Local chimney rebuild in Nassau Village-Ratliff

Your Nassau Village-Ratliff chimney rebuilt to the height the code sets, with the flue settled at a free inspection before any course goes back.

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Same-day service available
10% off any service

Cure time is part of the schedule, so the cap and the first fire wait until the crown is ready.

Family owned and operatedOur family business takes your Nassau Village-Ratliff chimney down by hand and lays it back up itself.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesThe take-down line, flue plan and crown are priced before the first brick comes off.
Workmanship warrantyFrom the new courses to the counterflashing, the rebuilt stack carries our workmanship warranty.

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Matching old brick

Matching starts with the chimney's own brick: sound pieces from the take-down, cleaned of old mortar and relaid. Where more is needed, new brick is matched by size first, since a different height throws the coursing off, and then by color and surface.

New mortar starts darker or lighter than weathered mortar and changes as it cures, so a perfect match on the day is not realistic. For each Nassau Village-Ratliff rebuild, the brick planned and how much original brick is expected to go back are named up front. Samples can be held against the old brick before the order is placed. Chimney leaning or dropping brick in Nassau Village-Ratliff? Ring (904) 920-5495 for a free rebuild assessment.

Nassau Village-Ratliff sits in Nassau County. The 2020 Census counted 5,561 residents in Nassau Village-Ratliff.

A rebuild from take-down to cap

Each course tested by hand to set the take-down line
Flue covered before the first brick comes off
Brick lowered by bucket or chute, never thrown
Courses laid plumb and tooled so water runs off

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From take-down line to cured crown in Nassau Village-Ratliff

Courses tested, line marked
Each course is pressed and probed from the top down, and the take-down line is marked where sound brick starts.
Taken down under cover
The flue is plugged and the roof protected, then brick comes off by hand and sound units are saved.
Relaid with flue and flashing
Courses go back plumb in the chosen mortar, the flue tile or liner rises with them, and counterflashing is set into the joints.
Height, crown and cap
The height is checked, a crown is cast with a drip edge and bond break, and the cap goes on after it cures.

Height checks on rebuilt chimneys in Nassau Village-Ratliff

A rebuilt stack must stand at least 3 feet above where it passes the roof and 2 feet higher than anything within 10 feet, as the code requires.

If an addition or a new roof has changed that, the rebuild in Nassau Village-Ratliff adds courses before the crown is cast.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Loose or leaning chimney? Book the rebuild up to 72 hours after we inspect and save 10%.

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Testing each course to set the take-down line

The line where the take-down stops is found course by course. Bricks are pressed and rocked by hand, joints are probed with a pointed tool to see whether mortar resists or crumbles, and the faces are tapped to hear whether a brick is sound or loose in its bed.

The first course that passes all three tests on every face of the stack is the candidate line. A course that is sound on three faces but failed on the weather side does not qualify. The line is recorded in courses from the top, with the reason, before any brick comes off.

Lowering brick from the roof

Brick comes off a chimney by hand and comes down under control. Pieces are passed to a bucket on a line or sent down an enclosed chute to a container on the ground. Nothing is tossed over the eave onto a roof or a bed below.

The mortar and brick fragments are kept separate from sound brick being saved for reuse. The work area on the roof is swept as it goes, since loose grit under a boot on sloped roofing is a fall risk and grinds into shingles. Nothing heavier than a bucket load travels at once, so the line and the roof edge are not overloaded.

Keeping the rebuilt masonry off the framing

A rebuild that reaches into the attic has to keep its distance from wood. The code wants a 2-inch airspace between combustibles and any part of a masonry chimney that runs through the interior or is built into an outside wall, and 1 inch for a chimney standing wholly outside, including where it passes a soffit or cornice (FBC R1003.18).

Framing that was built tight to the old stack is noted, and the rebuilt masonry is laid to hold that gap. Where a roof deck edge touches the brick, it is trimmed back as part of the tie-in.

Take-down line, flue and crown plan

New clay tile in refractory mortar, or space left for a listed liner
Counterflashing let into new joints over the roof's step flashing
Cricket need for a wide chimney, and who builds it
Clearance to framing and fireblocking checked where the stack passes through

Rebuild questions from Nassau Village-Ratliff

What if you find the footing is the problem?

Then that comes first in writing, because rebuilding the top of a chimney whose base has moved does not stop the lean. It also says who would evaluate the footing.

Does a rebuild qualify for the 10% offer?

Yes. A rebuild booked within 72 hours of the free inspection comes 10% off; just ask for it on the call.