
Mountlake Terrace, WA Washington 98043
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and prepared to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our main priority. We happily offer rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Normal chimney and fire place maintenance is essential to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide, as well as fires. Whether you are requiring 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 fixings and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are created by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks 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 loosened mortar and fractures. One of our specialists will be able to give you a flue repair price quote and suggest the best choices for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help protect your flue from damage as well as protect against fires. The three major kinds of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred sort of chimney liner for upgrades as well as repairs. They are typically produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum as well. Metal liners are are really versatile, offered in rigid or flexible models, and most any type of residence can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. Many older houses have clay liners. They are relatively low-cost, however call for routine maintenance to see to it that flue tiles don't crack, 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. In time, they can start to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help establish the most effective options for your residence.
The chimney crown is very important. It works as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This secures your flue and chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown gets fractures or ends up being damaged whatsoever, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can trigger severe damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When discovered early, basic repair work can be made to avoid issues from happening.
If fracturing in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will safely block water from entering.
In scenarios where there is more extensive damage to the crown, it may be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild only the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for a lot more years. It is very important to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and entire chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap safeguards your home in lots of ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place and prevents hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roof. You should never run your fireplace 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 mount 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 shuts off air flow to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it needs fixing. Normally fixing or changing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's far better to mount a top sealing damper. They are less expensive, and also every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outside. A considerable amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your residence really feel colder in the wintertime. This can easily add up to hundreds of dollars annually in extra home heating costs.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be totally rebuilt. Our expert chimney professionals can do chimney masonry repair and also full chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place repair work service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair service, gas log repair and replacement, fire place 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 fire place can sometimes require repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a process 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 loosened bricks can also be taken care of.
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 wonderful improvement for your fireplace. The newest gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can help with any type of variety of fireplace repair and renovations.