
Flat Top, WV West Virginia 25841
When you need your chimney repaired, we are here and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We happily offer rapid response times and the best quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is very important to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, and fires. Whether you are requiring a repair, 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 manage all types of repair services and maintenance from chimney crowns and caps, to entire chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the inner 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 modest damage, it's feasible to deal with the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our experts will have the ability to provide you a flue repair service estimate and advise the very best alternatives for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help shield your flue from damages as well as prevent fires. The 3 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 generally produced from stainless steel, although they can in some cases be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are very versatile, available 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. A lot of older residences have clay liners. They are fairly affordable, 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 comparable to cement that is installed inside the chimney for a seamless flue. These kinds of liners tend to be hard to. install as well as expensive. Over time, they can start to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the very best choices for your house.
The chimney crown is very important. It acts as a protective concrete umbrella or rooftop for your whole chimney. This protects your flue as well as chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes cracks or comes to be damaged whatsoever, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create serious damages to the whole chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, standard repair services can be made to prevent issues from taking place.
If cracking in the chimney crown is minor, the fractures can be loaded with patch and a water-proof sealant can be used on top. This will safely prevent water from entering.
In circumstances where there is a lot more substantial damage to the crown, it may be needed to rebuild it. If the chimney is still in good condition, then it's feasible to rebuild only the crown. This will secure the chimney for many more years. It is very important 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 lots of ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fire place as well as protects against hot sparks as well as embers from flying out and into your roofing. You must never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made of galvanized or stainless-steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service specialists can replace your chimney cap or install 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 interior of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the part of the chimney that closes off air circulation to the outside. When a damper comes to be old, it needs repair. Typically fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be expensive.
It's much better to set up a top sealing damper. They are less costly, and every efficient. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and also undesirable weather outdoors. A substantial amount of airflow can leak in through the chimney from the exterior, making your home feel cooler in the wintertime. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars annually in additional home heating costs.
There are times when a fast fixing isn't a great option and a damaged chimney needs to be completely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair work and also total chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fireplace repair work service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair, gas log repair work and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fire place where the fire burns. This portion of of the fire place can occasionally need repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and after that the old joints are filled with new cement. Broken or loosened bricks can additionally be taken care of.
Prefabricated fire places contain refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and installing them.
Fire place doors and gas logs are a great improvement for your fireplace. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any kind of range of fireplace repair service and renovations.