Local chimney crown repair for Fernandina Beach homes

For Fernandina Beach chimneys, a crown that sheds water, sloped and overhanging, with a drip edge and a bond break at the flue. The inspection is free.

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A crown in Fernandina Beach is either sealed properly or replaced properly, and we tell you which before any price.

Free inspection and estimateWe map the cracks on your Fernandina Beach crown and check the brick under it at no charge.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesCoating and recasting are both priced on paper, so you see the difference before choosing.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the finished crown is not right, tell us and we come back to put it right.

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No overhang, no drip

Crowns that stop flush with the brick, or short of it, send every drop of rain straight down the faces of the chimney. The top courses stay wet, the joints wash out, and brick faces start to flake. The code's drip edge requirement is aimed at exactly this.

An existing crown cannot be given an overhang by adding a coating or a skim. Where missing overhang is causing damage below the Fernandina Beach crown, the answer is recasting the top so it projects past every face, grooved underneath. The faces below get checked for the damage that runoff already did. Cracks on top of your Fernandina Beach chimney? Our masons inspect crowns for free, so call (904) 920-5495.

Fernandina Beach falls within Nassau County. In the 2020 Census, Fernandina Beach counted 13,052 residents.

Crown work from crack map to cure

Wider cracks filled before a crown coating goes on
Failed mortar washes broken out down to sound brick
Loose top courses relaid before the new crown is cast
Drip groove cast under the overhang

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How crown repair runs

Crack map from the roof
We identify the type of top and sketch each crack with its width, so the choice between coating and recasting is based on what is there.
Prep for coating or removal
A sound crown is cleaned and its wider cracks filled; a failed one is broken out down to sound brick.
Coat, or form and pour
The coating is brushed on in dry weather, or new concrete goes into forms with an overhang, a drip groove and reinforcement.
Cure, seal and refit the cap
The bond break at each flue is sealed, the concrete cures under cover, and the cap goes back on.

Storm rain on crowns in Fernandina Beach

June 1 to November 30 is hurricane season, and on the coastline in Fernandina Beach storm rain comes in sideways and hard. A crown without an overhang lets that water run straight down the brick faces.

So a new crown on your Fernandina Beach chimney is formed past every face of the brick, with a drip groove underneath that breaks the water off the edge.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Your Fernandina Beach crown estimate lists the 10% discount separately, so you can check the math.

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Taking a failed crown down to sound masonry

Removing a crown is careful demolition on a roof. The old concrete or mortar is broken out in manageable pieces with hand tools or a small breaker, lowered in buckets or bags, and kept out of the flue with a cover over the tile.

The goal is to reach sound masonry: brick that is firm, mortar that is hard. Where the top courses are loose or soft, removal continues down through them, and they are relaid before the new crown is formed. How far down we expect to go, and how that changes if the brick is worse than it looks, is agreed before the first piece comes off.

Giving a crown enough slope

Slope is what makes a crown shed water, which is why the residential code's crown section asks for it, and a flat top defeats that purpose. Water that sits on it soaks into the concrete, finds every hairline crack, and carries dirt and dissolved salts into the pores.

The slope runs from the flue tiles down to the outer edge on every side, steep enough that water moves off promptly without pooling at the tile. Where two or more flues share the crown, the surface between them slopes away as well, so no low spot is left to hold water. The slope is checked with a level before the concrete sets.

Reinforcing steel in crowns near salt water

Close to the coast, chlorides from salt spray settle on a crown and work into the concrete. When they reach ordinary reinforcing steel, the steel rusts, and rust takes up more room than the steel it came from. The expansion splits the crown from inside, along the line of the bars.

For crowns in this band we keep reinforcement well inside the concrete, choose a dense mix, and consider reinforcement that does not rust where the design allows it. The concrete code, ACI 318, treats chloride exposure as its own durability category, and we build the crown with that exposure in mind.

Measured on the crown in Fernandina Beach before pricing

Crown type found: mortar wash, cast-in-place or precast
Crack map with widths, and whether the slab is still sound
Removal of the failed top down to sound brick
Other findings on flue tile or brick, listed as separate lines

Before your crown is coated or recast

Can I tell from the ground whether my crown is a mortar wash?

Sometimes. A thin gray layer that tapers to the edge with no overhang is likely a wash, while a thicker slab that projects past the brick is likely a cast crown. We confirm it from the roof.

When does a crown coating need to be redone?

The coating maker's data sheet gives the guidance, and the yearly check tells us in practice. A coating that has stayed flexible and firmly attached can be left; one that has cracked or peeled is cleaned off and renewed.