Chimney sweeping with a long metal-bristled chimney brush is done to clean out the inside of a chimney to remove anything which could cause a chimney fire (for example: any built-up creosote, soot or ash from the burning of wood in your fireplace.) As well as being flammable, creosote is toxic to … [Read more...]
Chimney Flashing
The chimney passes through an opening in the roof. Flashing is installed on the chimney to ensure that rainwater sheds from the chimney onto the roof rather than into the opening in the roof. This metal flashing includes: a frontpan on the side of the chimney that is lowest on the sloped roof; … [Read more...]
Flue Liners
Flue liners are necessary to ensure that toxic gas exhaust from gas appliances (furnaces, hot water tanks and especially gas fireplace inserts) goes all the way up and out of the living spaces, because it can cause drowsiness or be fatal in large amounts. As well, if the chimney does not have a … [Read more...]
Hooded Chimney Pots
Rain running down the inside of a chimney will eventually wash the cement out of the mortar, leaving only sand between the bricks. In drier climates, the chimney pot on top of the chimney vents out its' top, which is fine because there's not enough rain to do much damage - the rain simply runs down … [Read more...]
Re-Pointing
After several years of rain running along the mortar joints of a chimney, the lime will wash out of the mortar, which leaves only sand between the bricks. We can let you know if your chimney needs to be re-pointed – that is: the removal of the outer one-inch of mortar between bricks and its' … [Read more...]
Leak Detection
Stains inside your house on the mortar, on the bricks or on plaster near the chimney? We are expert leak detectives, able to get up on the roof and locate the source of the water and suggest you best remedy. … [Read more...]
Rebuilds & Repairs
Stains inside on the mortar, bricks or interior walls? We are expert detectives. we employ chimney sweeps and bricklayers, stonemasons and tuck-pointers, for cleaning rebuilding, flashing, repairing and re-pointing your chimney. … [Read more...]
Chimney Removals
Most people understand that smoke goes up a chimney. Removing smoke from the fireplace is what chimneys were originally designed to do. Most houses are not heated by fireplaces anymore, BUT often a chimney flue has another use – as a vent of toxic carbon-monoxide gas from the furnace or hot water … [Read more...]