Your chimney chase repair crew in Lake Pickett
Chimney chase repair for Lake Pickett homes, with a free inspection, a line-by-line written estimate and a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Each chase repair line, spelled out in Lake Pickett
- Probe test of siding, corners and the chase base
- Two-layer barrier behind stucco on wood sheathing
- Sheathing replaced back to firm wood
- Apron and back flashing at the chase base
Building a chase back the right way
Carrying the barrier to the top of the chase walls
The top of a chase is where the barrier often goes wrong. Florida's code, in R703.2, calls for the barrier to run continuous to the top of walls and to be finished at penetrations so the wall stays weather-resistant. On a chase, that top edge sits right under the metal cover.
If the barrier stops short of the top plate, water that gets past the cover edge lands on bare sheathing. If it ends in a way that lets water track behind it, the result is the same.
With the upper siding off a chase in Lake Pickett, our crew runs the barrier up to the top plate and laps it so water sheds onto it, not behind it. That detail disappears once the siding is back, which is why it gets checked before the first board goes on.
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.
Peeling paint and what it says about the wall
Paint peeling off a chase is more than a cosmetic problem. Paint tends to fail from behind, when water in the wood or sheathing pushes it off. Blisters and peeling that come back soon after repainting point to water getting in somewhere. On a chase, peeling tends to start at the base, under trim ledges and just below the top.
Painting over a wet chase traps the moisture and hides the rot for another season. The next coat often fails sooner than the last one did. It also makes the next repair harder to read, because fresh paint hides the stains that show where water has been.
Our crew probes the wood behind any peeling area before recommending paint. If the wood is sound, prep and paint are enough. If it is soft, we find the water path and repair the wall first, then paint. Your written scope in Lake Pickett says which case you have.
Wood or gas, the chase shell is the same job
A chase can enclose the chimney for a wood-burning fireplace or the vent pipe for a gas unit. The pipe inside can be a different listed product in each case, with its own instructions, but the shell around it is the same framed wall with the same water problems.
What changes is what we check inside. The clearances, supports and top details come from the listed product in your chase, not from a general rule that fits every fireplace. A chase around a gas vent can still rot at the base, split at the siding joints and leak at the top, just like one around a wood-burning chimney.
Our crew identifies the product before planning the repair and keeps its instructions in front of us. The siding, sheathing and framing repair is priced the same way for either fuel. If the fireplace itself needs service, that is a separate visit on a separate estimate.
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What homeowners ask about chase work
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.
Can you match my existing siding or stucco?
We match profile, texture and color as closely as the materials allow, and we tell you before the job how close that will be. When an exact match is not available, we price options like re-siding one full face or painting the whole chase.
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