
Sandstone, WV West Virginia 25985
When you require your chimney repaired, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our main priority. We happily provide rapid response times and high quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Regular chimney and fire place maintenance is very important to help keep your family safe from smoke, carbon monoxide gas, as well as fires. Whether you are needing a repair work, or you would just like to upgrade your fire place and chimney, our chimney repair and fire place repair service pros can help!
Our chimney pros deal with all types of repairs and upkeep from chimney crowns and caps, to complete chimney rebuilding.
The chimney flue is the internal shaft that vents smoke and also gases which are produced by burning a fire in the fireplace. Damage to the flue, cracks in between the bricks, and deteriorating mortar occur after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's feasible to repair the loosened mortar and cracks. One of our specialists will have the ability to provide you a flue repair work quote as well as advise the very best choices for your home.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help safeguard your flue from damage and also prevent fires. The three main types of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a recently favored kind of chimney liner for upgrades and also repair work. They are generally produced from stainless steel, although they can sometimes be made from light weight aluminum also. Metal liners are are very versatile, available in stiff or flexible versions, and most any home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are some of the most common type of chimney liner. The majority of older houses have clay liners. They are rather economical, yet call for regular upkeep 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 hard to. install and expensive. Gradually, they can begin to develop fractures and require relining.
Our pros can help determine the very best choices for your residence.
The chimney crown is extremely important. It serves as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your entire chimney. This safeguards your flue and also chimney from rainfall and other elements.
When the chimney crown establishes fractures or comes to be damaged at all, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can create severe damage to the entire chimney if not repaired. When uncovered early, basic repairs can be made to avoid issues from taking place.
If breaking in the chimney crown is minor, the cracks can be filled with patch and a water-proof sealer can be used on top. This will securely keep water from entering.
In situations 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 possible to rebuild just the crown. This will protect the chimney for a lot more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to make certain all areas are safe.
A chimney cap secures your home in lots of ways. It keeps rainfall, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and also protects against hot sparks and also embers from flying out and into your roofing. You should never run your fire place or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are made from galvanized or stainless steel, aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals 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 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 repair service. Usually fixing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be costly.
It's much better to mount a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, and every reliable. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and unwanted weather outside. A considerable amount of air movement can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your house really feel cooler in the wintertime. This can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars per year in added home heating expenses.
There are times when a fast repair work isn't a good solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney specialists can do chimney masonry repair and also total chimney rebuilding.
We can help with complete fireplace repair service including firebox fixing, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair work, gas log repair and replacement, fireplace screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the place inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This part of the fireplace can in some cases require repairs. Firebox tuckpointing is a procedure that removes old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned, and then the old joints are filled with new cement. Cracked or loosened bricks can also be fixed.
Prefabricated fireplaces have 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 good improvement for your fire place. The newest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and are much cleaner than wood burning. We can assist with any selection of fire place repair service and enhancements.