Chimney Flashing Repair & Installation

Your chimney was built with extra protection at all its vulnerable points — the places where water can potentially get in and cause damage. The chimney’s flashing adds a much-needed layer of protection where the roof line and chimney meet. It’s usually made of overlapping layers of stainless steel, aluminum or copper, and is fitted specifically for your chimney. Urethane caulk is added around the edges to create a waterproof barrier. Since the flashing is working hard to protect one of your chimney’s potentially vulnerable points, over time — sometimes due to your home settling, from storm damage or animals — problems can develop. And small problems with your flashing, if not addressed, can lead to big, expensive issues later on.

Why Chimney Sweeping is Important

It might sound simple, but chimney sweeping is a detailed process that requires an expert’s care to be done right, and it’s key to keeping your chimney functioning and your home and family safe. Whenever you use your fireplace or stove, your chimney is working to keep harmful substances that result from burning fuel — gases, smoke, particles, minerals and more — safely contained and then removed. But over time, debris and creosote (the residue that results from those byproducts moving up your chimney builds up and can lead to blockages and fires. A trained chimney sweep will thoroughly and safely remove debris and creosote, allowing your chimney to do its job properly. Chimney sweeping is an affordable and important part of preventative maintenance that can keep you safe and, in the long term, save you money. Regularly-used chimneys should be cleaned and inspected annually, but even rarely-used chimneys should be inspected and swept to ensure that they’re working properly and safely.

When you choose All Brothers for your chimney, you’re getting trained and certified technicians, a thorough and impeccably clean job, a state-of-the-art chimney inspection and documentation of the process, before and after.