Leaking chimney flashing repaired in South Orange
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Inside your chimney flashing quote in South Orange
Checked and noted by our local family team in South Orange, then explained in plain language.
- Step flashing along both sides
- Corner folds and tabs on all four corners
- Flashing metal and thickness proposed
- Valleys and downspouts draining toward the chimney
Our approach to chimney flashing in South Orange
Before you approve flashing work in South Orange, these points are worth knowing.
When a chimney is wide enough to need a cricket
A cricket, which some roofers call a saddle, is a little ridged roof framed on the uphill side of the chimney so water parts around it. Section R903.2.2 of the Florida Building Code, Residential, calls for a cricket or saddle on the ridge side of any chimney more than 30 inches wide, measured perpendicular to the slope.
We measure the chimney and tell you whether it falls under that rule. Building or rebuilding a cricket is its own job with its own framing and roofing, so when one is missing or failing we write it up on a separate line, next to the flashing repair it connects to.
Step flashing or a continuous L along the sides
For the chimney sides on a shingle roof, FBC-R Section R905.2.8.3 allows the step-flashing method or a continuous L flashing method. The two go in differently and fail differently, so the choice is worth understanding.
Step pieces weave into each course and can be replaced one at a time. A continuous L is a long piece that relies on its laps and fastening. We look at what your roof has now, how it has held up and what the shingle maker calls for, then recommend a method in writing.
The layer under the roofing at the chimney
Beneath shingles or tile lies an underlayment that acts as a second line of defense. At the chimney that layer is often cut, patched or missing, especially where earlier repairs have been made.
When the roofing is opened for flashing, we check the underlayment around the chimney. If it needs repair, we tell you what it involves and whether it falls inside our scope or the roofer's. Where the underlayment is sound, we leave it alone and lap the new flashing over it as the roofing detail requires.
Flashing cement and where it fits
Flashing cement is a thick roofing compound used to bed and seal flashing laps. It appears in the prescribed L flashing option of Section R905.2.8.1 of the Florida Building Code, Residential, where the laps between pieces are sealed in flashing cement.
Used that way, it supports the metal. Spread across the surface as the only barrier, it dries, cracks and leaves the seam open. We use it inside the detail as the method calls for and never as a substitute for missing metal.
Other work in South Orange
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- Fireplace RestorationBring an unused fireplace back with a coordinated plan.
- Ventless Gas Fireplace ServiceService the unit within its exact installation limits.
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What people in South Orange ask about chimney flashing
Short answers from our chimney team in South Orange. Call for anything not covered here.
Do you stand behind the flashing work?
Yes. Flashing we install comes with our workmanship warranty and our 100% satisfaction guarantee, and if anything is off, our crew returns to correct it.
We have a skylight near the chimney. Could that be the leak?
It could. A skylight carries its own flashing, often from its maker's kit, and the two can share a strip of roof, so water past one can show up beside the other. We check both and tell you which is letting water in, then quote the skylight side in writing or send you to the right trade.
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