Local chimney flashing repair for Crawford homes

Your Crawford roof type decides the flashing detail, and our local roof line pros work it out during a free inspection.

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Stains in the attic tell us which piece of flashing failed, and we show them to you.

Free inspection and estimateThe flashing check in Crawford costs nothing, and it includes a look from the attic side.
No hidden feesAny roofing we lift and reset is priced on the estimate, so the bill does not grow on the roof.
Workmanship warrantyThe metal we fit and the joints we cut into the brick are covered by our workmanship warranty.

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Metal panels and their curb details

Metal panels grow and shrink noticeably through a hot day, and each panel maker issues curb and wall details for anything that pierces the roof, chimneys included. Those details use formed flashings, foam closures and specific fasteners in specific places.

With a metal roof on your Crawford house, we follow the panel maker's detail and keep the flashing metal compatible with the panels, so neither corrodes the other. Where the detail needs panels cut or replaced, that part is roofing work and is named as such. Fasteners through the panels are placed where the detail puts them, even when another spot would be easier. Our flashing pros check Crawford roof lines for free; the number is (904) 920-5495.

The county for Crawford is Nassau County. Crawford is inland.

Flashing work around the whole stack

Back pan run up under the roofing on the uphill face
Reglet sawn into a mortar joint for the counter flashing
Base pieces fastened to the roof deck, clear of the brick
Metal and thickness named to suit your roof

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Strip, repoint, flash, reset

Attic and roof line read
Stains on the rafters and the state of each flashing side tell us which pieces failed before anything comes apart.
Old joint taken apart
Tar and loose metal come off, the roofing beside the chimney is lifted, and open mortar joints are repointed.
Base, then counter flashing
Steps, apron and back pan go in under the roofing, then the counter flashing is set into a sawn reglet and sealed.
Roofing reset and rain check
The roofing goes back over the new metal, and after the next heavy rain we check the attic side.

Shingle roofs and step flashing in Crawford

On shingle roofs, each course gets its own step piece, lapped over the one below. Where a past repair used one long strip or glued metal to the brick, water finds the gaps.

For shingle roofs in Crawford we weave new steps course by course and set the counter flashing into a sawn joint above them.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Leak beside the chimney? Book the reflashing in the 72 hours after we inspect and 10% comes off.

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One step flashing piece for each course of shingle

Step flashing is a set of small bent pieces, one per shingle course, each turned up the chimney and laid on the roof under the shingle above it. Each piece overlaps the one below it, so water on any piece is carried out onto the face of the shingle underneath.

The pieces have to be long enough to overlap properly and tall enough up the brick to sit under the counter flashing. Undersized pieces, missing pieces, or one long strip bent to follow the slope all leave paths for water. The Florida Building Code, Residential sends chimney flashing on a shingle roof to the shingle maker's instructions, which set those dimensions.

Why aluminum stays away from fresh mortar

Aluminum flashing is light, cheap and easy to bend, and it turns up on chimneys for those reasons. The problem is contact with masonry. According to the Brick Industry Association, fresh mortar is alkaline enough to corrode aluminum, so aluminum is not a flashing metal for brickwork.

Aluminum set into a reglet with fresh mortar, or lying in constant contact with wet brick, corrodes where it touches. We use copper or stainless steel for anything set into the masonry, and where a roof requires aluminum for compatibility, the detail keeps the aluminum away from the brick with a separate counter flashing.

Base flashing on concrete and clay tile

Tile sits above the roof deck on battens or adhesive and has a high profile, so step flashing woven between courses does not work the way it does with shingle. The Florida Building Code, Residential section R905.3.8 wants flashing and counterflashing wherever a tile roof meets a wall or a chimney, in line with the manufacturer's instructions and the FRSA/TRI tile installation manual.

Those details have to deal with the tile profile and with water that travels under the tile, which a flat step piece cannot do. We follow them for the base flashing and set our counter flashing over the top. Tiles lifted to reach the flashing are reset or replaced, and who does that is agreed first.

What decides the flashing detail

Roof covering type, and the maker's or manual's flashing detail
Repointing along the flashing line before the new metal goes in
Laps and corner tabs formed so water runs downhill
Attic check after the first heavy rain following the work

Flashing questions from Crawford

Who replaces chimney flashing in Crawford?

Our flashing crew does. For homes in Crawford we start in the attic, take the old joint apart, repoint where needed and fit new base and counter flashing. Call (904) 920-5495 to book.

Can you reflash my chimney without a roofer?

On a shingle roof in good condition, that is possible, because the shingles right along the chimney are lifted and reset as part of the flashing detail. Tile, metal and membrane roofs can need a roofer for the roofing itself. The estimate names who does what.