
Colchester, VT Vermont 05446
When you require your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We happily provide fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fire place maintenance is necessary to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to update your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fireplace repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros deal with all sorts of repair work and upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the interior shaft that vents smoke as well as gases which are created 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 moderate damages, it's possible to deal with the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our professionals will be able to provide you a flue repair price quote and suggest the very best options for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damage and also prevent fires. The 3 primary kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred 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 too. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, offered in rigid or flexible versions, and most any house can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common type of chimney liner. Most older houses have clay liners. They are relatively economical, however call for routine maintenance to ensure 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 often tend to be difficult to. install and also costly. Gradually, they can start to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the best options for your house.
The chimney crown is extremely important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your entire chimney. This secures your flue and also chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes fractures or ends up being damaged whatsoever, it allows rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause extreme damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, basic repairs can be made to avoid issues from happening.
If splitting in the chimney crown is minor, the cracks can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealant can be used on top. This will safely prevent water from getting in.
In situations where there is more extensive damage to the crown, it may be needed to reconstruct it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild just the crown. This will protect the chimney for many more years. It is necessary to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make sure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in several ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and prevents hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roofing. You ought to 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 journeys through. The damper is the part of the chimney that shuts off air circulation to the exterior. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair work. Normally repairing or changing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's far better to install a top sealing damper. They are more economical, and every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outside. A substantial amount of airflow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your home feel cooler in the winter season. This can quickly amount to hundreds of dollars annually in additional home heating costs.
There are times when a fast repair service isn't a good option and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair work and total chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place 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 area inside the fire place where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can sometimes need repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that removes old mortar joints. The surface between the joints is cleaned up, and afterwards the old joints are filled with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can also be repaired.
Prefabricated fire places include 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 wonderful enhancement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any type of selection of fire place repair service and renovations.