Family-owned chimney chase repair in Dixie Belle
Same-day chase inspections when available for Dixie Belle homeowners, plus a written repair plan you keep.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Each chase repair line, spelled out in Dixie Belle
- Moisture readings across each face of the chase
- Damage boundary marked on each face
- Paint on new siding and trim
- Temporary cover over any open section each day
What a lasting chase repair takes
Matching stucco texture on a partial repair
A patch that is sound but does not match the wall still bothers most people. Stucco texture depends on the finish coat, the tool and the hand of the person applying it, and old stucco has been weathered by years of sun and rain.
Our crew can make a small test area to match the texture before the finish coat goes on the repair. Color is usually handled with paint over the whole face, since new stucco seldom matches weathered color on its own. Sand size and how the finish coat is floated or thrown both change the look, so the test area may try more than one approach.
We tell you before the job whether a patch will blend in or show, and the estimate says whether painting the full face is included. If the chase and house were painted together, we note the paint color so the touch-up matches.
The air space around the chimney pipe
The chimney pipe inside a chase has a listed clearance to anything that can burn, and that clearance is an air space. One maker's instructions, DuraVent's for its DuraChimney II system for example, say the required clearance space is never to be filled with insulation or any other material.
Studs, sheathing and blocking in the chase are all combustible. When a chase is reframed, every new piece has to sit outside that clearance, and a corner that has been pushed inward by a lean or a sag has to be moved back out.
Our crew checks the air space on all sides whenever a chase in Dixie Belle is open. New framing is laid out around the pipe, never the other way around. The clearance figure comes from your system's own instructions, never from a rule of thumb.
Sealant at siding joints versus near the pipe
Sealant has a job on a chase, but a narrow one. At siding joints, trim and the seam with the house, an exterior-grade sealant closes gaps where the siding maker calls for a seal. It is maintenance, not a stand-in for flashing or a barrier. Old sealant is cut out before new goes in.
Near the chimney pipe it is a different matter. Chimney makers can name specific sealants for specific joints at the chase top. DuraVent's instructions, for example, call for a non-hardening waterproof sealant at certain chase-top joints and keep the ventilation openings clear.
Our crew uses the product each maker calls for in each place and never fills the air space with caulk or foam. If old caulk is bridging the gap to the pipe, we remove it and tell you why.
After a storm tears siding off the chase
High wind can strip siding, trim or stucco off one face of a chase and leave the sheathing bare. Rain that follows goes straight into the wall, so a quick temporary cover can limit how far the water gets. Loose pieces on the roof can slide off in the next gust, so they are gathered up before anything else.
Storm damage is a good time to check the whole chase, not only the torn face. Wind that pulled siding loose may also have loosened fasteners, lifted flashing or bent the cover on another side. Siding or trim that landed on the roof may have scraped or punctured the roofing, which your roofer should see.
Our crew puts temporary protection in place, then inspects the full chase and writes a repair estimate that separates fresh storm damage from older rot. That split shows plainly what the storm did and what was already there before it.
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Quick answers on chimney chase repair
Do you work with my roofer?
Yes. Flashing at the chase base sits between the roof and the chase, so we agree with your roofer on who replaces which pieces before work starts. The written estimate spells out that split.
What happens to the chimney pipe while you work on the chase?
The pipe stays in place and is protected while the framing around it is replaced. Our crew keeps the listed air space clear and puts firestops, shields and supports back where the chimney maker's instructions call for them.
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