Your family-owned chimney company in Crown Point

If the chimney on your home in Crown Point, a neighborhood within Winter Garden, has a stucco finish, a crack in it deserves a closer look than a crack in a garden wall, because what sits behind that finish decides how serious it is. Some stucco chimneys are masonry underneath. Others are a framed chase with stucco over lath around a factory-built chimney pipe.

Water that gets through a crack behaves differently in each. Behind masonry it works on the brick and mortar. Behind a framed chase it reaches wood sheathing and framing, and that damage can grow out of sight. Tapping the surface and hearing a hollow sound, seeing bulges or finding soft spots near the roof line are signs the problem is more than cosmetic.

We start by finding out how the chimney is built and where the water is coming from. The crown or chase cover at the top, the flashing at the roof and any cracks in the finish are all possible routes. A patch that only fills the visible crack can look fine for a season and fail again if the water still has a way in above it.

Repairs range from sealing and patching hairline cracks to removing a damaged section down to the lath or masonry, repairing what is behind it and applying new stucco in layers. Texture and color matching are part of the job, and we tell you honestly how close a patch will look beside weathered stucco. Painting the whole chimney afterward is sometimes the cleanest way to blend it, and the estimate lists that as a separate choice.

Crown Point homeowners get a free inspection from our family-owned team and a written estimate with honest, upfront pricing. Book any service within 72 hours after the free inspection and save 10% on it. Our pros back their stucco work with a workmanship warranty.