Local pros for chimney flashing repair in Lithia
Flashing, crown and cap checked on one free visit, so you fix the part that is actually leaking.
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Chimney Flashing Repair From Local Pros in Lithia
The roof line around a chimney needs patient work, and our family crew gives it that.
Where the roof meets the chimney
Every chimney punches a hole through the roof, and the opening around it is one of the hardest spots on a house to keep dry. Masonry and roof covering are different materials that move differently in heat and rain, so the gap between them is bridged with formed metal. The Florida Building Code, Residential, in section R903.2, requires flashing wherever a wall meets the roof and around roof openings, and this is exactly that kind of joint.
When that metal lifts, rusts or was never lapped correctly, rain finds the gap. Our pros in Lithia start every flashing job by looking at the whole junction, all four sides, before recommending anything.
Base flashing and counter flashing work as a pair
Chimney flashing is built in two layers. Base flashing lies on the roof covering and bends up onto the chimney face. Counter flashing comes down out of the masonry and laps over the top edge of the base piece, so water running down the brick lands on the outside of the joint. Brick Industry Association Technical Note 19B describes the counter flashing lapping the base flashing by at least three inches.
Because the layers are separate, the roof and the chimney can move a little without tearing the seal. A single strip of metal glued to both surfaces loses that freedom. When our specialists rebuild flashing, both layers go back in their proper order.
Sealing the joints you cannot see
Brick Industry Association guidance calls for sealing all joints and laps in chimney flashing, including the unexposed side of bends. Those hidden faces are where water creeps along the metal by capillary action and slips past a lap that looks tight from outside.
Our pros seal each lap as the piece goes in, before the next one covers it. You cannot see that step once the job is done, which is why it is written into the scope of your estimate along with the metal and the method.
Soft roof deck around a leaking chimney
Water that gets past the flashing soaks the roof deck around the chimney before it reaches a ceiling. By the time a stain shows inside, the plywood or boards at the chimney may already be soft.
When the roof covering comes up, our pros check the deck at the chimney. Damaged decking is handled with your roofer or priced on its own line, and it is repaired before new flashing goes down, so the metal is fastened into sound wood.
On any service we offer
A free look at the roof line, then 72 hours to book the repair at 10% off.
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- Old roof cement hiding the edges
- Brick or stucco just above the roof
- Roof deck condition at the chimney
- Crown and cap checked on the same visit
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