Local chimney chase cover replacement in Fruit Cove

A new chase top for your Fruit Cove home, built from our roof measurements and the fireplace maker's drawing. Measuring is free.

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Why Fruit Cove trusts local pros with chase tops

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A leaking chase in Fruit Cove 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 Fruit Cove 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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Chase covers on stucco-finished chases

Stucco is the finish on some chases instead of siding. The cover's skirt has to lap over the top edge of the stucco and end in a drip that throws water clear of the wall face, because water running down behind a skirt soaks into the stucco's top edge. We measure over the stucco at the top, where it can be thicker or uneven, and size the skirt to clear it. On a stucco chase in Fruit Cove, any cracking near the top is noted as well, since it can let water in even after the new cover is on. Seeing rust streaks down the chase in Fruit Cove? We come out and measure it once you call (904) 920-5495.

Fruit Cove lies inland. Fruit Cove falls within St. Johns County.

Your chase top job, part by part

Old chase top, screws and sealant taken off the chase
Small gap at each pipe left open, as the manuals require
Skirt turned down over the siding, ending in a drip
Screws set through the skirt sides into the framing

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How our chase cover pros replace a top in Fruit Cove

Measure over the siding
We measure all four sides at the top of your Fruit Cove chase, over the siding and trim, and check the diagonals so the skirt fits snug.
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.
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.
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.

Galvanized or stainless on Fruit Cove chases

Salt spray rarely reaches a chase top in Fruit Cove, and owners sometimes ask whether galvanized will do. The maker's minimum is often light galvanized sheet, and on a flat top that holds water it rusts outward from the puddle.

Our estimate lists stainless as the default and shows the galvanized minimum beside it, so the choice is yours with the facts in front of you.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Mention the discount when you call, and it shows as its own line on the chase cover estimate.

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Skirt depth and the drip that clears the wall

The skirt is the part of the cover that turns down over the sides of the chase. It needs enough depth to cover the joint between the top of the siding and the framing, and enough to take fasteners below that joint.

At its bottom edge it ends in a drip: a small outward kick that throws water clear of the wall instead of letting it run back underneath. Fireplace manuals call for a turndown and drip edge on the chase top for exactly that reason. A skirt that stops short, or ends flush against the siding, leaves the top of the wall to take the water.

Color finishes and what sits under them

Some owners want the chase top to match the roof or the trim. Painted and powder-coated finishes can be ordered on several metals, and the color is chosen with you. The finish is cosmetic. It protects the surface until it is scratched, chipped by a ladder or worn at a fold, and after that the metal underneath is what resists the weather.

So we choose the metal and gauge for the exposure first and add the color second, rather than letting a paint finish stand in for a better metal. A touch-up of chips during later chimney service keeps the finish looking right.

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.

Measured and noted on Fruit Cove chase tops

Cross-breaks or a fabricated pitch, and the slope it gives
Fireplace maker and model read from the unit's rating plate
Listed termination cap reused, or replaced with the maker's part
Framing and sheathing condition under the old top, priced separately

Before you order a new chase top

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.

What metal do you recommend for a chase top?

It depends on the size of the chase and the exposure. Our starting point is stainless steel in a heavier gauge than the minimum, and the estimate names the grade and gauge.