Family-owned chase cover service in The Willows
Stainless, galvanized or copper chase covers for The Willows, chosen with you and fitted to the chimney maker's instructions. Free inspection.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
Your The Willows chase top, item by item
- Raised collar formed at each pipe opening
- Top of the framing checked while the cover is off
- Water test on the finished top where footing allows
- Written record of the installed cover
What goes into a new chase top in The Willows
Why a stock size seldom fits
Chases are framed to suit each house, and their sizes vary widely. A stock cover that is nearly right leaves a gap or an overhang somewhere, and its collar may not line up with the pipe. Our replacements are fabricated to measurements taken on your roof, with the collar placed at the pipe's measured center. Custom fabrication means a short wait between measuring and installation, which we explain when scheduling so you know what happens in between. The measurements are written on the order itself, so the fabricated cover can be checked against them before it goes up.
Water testing the finished cover
Where the roof gives safe footing, we run water over the new cover after installation and watch where it goes. Water should leave every edge and drip clear of the siding, with nothing pooling near the collar. This check confirms the slope and skirt are doing their job before we pack up. If anything looks wrong, it is corrected on the same visit, while the tools and materials are still on your The Willows roof. We also look at the siding below the chase once the water runs, since that is where a poor drip edge shows first.
A cover that sits inside the siding
Some leaks come from a cover that was simply made too small. Instead of lapping over the siding, the skirt sits inside it or stops short, and water enters at the joint. This happens when measurements were taken off the framing, or when the chase was re-sided after the cover went on. We compare the cover's size to the finished chase and, if it falls short, specify a new one to the outside dimensions. An undersized cover sometimes gets a strip of flashing added around it, which only adds more joints that can leak.
Chase tops built without metal
Now and then we find a chase top framed in plywood and covered with shingles or roll roofing instead of a metal cover. That arrangement does not match fireplace manuals that call for a chase top with a raised collar, turndown and drip edge at the pipe opening, and it can bring wood closer to the pipe than the stated clearance allows. We record what is there and propose a proper metal chase top built to the system's instructions.
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Before you replace a chase top in The Willows
How long does chase cover replacement take?
It usually takes two visits. We measure at the free inspection, the cover is fabricated to those measurements, and installation follows once it is ready. You get a timeline when you approve the work.
What if the wood under my The Willows chase cover is rotten?
We stop, show you what we found and write up the framing repair as a separate item. Nothing is added to your bill until you approve it.
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