
South Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 53172
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a full 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 great response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is essential to help keep your household safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and also fires. Whether you are needing a repair, 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 handle all types of repairs as well as upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to entire 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, cracks in between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damage, it's feasible to take care of the loosened mortar and fractures. One of our specialists will be able to provide you a flue repair work quote as well as suggest the best options for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damage and also prevent fires. The 3 primary types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly preferred kind of chimney liner for upgrades and also repairs. They are normally produced from stainless-steel, although they can sometimes be made from aluminum too. Metal liners are are really versatile, readily available in stiff or flexible models, and most any type of home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. A lot of older houses have clay liners. They are fairly low-cost, but need routine maintenance to make certain that flue tiles don't 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 types of liners often tend to be difficult to. install as well as costly. With time, they can begin to develop cracks and require relining.
Our pros can help establish the most effective choices for your residence.
The chimney crown is really important. It works as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This shields your flue and chimney from rain and various other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or becomes damaged in any way, it enables rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause serious damages to the entire chimney if not repaired. When found early, standard repair work can be made to prevent issues from happening.
If splitting in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealant can be used on top. This will securely keep water from entering.
In situations where there is much more extensive damage to the crown, it might be necessary to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's possible to rebuild just the crown. This will safeguard the chimney for many more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair inspect the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make sure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in lots of ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and protects against hot sparks and 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 made of galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service technicians can replace your chimney cap or install a brand-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 closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair work. Normally repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's far better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less costly, and also every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts as well as undesirable weather outdoors. A considerable amount of airflow can leak in via the chimney from the outside, making your residence feel cooler in the winter. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars each year in additional 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 also total chimney rebuilding.
We can help with full fire place repair service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair service and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and much more.
The firebox is the place inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This portion of of the fireplace can often require repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that eliminates old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and then the old joints are filled with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can also be repaired.
Prefabricated fireplaces contain refractory panels. These panels are repaired by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a nice improvement for your fireplace. The most recent gas logs are eye-catching and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any type of variety of fire place repair service and improvements.