Fernandina Beach chimney company for repairs, sweeps and gas fireplaces

Fernandina Beach is a city in Nassau County on the Atlantic coast, and Amelia Island Light stands within it. Our local, family-owned crew starts at your home with a free inspection and names the failed part before recommending a repair. Tell us whether the damage appeared suddenly or has changed over time; a rust stain, a loose brick and water inside the firebox call for different checks.

Coastal chimneys here deal with salt as well as rain. Wind off the ocean carries salt onto brick and mortar, and as the wall dries, those salts can crystallize just under the brick faces and push them off, the mechanism the National Park Service's Preservation Brief 2 describes. That is why a spalled brick in Fernandina Beach gets a look at the water behind it before it is replaced, and why mortar for a repair is chosen softer than the brick.

Metal suffers too. Caps, chase covers, storm collars and flashing corrode faster near salt water, so replacements are quoted in stainless steel and the grade is written down. The estimate identifies the part being replaced and the reason. Storms in the Atlantic hurricane season, June 1 to November 30, add wind-driven rain on top of that, so the side of the chimney facing the weather gets checked for open joints and lifted flashing.

We also sweep and inspect wood-burning fireplaces, repair fireboxes and dampers, and repair and install gas fireplaces. On a framed chase, soft siding near the top tends to mean the cover has been leaking into the wood, and an unused fireplace still has a chimney standing in the weather that deserves the same free look.

If you are selling or buying a house in Fernandina Beach, we can write up the chimney and fireplace for both sides. Work you book in the three days after our inspection comes 10% off, and every job carries our workmanship warranty and 100% satisfaction guarantee. Call (904) 920-5495 and tell us what you are seeing at your home in Fernandina Beach.