Chimney chase cover replacement in Lakeside by local pros

From the skirt to the storm collar, your Lakeside chase top is detailed to keep water out of the framing. Ask for a free chase check.

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One local team takes your Lakeside chase from the tape measure to the hose test, with no hand-off to a subcontractor.

Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Lakeside 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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The cap on the pipe stays listed

The hooded termination on a factory-built chimney pipe was tested with the fireplace as one system, and the fireplace manual names it by model. Swapping the chase cover underneath does not change that. If the listed cap on your Lakeside chimney is in good order, it comes off, the new cover goes on, and the same cap is refitted.

A cracked or rusted one is swapped for the part that manual lists, ordered by model number, rather than a generic cap from a supply shelf. You are told which of those two cases applies, and given the part number when a new cap is needed. Have the fireplace model handy when you call (904) 920-5495 from Lakeside; the manual sets the cover.

Lakeside falls within Clay County. Lakeside had 31,275 residents at the 2020 Census.

Your chase top job, part by part

Raised collar formed at every pipe hole
Small gap at each pipe left open, as the manuals require
Screws set through the skirt sides into the framing
Garden hose test on the finished top where footing is safe

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What our sheet metal specialists do on Lakeside chases

Measure over the siding
We measure all four sides at the top of your Lakeside chase, over the siding and trim, and check the diagonals so the skirt fits snug.
Read the fireplace drawing
The maker's manual for your model sets the collar height, the open gap at the pipe and the minimum slope, and the new top is drawn to it.
Shape, collar and fasten
The top is cross-broken or pitched away from each pipe, collared at every hole and screwed through the skirt into the framing. The storm collar goes back on and is sealed where the manual says.
Hose test and walk-through
Where the roof gives safe footing, we run water over the finished top and watch it leave every edge, then show you what changed.

Hurricane season wind on Lakeside chase covers

Storm season runs from June 1 to November 30, and inland towns like Lakeside still see gusts strong enough to lift a loosely held chase top. Once one edge rises, rain runs under the sheet and onto the framing.

Our tops get a skirt deep enough to fasten below the siding joint and screws spaced closely along every side.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

A new chase cover for your Lakeside home is part of the offer, made to the size we measured.

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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.

Folded, welded and sealed seams

One-piece chase tops have seams only at their corners, where the skirt folds down. A very large chase, or one with an unusual shape, may need two sheets joined across the top.

Every seam is a possible leak, and fireplace manuals call for caulking all seams on the chase top. Corner seams are folded so water runs over them rather than into them. Joints across the top are folded and locked or welded, then sealed, and placed where water runs across them rather than along them. Fewer seams in the flat means fewer places to fail, which is why we cut one sheet where the chase size allows.

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.

Measured and noted on Lakeside chase tops

Storm collar replaced or refitted, sealed where the manual specifies
Fastener type and spacing through the skirt into the chase sides
Water test of the new top where the roof allows safe footing
Paint or powder-coat finish, if chosen, and its color

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.

Can rotted framing be fixed at the same time?

Yes, and it has to be solid before a new cover is fastened down. Rotted top plates or sheathing are repaired first and shown on the estimate apart from the cover.