Local chimney chase cover replacement in Lake Asbury
A cover that sheds water, keeps its pipe clearance and fits over the siding, made for your Lake Asbury chase by local pros who inspect it free.
- Family owned and operated
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- Upfront pricing, no hidden fees
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Why Lake Asbury trusts local pros with chase tops
- 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
Chase tops in Lake Asbury fail from standing water, so every cover we build is shaped to drain before it is fastened down.
- Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Lake Asbury 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.
Buying a house with a factory-built fireplace
A home inspection report may note rust on a chase top, stains on the siding below it, or a cover that holds water. Those notes do not say what the fix involves.
On each visit in Lake Asbury we confirm the fireplace model, look at the cover, the storm collar and the cap, and check the top of the framing if the cover can be lifted safely. The written estimate separates the cover from any framing or cap work, so buyer and seller can see exactly which items stand behind the inspector's short note. It also records the fireplace model, which the next owner will want. Seeing rust streaks down the chase in Lake Asbury? We come out and measure it once you call (904) 920-5495.
Lake Asbury falls within Clay County. In the 2020 Census, Lake Asbury counted 11,036 residents.
Our Services
Your new chase top in Lake Asbury, part by part
- New top pitched or cross-broken so rain runs to the edges
- Storm collar refitted and sealed where the maker's steps say
- Framing and sheathing under the old top probed and reported
- Listed termination cap reinstalled or replaced with the maker's part
How It Works
What our sheet metal specialists do on Lake Asbury chases
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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
Wet framing under Lake Asbury chase tops
Summer storms soak whatever sits under a failing chase top, and wet framing dries slowly inside a closed box. By the time a stain shows indoors in Lake Asbury, the top plates may have been wet for months.
When the old cover comes off, we probe the plates and sheathing, show you what we find, and price any framing repair separately.
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A water heater or furnace vent in the same chase
Some chases carry a vent from a heating appliance or water heater next to the fireplace chimney. That vent is its own listed system, with its own maker's cap and clearances, and the chase top treats it as a separate penetration. It gets its own collar sized to its pipe and its own storm collar, spaced from the fireplace pipe as its instructions require.
We do not change that appliance's vent or cap. If its cap or storm collar is damaged, we name the problem and who should replace it, so the fix stays within that system's own instructions.
What we find when the old top comes off
Lifting a leaking chase top shows the history of the leak. Dark staining on the top plates, soft spots in the sheathing, rusted nail heads and slumped insulation are the kinds of things we find. Sometimes the framing is sound and only needs to dry out. Sometimes the top plate has rotted enough that fasteners will not hold.
We probe what we can reach, describe what we found, and price framing and sheathing repairs apart from the cover, so its price stays clear. A new cover is not screwed down over wood that will not hold it, and the repair is done first.
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.
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Measured and noted on Lake Asbury chase tops
- Metal, grade and gauge of the new top, stated in writing
- Skirt depth and drip detail for the wall finish on your chase
- Cross-breaks or a fabricated pitch, and the slope it gives
- Water test of the new top where the roof allows safe footing
FAQ
Before you order a new chase top
Do you replace chase covers in Lake Asbury?
We do. Tell us what you see on the chase top, such as rust, a puddle or a lifted edge, and we measure your Lake Asbury chase on the first visit.
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.
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