
Slab Fork, WV West Virginia 25920
When you need your chimney repaired, we are available and ready to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly offer great response times and top quality services for all our chimney repair customers.
Routine chimney and fireplace maintenance is necessary 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 manage all types of repairs as well as maintenance 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 fire place. Damage to the flue, fractures between the bricks, and weakening mortar take place after years of use. In cases of light to modest damages, it's feasible to take care of the loose mortar and fractures. One of our specialists will be able to give you a flue repair service estimate and advise the best choices for your residence.
Adding a chimney liner or relining your chimney can help secure your flue from damage and also protect against fires. The 3 main sorts of liners are metal, clay, and cast-in-place liners.
Metal liners are a newly favored type of chimney liner for upgrades and repair services. They are normally produced from stainless-steel, although they can occasionally be made from light weight aluminum too. Metal liners are are extremely versatile, offered in stiff or flexible models, and most any home can accommodate them.
Clay tile liners are one of the most common kind of chimney liner. Most older houses have clay liners. They are fairly economical, but require regular maintenance to make sure that flue tiles don't crack, 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 sorts of liners tend to be challenging to. install and costly. Over time, they can begin to develop fractures and need relining.
Our pros can help determine the best choices for your residence.
The chimney crown is extremely crucial. It functions as a protective concrete umbrella or roof for your whole chimney. This secures your flue and chimney from rainfall and various other elements.
When the chimney crown develops cracks or ends up being damaged whatsoever, it permits rain water seep through the chimney and expand and contract. This can cause serious damages to the entire chimney if not fixed. When found early, basic repairs can be made to stop issues from occurring.
If splitting in the chimney crown is small, the splits can be loaded with patch and a waterproof sealer can be applied 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 secure the chimney for many more years. It's important to have a professional chimney repair examine the crown, flue, and whole chimney to ensure all areas are safe.
A chimney cap protects your home in several ways. It keeps rain, snow, and, dirt and animals out of your fireplace and also protects against hot sparks and embers from flying out and into your roof. You must never run your fireplace or wood burning stove without a chimney cap.
Chimney caps are constructed from galvanized or stainless steel, light weight aluminum, or copper. Our chimney service professionals can replace your chimney cap or mount 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 inside of the chimney that smoke travels through. The damper is the portion of the chimney that closes off air flow to the outside. When a damper becomes old, it requires fixing. Typically repairing or replacing the existing old metal damper can be pricey.
It's better to install a top sealing damper. They are cheaper, as well as every effective. A top sealing damper will keep cold drafts and unwanted weather outdoors. A considerable amount of airflow can leak in via the chimney from the exterior, making your house really feel cooler in the winter season. This can easily amount to hundreds of dollars per year in extra heating expenses.
There are times when a quick fixing isn't a great solution and a damaged chimney needs to be entirely rebuilt. Our expert chimney experts can do chimney masonry repair service and complete chimney rebuilding.
We can assist with full fire place repair service including firebox repair, refractory panel replacement, fireplace door repair service, gas log repair work and replacement, fire place screens and clean out doors, and a lot more.
The firebox is the area inside the fireplace where the fire burns. This part of the fire place can sometimes require repair work. Firebox tuckpointing is a process that gets rid of old mortar joints. The surface in between the joints is cleaned up, and after that the old joints are loaded with new cement. Cracked or loose bricks can also be repaired.
Prefabricated fire places contain refractory panels. These panels are fixed by cutting and sizing replacement panels, fitting them together and mounting them.
Fireplace doors and gas logs are a good enhancement for your fire place. The latest gas logs are appealing and realistic looking and also are much cleaner than wood burning. We can aid with any selection of fire place repair work and improvements.