Family-owned storm damage chimney repair in Garden City

Loose top courses or a leaning stack in Garden City? Keep clear below, and local pros will make it safe first.

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Storm damage chimney specialists for Garden City

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
100% satisfaction guaranteed
Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
10% off any service

Roofing that needs a roofer is named as such, and we coordinate the order.

Free inspection and estimateAfter a storm, your chimney in Garden City is checked from the top down at no charge.
24/7 emergency lineThe 24/7 line is answered when the storm damage cannot wait for business hours.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf a permanent repair we made does not hold the way we said, we come back and fix it.

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Loose bricks at the top of the stack

The top courses of a chimney carry the least weight above them and take the most wind, so they loosen first when mortar is already tired. After a storm, a brick out of line at the top can fall with the next gust. From the yard the courses may look only slightly off and still be loose enough to drop.

Keep everyone, pets included, out from under that side of the chimney. Our masons in Garden City take the loose courses down to sound brick, relay them in fresh mortar and rebuild the top. The number of courses relaid is written on the ticket.

Garden City is a neighborhood within the City of Jacksonville. Garden City sits in Duval County.

Storm damage repairs we handle in Garden City

Chase tops refabricated and refastened
Storm debris cleared from the flue
Factory-built caps and pipe replaced by model
Torn spark screens replaced to code

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Safe, dry, sound, finished

Hazards first, then the call
Utility and 911 hazards come first. Then describe what you see from the ground and we set the visit.
Top closed to the weather
An open flue, a broken chase top or loose courses are covered or made stable the same visit where safe.
Chimney checked top to bottom
Cap, crown, flashing, masonry and every flue are checked, and each finding is written down in order.
Permanent repairs in dry weather
Water-stopping work goes first, then structure, then finishes, each on its own line.

Loose top courses inland in Garden City

The top courses of a chimney take the most wind, and in Garden City, as anywhere, tired mortar there lets bricks loosen in a storm.

We take the loose courses down to firm brick and relay them, priced per course.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Cap, crown and flashing repairs booked in the 72 hours after the inspection each come 10% off.

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Resetting counter flashing pulled by wind

Counter flashing is set into a joint cut into the brick and turned down over the step flashing below it. Wind can pull it out of that joint, especially where it was only sealed to the brick face instead of let into a cut.

We cut a proper joint where one is missing, let the new counter flashing into it and seal it. The step flashing under it is checked too, and where it is woven into shingles that need replacing, the roofer handles that part. Sealant is used only where the design calls for it, never as the only thing holding the flashing in place.

Why a storm calls for a closer look

NFPA 211 treats any event likely to have harmed a chimney as grounds for an inspection beyond the routine yearly one. Weather counts as such an event, along with impacts and other external damage.

That closer look covers the top, the exterior masonry, the roof line and the flue from top to bottom. It is how damage that cannot be seen from the ground gets found, and the findings are written down in order of urgency. It is also the step that separates new storm damage from wear that was already there.

Storm parts for a factory-built chimney

A metal chimney and its cap are listed as one system, and R1005.1 and R1005.2 keep replacement parts and decorative tops inside that listing. A cap or pipe section from a different system does not lock to the old one and is not part of what was tested.

We read the model from the fireplace label or the pipe before ordering a replacement cap, storm collar or section. Bent pipe above the chase is replaced, not straightened, and the parts go on the estimate by number. If the model cannot be identified, we say so, and the estimate explains how the correct parts will be traced.

Temporary and permanent, line by line

Every flue checked, and which appliances may run written down
Chase top fabricated to measure with collar and storm collar
Crown sealed or recast, with the reason for the choice
Storm debris cleared and the full flue checked with a light

Storm damage questions from Garden City

Is the storm inspection in Garden City free?

Yes. We check the top, the roof line and the flue, then write up the temporary and permanent work separately, and the estimate costs nothing.

Is the roofing around the chimney part of your repair?

We handle the flashing that belongs to the chimney. Damaged roofing itself is a roofer's work, and we coordinate so the two are done in the right order.