Chimney chase cover replacement in Keystone Heights by local pros
Every chase cover we make for Keystone Heights carries a raised collar at each pipe and a drip at each edge. The chase check is free.
- Family owned and operated
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- Upfront pricing, no hidden fees
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Chase cover experts Keystone Heights families can reach directly
- 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
While the old cover is off in Keystone Heights, we check the air space around the pipe inside the chase, since that view only lasts a day.
- Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Keystone Heights 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.
More than one pipe through the chase
Two chimney pipes can share one chase, or a fireplace pipe can share it with a vent from another appliance. Each pipe needs its own hole, its own raised collar and its own storm collar, placed exactly over that pipe's center. Reusing the hole positions from the old cover is an easy way to end up with a collar rubbing one pipe and gapping at another.
For a multi-pipe chase in Keystone Heights we measure each center from two fixed sides and lay out the new top from those figures. The other appliance's vent is left on its own maker's cap, and you see the layout we will build before it is cut. Tell us whether the Keystone Heights chase top ponds or drips when you ring (904) 920-5495; the inspection costs nothing.
At the 2020 Census, Keystone Heights was home to 1,446 people. The coast is more than about six miles from Keystone Heights.
Our Services
Your chase top job, part by part
- Old chase top, screws and sealant taken off the chase
- Garden hose test on the finished top where footing is safe
- Two-pipe chases laid out from each measured pipe center
- Rust streaks on Keystone Heights siding traced to cover, collar or cap
How It Works
From tape measure to hose test in Keystone Heights
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Heavier gauge for Keystone Heights chase tops
Thin sheet dents under a ladder foot or a falling limb, and each dent turns into a small basin. In Keystone Heights, where rain rather than salt is the main load on the metal, those basins are what rust through first.
We quote a heavier gauge than the fireplace maker's minimum on wide chases, and the gauge is written on the estimate.
10% off your first service when you book today
Mention the offer when you call and save 10% on a first chase cover job.
Tracing a rust streak to its source
A rust streak on siding points up to its source, but more than one metal part sits at the top of a chase. The cover itself, the storm collar, the termination cap and the fasteners can each rust and streak. The pattern helps: a wide stain starting all along the skirt edge points to the cover, while a narrow streak under one spot may come from a single fastener or from the cap above. We look at each part from the roof and name the source, so a new cover is not sold to fix a rusting cap, and a new cap is not sold to fix a rusting cover.
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.
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.
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Checks behind a chase cover price
- Outside size of the chase, taken over the siding or stucco finish
- Cross-breaks or a fabricated pitch, and the slope it gives
- Removal of the old top, screws and sealant from the chase
- Roof covering issues near the chase, referred to a roofer in writing
FAQ
Chase cover questions from Keystone Heights
Will you replace the cap on the pipe too?
Only if it is damaged, and then with the part the fireplace maker lists for that model. A sound listed cap is reinstalled over the new cover.
Can you replace the cover while I am at work?
Not for the roof work, if we can reach the roof safely. Someone needs to be home if we have to read the fireplace model plate or look for water inside.
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