Water Problems from the Chimney and Roof
Have you noticed dark stains appearing on your ceiling after a rain storm? If so, here are some tips for finding the source of water entry.
How to Install or Repair Chimney Flashing
Flashing provides protection against water for your chimney. This video shows how to both install new flashing and repair flashing that has deteriorated.
Chimney Flashing Repair- How to Fix Chimney Flashing Leaks
Here at my chimney repair and sweeping company, we treat every water problem as a process of elimination. Even the most trained chimney veterans may have difficulty pinpointing exactly where damaging water is entering your home. A chimney or roofing professional will often perform a water test which you can actually perform yourself. Starting at [...]
The Top 3 Ways to Solve Chimney Leaks
Chimney leaks frequently come from three common areas on fireplace chimneys. Chimney crown leaks, chimney flashing leaks, and brick chimney leaks. Different factors affect a chimney’s ability to resist water penetration such as the age of the chimney, the type of construction materials used and the way it was constructed. In this article I’m going [...]
Chimney Flashing Repair Guide
Often times when water is leaking into a home there is confusion, even among professionals, as to where it is entering. Here at my company, we always treat water problems as a process of elimination starting with the least expensive repair first (generally waterproofing the chimney or tuckpointing open mortar joints). If we pinpoint the [...]