Local chimney crown repair in Lake Shore

No thin skim over a cracked top. Local masons inspect Lake Shore crowns free, then seal them properly or replace them properly.

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Chimney crown pros who check before they seal or recast

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
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Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
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Coatings go on only in the weather window the maker allows, so the seal has time to set.

Free inspection and estimateWe map the cracks on your Lake Shore crown and check the brick under it at no charge.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesCoating and recasting are both priced on paper, so you see the difference before choosing.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the finished crown is not right, tell us and we come back to put it right.

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Roof cement on the crown

Black roof cement smeared across a crown is a patch we find on earlier repairs. It stops water briefly, then dries, cracks and traps water beneath it against the concrete. It also hides the condition of the crown underneath.

Tar on a crown in Lake Shore comes off before we decide anything. What is underneath decides between a coating and a recast. Removing the cement is a separate line, because it takes time and it is the reason the crown can be judged at all. Either route ends with a crown the tile can move inside. Describe the top of your Lake Shore chimney to our crown pros at (904) 920-5495, and the check costs nothing.

Lake Shore lies roughly 8 miles from Jacksonville, measured directly rather than by road. Lake Shore is a neighborhood within the City of Jacksonville.

What's Included

What our crown work covers in Lake Shore

Wider cracks filled before a crown coating goes on
Failed mortar washes broken out down to sound brick
Crown sloped so water runs off toward the edges
Chimney cap refastened once the new crown can hold it

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How It Works

Map, prep, coat or pour, cure

Crown checked from the roof
We look at the slab, the brick right under it and the seal around each flue, then write down the option that fits with its price.
Old top cleaned or torn off
For a coating, the crown is cleaned and the wider cracks filled. For a recast, the old top comes off down to sound brick.
Coating brushed on or crown poured
A coating goes on in dry weather inside the maker's temperature range. A recast is formed with a slope, an overhang, a drip groove and a sealed joint at every flue.
Curing, then the cap goes back
New concrete stays covered and damp while it cures. The cap is refastened once the crown can hold it, and we show you the finished top.

Local Conditions

Standing water on flat crowns in Lake Shore

A crown with no slope holds a puddle after every rain, and the concrete under it stays wet for days. That water carries grit into the cracks and keeps them growing as the slab heats and cools.

New crowns in Lake Shore are sloped from the flue to the edge so rain leaves within minutes.

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Reinforcement inside a cast crown

Concrete shrinks as it cures and moves with heat afterward, and without reinforcement those movements open cracks. BIA Technical Note 19B calls for adequate reinforcement in a cast cap to control cracking from shrinkage and thermal movement, with extra where the cap overhangs the face.

The reinforcement is placed within the thickness of the crown, clear of the brick below and the surface above, so concrete surrounds it on all sides. Where a crown will stay wet for long spells, the type of reinforcement is chosen with corrosion in mind. You are told what goes in before the pour.

Giving a crown enough slope

Slope is what makes a crown shed water, which is why the residential code's crown section asks for it, and a flat top defeats that purpose. Water that sits on it soaks into the concrete, finds every hairline crack, and carries dirt and dissolved salts into the pores.

The slope runs from the flue tiles down to the outer edge on every side, steep enough that water moves off promptly without pooling at the tile. Where two or more flues share the crown, the surface between them slopes away as well, so no low spot is left to hold water. The slope is checked with a level before the concrete sets.

A flashing sheet under the crown

The Brick Industry Association's details put a sheet of flashing directly under a cast crown, running past the inside of the brick and turned up against the flue tile. The flashing catches any water that gets through the crown and sends it out as a drip beyond the face.

Technical Note 19B highly recommends flashing under cast-in-place caps and notes that it can double as the bond break between crown and brick. We include it where the chimney's construction allows it, and we say whether your crown gets one and why. The flashing metal is chosen to sit in mortar without corroding.

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