
Spotsylvania, VA Virginia 22551
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to assist! We offer a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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Regular chimney and fire place maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair, or you would just like to update your fireplace and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can assist!
Our chimney pros handle all kinds of repair work as well as maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke and gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, fractures in between the bricks, and weakening mortar happen after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's possible to fix the loosened mortar and fractures. One of our professionals will have the ability to provide you a flue repair service price quote and recommend the very best alternatives for your house.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damages and also protect against fires. The three main types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored type of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair services. They are typically produced from stainless steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, available in stiff or flexible versions, and most any type of house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. A lot of older residences have clay liners. They are rather low-cost, but call for routine upkeep to see to it that flue tiles do not fracture, 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 sorts of liners tend to be challenging to. install and expensive. In time, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help establish the most effective options for your house.
The chimney crown is very important. It works as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This shields your flue and also chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or ends up being damaged in any way, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause severe damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, standard repairs can be made to prevent issues from taking place.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is minor, the cracks can be filled with patch and a waterproof sealer can be applied on top. This will securely keep water from entering.
In scenarios where there is more substantial damage to the crown, it might be needed to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It is necessary to have a professional chimney repair check 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 as well as protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You ought to never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed from galvanized or stainless-steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals can replace your chimney cap or set up a 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 travels through. The damper is the portion of the chimney that closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it needs repair work. Normally repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's better to install a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, as well as every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outside. A substantial amount of air flow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your residence really feel colder in the winter season. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars per year in added heating costs.
There are times when a fast repair work isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair service and also complete chimney rebuilding.
We can aid with complete fire place repair work service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair work and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and more.
The firebox is the area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fire place can sometimes need repair services. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and then the old joints are filled with new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can additionally be fixed.
Prefabricated fire places contain refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a good enhancement for your fire place. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any range of fireplace repair service and enhancements.