variety of fire place repair and renovations.