Chimney chase cover replacement in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace by local pros
From the skirt to the storm collar, your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace chase top is detailed to keep water out of the framing. Ask for a free chase check.
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Why Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace 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 any service
Rotted plates found under chase tops in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace are shown to you and priced on their own line before anyone touches them.
- Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace 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.
A chase top that holds a puddle
Water standing on a chase top a day after rain means the sheet is flat or sagging. A top cut from a single flat sheet has no shape to shed water, and thin metal bows under its own weight between the framing edges. The puddle keeps the metal wet long after the shingles around it have dried, which is where pinholes and rust begin. A replacement for a chase in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is formed with cross-breaks or a fabricated pitch so water runs from the pipe collar toward the edges and off the drip, and it is checked with a hose before we leave. Have the fireplace model handy when you call (904) 920-5495 from Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace; the manual sets the cover.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace sits in Clay County. At the 2020 Census, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace was home to 14,482 people.
Your chase top job, part by part
- Old chase top, screws and sealant taken off the chase
- Chase measured over the finished siding on your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace roof
- Screws set through the skirt sides into the framing
- Rust streaks on Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace siding traced to cover, collar or cap
Tape measure to hose test on a chase top
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Measure over the siding
We measure all four sides at the top of your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace chase, over the siding and trim, and check the diagonals so the skirt fits snug.
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Read the fireplace drawing
The maker's manual for your model sets the collar height, the open gap at the pipe and the minimum slope, and the new top is drawn to it.
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Shape, collar and fasten
The top is cross-broken or pitched away from each pipe, collared at every hole and screwed through the skirt into the framing. The storm collar goes back on and is sealed where the manual says.
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Hose test and walk-through
Where the roof gives safe footing, we run water over the finished top and watch it leave every edge, then show you what changed.
Wet framing under Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace chase tops
Summer storms soak whatever sits under a failing chase top, and wet framing dries slowly inside a closed box. By the time a stain shows indoors in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, the top plates may have been wet for months.
When the old cover comes off, we probe the plates and sheathing, show you what we find, and price any framing repair separately.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
The 72 hours for your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace chase cover start at our inspection, not when you open this page.
What we find when the old top comes off
Lifting a leaking chase top shows the history of the leak. Dark staining on the top plates, soft spots in the sheathing, rusted nail heads and slumped insulation are the kinds of things we find. Sometimes the framing is sound and only needs to dry out. Sometimes the top plate has rotted enough that fasteners will not hold.
We probe what we can reach, describe what we found, and price framing and sheathing repairs apart from the cover, so its price stays clear. A new cover is not screwed down over wood that will not hold it, and the repair is done first.
Checking the top pipe section while it is exposed
With the old cover and the cap off, the top section of the chimney pipe is in plain view. Rust on its outer wall, a dented section, or a loose joint between sections all show clearly at that moment, and they are hard to see at any other time. Damaged chimney pipe is not patched: sections are part of the listed system and are replaced with the maker's parts for that model.
If we see damage, you get the part name and a description of what we saw. If the pipe is sound, the new cover and the cap go back on and the section is covered again.
Keeping feet and ladders off the chase top
Think of a chase top as a roof over a box, never a place to stand. Sheet metal that is walked on, knelt on or used as a ladder rest dents, and every dent becomes a small basin that holds water after the next rain. Anyone servicing the chimney should work from the roof beside the chase or from a ladder against the chase framing, with padding under the ladder feet where they touch the siding.
If other trades work on your roof, such as a roofer or a satellite installer, it is worth asking them to stay off the chase top as well. A dent found later is noted at the next visit.
Checks behind a chase cover price
- Metal, grade and gauge of the new top, stated in writing
- Fireplace maker and model read from the unit's rating plate
- Framing and sheathing condition under the old top, priced separately
- Pipe spacing and layout where more than one vent passes through
Chase cover questions from Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
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.
Why not just seal around the pipe?
Filling that ring ties a hot pipe to the sheet metal, and the manuals leave it open for that reason. Rain is kept out by the storm collar above the ring, which is sealed to the pipe itself.
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