Family-owned chimney chase repair in Johnson Village
Rebuild or repair, our family team prices both for Johnson Village homes and backs the work with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Each chase repair line, spelled out in Johnson Village
- Moisture readings across each face of the chase
- Water-resistive barrier lapped upper over lower
- Top plate and framing under the cover
- Added work priced in writing before it starts
Building a chase back the right way
What a chimney chase is built to do
A chimney chase is a framed box that wraps the factory-built chimney pipe on its way up and out of the house. It is built from studs and sheathing like any exterior wall, then finished with siding or stucco to match the home. From the yard it can pass for a masonry chimney, but no brick holds it up.
The chase has two jobs. It keeps weather off the metal chimney inside, and its framing is laid out to stay the distance from the pipe that the chimney maker lists. When water gets into the box, the wood can rot for a long time behind a finish that still looks fine.
Our technicians treat chimney chase repair in Johnson Village as exterior wall work with a listed chimney in the middle of it. The written estimate names the wood, the finish and the water path separately, so you can see what each line fixes.
Repairing the chase or rebuilding it
Many chases can be repaired section by section. A full chimney chase rebuild makes more sense when rot runs through most of the framing, the chase is out of plumb, the finish is failing on every face or you want to change the size or finish anyway.
A rebuild strips the chase down to the chimney pipe, replaces the framing and sheathing, and finishes the box new. It also resets the flashing, the barrier and the top framing, which a patch cannot always reach. A rebuild also lets the new framing be laid out cleanly around the pipe, with every clearance, support and shield set fresh.
Our technicians price both options when both are reasonable, so you can compare. We tell you plainly when a repair would only buy a short time, and when a rebuild is more than you need. Either way, the choice is yours, made with both prices in hand.
Chimney height when a chase is rebuilt
Rebuilding a chase brings up the height of the chimney above the roof. As one maker's example, DuraVent's DuraChimney II manual quotes NFPA 211 as saying a chimney extends at least three feet above the highest point where it passes through the roof and at least two feet higher than any part of a building within ten feet.
A rebuild that makes the chase shorter, or a roof change that raises the ridge beside it, can leave the chimney too low. The chimney maker's instructions for your system set the final termination details.
Our crew measures the termination before and after a rebuild and checks it against those instructions. If the chimney needs to be taller, the added listed sections appear on the estimate, so the finished height is part of the plan and not an afterthought.
Siding boards and nails working loose
Nail heads backing out, boards that rattle in wind and siding that has slipped at the corners all point to a problem behind the finish. Nails hold in firm wood. When the sheathing and studs soften, the nails lose their grip and the siding moves. Vinyl nailed too tight can look loose for a different reason, which is why we check how it hangs.
Renailing loose boards into soft wood only holds for a short time. The new nails pull out the same way the old ones did. Longer nails driven through soft sheathing into soft studs fare no better, and they risk reaching toward the air space inside.
What each loose board was fastened into decides the fix. If the wood behind is firm, the siding is refastened with corrosion-resistant nails. If it is soft, the board comes off and the wall behind it is repaired first. A chase in Johnson Village can have both cases on different faces, so the answer comes face by face.
Other work in Johnson Village
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- Ventless Gas Fireplace ServiceService the unit within its exact installation limits.
- Fireplace RestorationBring an unused fireplace back with a coordinated plan.
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Quick answers on chimney chase repair
Can you repair only the rotted part of my chase?
Often, yes. When rot is limited to the base, a corner or the top, our crew removes siding in that area, replaces the damaged wood and laps new barrier and flashing into the old. If probing shows rot running through most of the framing, we price a rebuild alongside the repair so you can compare.
Should I repair the chase before putting my home on the market?
A chase with visible rot or leaks tends to come up in a buyer's inspection. Repairing it first, with the work put in writing layer by layer, gives buyers a clear answer. If you would rather sell as is, our written estimate helps both sides agree on the work.
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