Chimney chase repair and framing work in Rosemont North
Soft siding or a stained ceiling? Our family-owned crew finds the water path and repairs every layer it reached.
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Your chase repair scope, layer by layer
- Replacement siding matched to the existing profile
- Stucco rebuilt in three coats over new lath
- Air space around the chimney pipe kept clear
- Paint on new siding and trim
The wall behind the siding
Three coats of stucco over lath
Stucco on lath is built up in coats. The first, called the scratch coat, is pressed into the lath and scored. The second, the brown coat, builds thickness and flattens the wall. The finish coat carries the texture and color.
Under R703.7.2 of the Florida Building Code, cement plaster over lath goes on in at least three coats. Two coats are allowed directly over masonry, which is why a patch copied from a block wall can end up too thin on a framed chase. It is also why a patch on a chase needs the same full build as a new wall.
A patch built too thin is more likely to crack and let water reach the barrier. When our crew patches or reclads a chase, we build the full three coats and match the finish to the rest of the wall. Your Rosemont North estimate names the stucco system and the number of coats.
Stucco that sounds hollow or bulges
Tapping stucco tells a lot. Sound stucco gives a solid, dull knock. Stucco that has let go of its lath or sheathing sounds hollow and may flex under light pressure. Tapping works best in a grid across each face, since hollow areas seldom show to the eye.
Hollow areas and bulges on a chase usually mean water has reached the lath, or the sheathing has swollen and pushed the stucco out. A bulge near the base or just under the top tends to line up with soft wood behind it. Left in place, a loose section can keep growing.
During the inspection on your Rosemont North home, our technicians tap each face of a stucco chase and mark the hollow areas. Those areas are opened first, since they show how far the damage goes. Each hollow area is marked on the written estimate, and what turns up behind it is shown to you before the work goes further.
Rotted roof deck around the chase base
Water that rots the bottom of a roof chase often reaches the roof deck under it. The plywood around the chase opening goes soft, the shingles above it sag, and the rafters or blocking under the chase may be wet too.
The chase sits on that roof framing, so a soft deck is a structural question as well as a roofing one. It also affects how the new chase framing is fastened down, since the base plate needs firm wood under it. Replacing chase siding over a rotted deck leaves both the leak and the weak base in place.
Once the base of a chase in Rosemont North is open, the deck and blocking are checked by hand, and new framing never goes down on soft deck. Deck repair is listed separately, and if your roofer is handling the shingles, we agree on who replaces which pieces before work starts.
Listed chimney parts only, never a mix
A factory-built chimney is a tested system. Under R1005.1 of the Florida Building Code, factory-built chimneys are listed, labeled, and installed and terminated per the maker's instructions. DuraVent's manual, as one example, says to use only its own listed parts, not to mix parts from other products and not to improvise.
Chase repairs are where improvising tends to creep in. A missing shield replaced with a scrap of sheet metal, a support hung from strapping it was never designed for or a pipe section from another brand all take the system outside its listing.
Our technicians match any replaced part to the chimney's maker and model. If a part is no longer made, we tell you what the maker offers instead before going ahead. You get the part names in writing for your Rosemont North home.
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Questions about your chase in Rosemont North
Will I be able to use my fireplace during the repair?
No. While the chase is open, shields, firestops and the top may be off, so the fireplace stays out of use. We tell you when it is ready again, which is after the chase is closed and the listed parts are back in place.
Do you charge to look at my chase?
No. The inspection and the written estimate are free, with no obligation to book the repair. If the chase only needs small fixes, we tell you that too.
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