Chimney chase cover replacement in Green Cove Springs by local pros

Chase covers across Green Cove Springs in a metal chosen for the exposure, specified by local pros during a free inspection.

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Chase cover pros Green Cove Springs neighbors can call direct

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

Nobody stands on the new top at your Green Cove Springs house; we work from the roof beside the chase so the sheet keeps its shape.

Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Green Cove Springs 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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When a patch is offered instead of a new top

Sealant over pinholes, or a smaller sheet screwed over a rusted spot, can slow a leak for a while. It does not change the shape of a flat top, and the puddle that caused the rust keeps sitting there. It also adds screw holes in the flat, where water runs.

We will describe a patch for the Green Cove Springs chase when the rest of the sheet is still sound and a short-term fix makes sense, and we tell you up front that it is temporary. When the whole surface has lost its coating, replacement is the repair we write up. Rust spots or a drip under the chase in Green Cove Springs mean the top should be checked, and our sheet metal pros do that for free at (904) 920-5495.

Green Cove Springs falls within Clay County. In the 2020 Census, Green Cove Springs counted 9,786 residents.

Our Services

Your chase top job, part by part

Old chase top, screws and sealant taken off the chase
Storm collar refitted and sealed where the maker's steps say
Skirt turned down over the siding, ending in a drip
Two-pipe chases laid out from each measured pipe center

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How It Works

How our chase cover pros replace a top in Green Cove Springs

Chase and pipe measured
On the free visit we measure the outside of the chase over the siding and read the fireplace model from its plate or manual.
A top made to your chase
The cover is formed with cross-breaks or a pitch, a skirt with a drip edge and a raised collar sized to your pipe.
Old top off, new top fastened
We pull the old cover and check the framing, then fasten the new top through its skirt and clamp a sealed storm collar at the pipe.
Hose test before we leave
Water run over the new top has to leave from every edge. If it puddles anywhere, we reshape it before the job is done.

Where We Work

Galvanized or stainless on Green Cove Springs chases

Salt spray rarely reaches a chase top in Green Cove Springs, 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.

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Mention the offer when you call and save 10% on a first chase cover job.

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The gap that stays open around the pipe

Between the chimney pipe and the collar there is supposed to be a small gap. One manual specifies 1/8 inch, and it carries a fire-risk warning against filling it. The pipe of a factory-built chimney heats and cools, grows and shrinks, and relies on its air spaces to stay within its listed temperatures. Filling the gap ties the pipe to the sheet metal and can hold heat and water where neither belongs.

So the gap is left open, and the storm collar above it is what keeps rain out. If we find the gap filled on an old top, we clear it and note it.

Air openings the termination needs

Some factory-built chimneys are cooled by air moving between their pipe walls, and their terminations have openings for that air. The installation steps for several models carry the same note on their drawings: do not seal ventilation openings. Some chase-style terminations also call for small noncombustible spacers at the corners of the chase, so the chase top sits on them with an air space beneath it.

A new cover has to preserve every one of those openings and spacers exactly as the drawing shows. Sealing them to stop a leak can overheat the chimney, so we trace leaks to their real source and leave the openings alone, as drawn.

Testing the new top with water

A new chase top is shaped to drain, and water is the simplest proof. Where the roof gives safe footing, a garden hose is run over the finished top, first at the collar and then outward toward each edge, while we watch where the water goes. It should leave from every side and drop off the drips without standing anywhere.

If an attic hatch or access panel gives a view into the chase, someone watches inside for drips at the same time. Any top that holds water is reshaped on the spot, and the test result goes on the paperwork we leave with you.

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Measured and noted on Green Cove Springs chase tops

Skirt depth and drip detail for the wall finish on your chase
Collar height and hole diameter for each chimney pipe
Storm collar replaced or refitted, sealed where the manual specifies
Pipe spacing and layout where more than one vent passes through

FAQ

Before you order a new chase top

Does my chimney have a chase cover?

If the chimney is a framed box finished like your walls, with a metal pipe and cap at the top, it has one. Brick and block chimneys end in a crown instead.

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.

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