Cracked flue tile repair in Lake Shore

Cracked or gapped flue tiles in Lake Shore found by height and repaired by local family flue pros, after a free inspection.

Fully licensed and insured
Locally owned
Family owned and operated
Same-day service

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Get Your Free Inspection

Get a quote for chimney and fireplace repair and installation in Jacksonville.

Quicker by phone? Call (904) 920-5495

Call our chimney crew

(904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Flue specialists who map before they repair

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

Appliance flues are repaired to suit the appliance, with the gas work left to a gas contractor.

Free inspection and estimateThe flue at your Lake Shore home is swept, examined from both ends and mapped at no charge.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the repaired flue is not sound and correctly sized when we finish, we make it right.
Family owned and operatedA family business maps the flue and does the repair, so the plan and the work stay in one set of hands.

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

A flue that leans on its way up

Not every flue runs straight. Chimneys built beside a roof ridge or a second-floor room often bend, and the tiles follow a slope. The code allows a lining to lean up to 30 degrees from vertical, and the bend is where tiles are cut and joints are hardest to make tight.

That makes an offset a place we look closely. A crack or open joint at the bend is repaired differently from one in a straight run, and resurfacing tools have to be able to pass it. Chimney with a bend in the flue at your Lake Shore house? Call (904) 920-5495 and our flue pros will map it for free.

Lake Shore lies inland. Within Jacksonville city limits, Lake Shore is its own named neighborhood.

What a flue repair covers in Lake Shore

Cracked and gapped sections coated with a listed resurfacing system
Seal around the top tile remade
Gaps at the smoke chamber closed
Every defect written down by height

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

How our flue pros repair a flue in Lake Shore

Swept and examined
The flue is cleaned, then looked over from the roof and the firebox with a light and mirrors.
Mapped and measured
Each defect is placed by height and wall, and the flue size is checked against what it serves.
Repaired by the chosen method
Top tiles swapped from the roof, damaged sections coated with a listed system, or a relining price when repair will not hold.
Checked and cured
The finished flue is examined from both ends and left to cure before the first fire.

Flue size and draft in Lake Shore

Draft problems after a repair usually come from a flue made too small. The code's size rules apply the same in every town.

In Lake Shore we measure before resurfacing, so the repaired flue still draws for the fireplace it serves.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Cracked flue tiles? The repair you book any time in the 72 hours after your inspection is 10% off.

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Clay flue tile and its standard

Clay flue lining is made to ASTM C315, one of the lining types the code lists for masonry chimneys. The tiles are fired clay sections, round, square or rectangular, stacked one on another up the chimney.

Replacement tiles are matched by their outside and inside dimensions, because a new section has to sit on the one below and line up on the inside. Where a tile size is no longer made, the repair above that point may need a different approach. We measure the existing tile before ordering, and the size goes on the estimate so the part is not a guess.

How far a flue lining has to run

The lining is meant to run the full height it serves. An appliance flue's lining begins 8 inches or more under its lowest inlet. A fireplace flue's lining begins where the smoke chamber ends. Either way, it finishes above the surrounding chimney walls (R1003.12).

Gaps at either end are common repair points. At the bottom, the first tile may not meet the smoke chamber cleanly. At the top, the last tile may have been cut short or broken back to the crown. We check both ends on every flue, since a sound middle with open ends still lets heat and gas into the masonry.

Why the flue is swept before it is judged

Soot and deposits cover cracks. A flue that has not been swept can look sound when it is not, and a crack can look like a stain. So the flue is cleaned before it is examined for repair, from the smoke chamber up to the last tile.

Once the tile surfaces are bare, cracks, open joints and flaking faces show clearly under a light. That is when the flue map is drawn. If sweeping is needed, it is listed on the estimate as its own item, because the repair cannot be judged or done over the deposits. Brushing also clears loose chips that would otherwise fall into a fresh coat.

What goes on the flue map in Lake Shore

Top tiles to replace from the roof, with the seal around them remade
Resurfacing system named with its UL 1777 listing, where one is used
Water entry at the cap and bond break priced alongside
Waiting time before a fire, per the mortar or coat maker

Before a flue repair is chosen

Does resurfacing make the flue smaller?

A little, because the coat adds thickness to every wall. We measure the flue and the fireplace opening first, and resurfacing is only offered when the flue will still meet the size the code asks for.

How do you see inside a flue?

From both ends, with a strong light and mirrors, after the flue is swept. Anything we could not see is written down as not seen, so nothing is guessed.