Chimney chase cover replacement in American Beach by local pros

Chase covers across American Beach in a metal chosen for the exposure, specified by local pros during a free inspection.

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Why American Beach trusts local pros with chase tops

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
100% satisfaction guaranteed
Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
10% off when you book today

A leaking chase in American Beach often comes down to a flat or rusted top, and a properly shaped replacement is the repair that stops it.

Free inspection and estimateWe measure your American Beach chase and look under the old top at no charge before anything is quoted.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesMetal, gauge and any framing repair each get their own priced line, and that total is what you pay.
Workmanship warrantyThe new top, its collars and its fasteners are covered by our workmanship warranty, written on the estimate.

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A fireplace nobody uses

A factory-built fireplace that has not been lit in years still sits under a chase cover that takes every rain. If the cover rusts through, water runs down the pipe and the framing whether or not anyone uses the fireplace, and the damage builds out of sight. For a house in American Beach with an idle unit, the chase top is still worth checking from the yard now and then for streaks and sagging. If it needs replacing, the job is the same as for a fireplace in daily use, built to the model's drawing so the unit stays usable later. A chase cover specialist can be up on your American Beach roof with a tape measure soon after you phone (904) 920-5495.

American Beach reaches the coastline. American Beach lies roughly 23 miles from Jacksonville, measured directly rather than by road.

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What your chase cover job in American Beach covers

Old chase top, screws and sealant taken off the chase
Raised collar formed at every pipe hole
Small gap at each pipe left open, as the manuals require
Framing and sheathing under the old top probed and reported

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How It Works

What our sheet metal specialists do on American Beach chases

Chase and pipe measured
On the free visit we measure the outside of the chase over the siding and read the fireplace model from its plate or manual.
A top made to your chase
The cover is formed with cross-breaks or a pitch, a skirt with a drip edge and a raised collar sized to your pipe.
Old top off, new top fastened
We pull the old cover and check the framing, then fasten the new top through its skirt and clamp a sealed storm collar at the pipe.
Hose test before we leave
Water run over the new top has to leave from every edge. If it puddles anywhere, we reshape it before the job is done.

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Wind and spray on American Beach chase covers

Homes in American Beach sit on the coast, where hurricane season brings strong onshore wind from June 1 to November 30. A top held by a few screws can lift at one edge in a gust, and spray then reaches the framing.

Our American Beach chase covers get a deep skirt with closely spaced fasteners through the sides, and the metal is chosen for salt first and color second.

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A made-to-measure chase top for your American Beach home, 10% off as a first service booked today.

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The gap that stays open around the pipe

Between the chimney pipe and the collar there is supposed to be a small gap. One manual specifies 1/8 inch, and it carries a fire-risk warning against filling it. The pipe of a factory-built chimney heats and cools, grows and shrinks, and relies on its air spaces to stay within its listed temperatures. Filling the gap ties the pipe to the sheet metal and can hold heat and water where neither belongs.

So the gap is left open, and the storm collar above it is what keeps rain out. If we find the gap filled on an old top, we clear it and note it.

A water heater or furnace vent in the same chase

Some chases carry a vent from a heating appliance or water heater next to the fireplace chimney. That vent is its own listed system, with its own maker's cap and clearances, and the chase top treats it as a separate penetration. It gets its own collar sized to its pipe and its own storm collar, spaced from the fireplace pipe as its instructions require.

We do not change that appliance's vent or cap. If its cap or storm collar is damaged, we name the problem and who should replace it, so the fix stays within that system's own instructions.

Clearance inside the chase

Factory-built chimneys are listed with a required air space between the pipe and anything combustible, including framing and insulation. One manual for a common chimney series states 2 inches. When a chase top is off, the top of that space is visible, and it is a good time to check that insulation has not slumped against the pipe and that a previous repair did not add framing too close to it.

Anything inside that clearance is pulled back or noted. The same manual calls for ceiling firestops at each floor of the chase or every 10 feet of height, and a missing one is written up for the chase repair.

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Measured and noted on American Beach chase tops

Metal, grade and gauge of the new top, stated in writing
Collar height and hole diameter for each chimney pipe
Storm collar replaced or refitted, sealed where the manual specifies
Paint or powder-coat finish, if chosen, and its color

FAQ

Before you order a new chase top

Can you order a chase cover from my measurements?

We measure on the roof ourselves. The cover has to fit over the finished siding and match the pipe positions exactly, and small errors leave gaps where water gets in.

Will you replace the cap on the pipe too?

Only if it is damaged, and then with the part the fireplace maker lists for that model. A sound listed cap is reinstalled over the new cover.

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