Chimney chase cover replacement in Northside by local pros
A cover that sheds water, keeps its pipe clearance and fits over the siding, made for your Northside 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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Chase cover experts Northside families can reach directly
- 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 Northside fail from standing water, so every cover we build is shaped to drain before it is fastened down.
- Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Northside 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.
A ceiling stain near the fireplace
A stain on the ceiling or the wall near a factory-built fireplace, showing up after rain, often traces back to the top of the chase. Water that gets through a failing cover runs down the chimney pipe or the inside of the framing and comes out wherever it meets a ceiling or a floor.
In a home in Northside we start the search at the top: the cover, the collar, the storm collar and the cap. If those are sound, that is noted and the search moves on. Where the water entered goes in the finding, with the repair that stops it. Rust spots or a drip under the chase in Northside mean the top should be checked, and our sheet metal pros do that for free at (904) 920-5495.
By straight-line distance, Northside is more than about six miles from the coast. Northside lies roughly 13 miles from Jacksonville, measured directly rather than by road.
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What your chase cover job in Northside covers
- Small gap at each pipe left open, as the manuals require
- Screws set through the skirt sides into the framing
- Metal grade and gauge written on your Northside estimate
- Two-pipe chases laid out from each measured pipe center
How It Works
How our chase cover pros replace a top in Northside
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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
Long wet spells and Northside chase covers
Weeks of afternoon rain keep a flat chase top in Northside wet more often than dry, and the metal never gets the drying time it needs. Rust spreads from the low spot outward.
A cover that drains dries between showers. So we build every Northside top with a fall of at least a quarter inch per foot away from the pipe, or crossed breaks where the maker allows them.
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First job with us? Your new chase cover comes with 10% off.
Laying out a top for two pipes
When two pipes share a chase, the top needs two holes, two collars and a layout that lets water flow around both. Each pipe's center is measured from two fixed sides of the chase, because the old cover's holes may be off. The slope or cross-breaks are arranged so neither collar sits in a low spot between them. Spacing between the terminations themselves also matters, since smoke from one outlet can spill into another that sits too close. The fireplace manuals give that spacing, some as a minimum distance and a height difference, and we compare the pair on your roof against the numbers for your models.
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.
Tracing a rust streak to its source
A rust streak on siding points up to its source, but more than one metal part sits at the top of a chase. The cover itself, the storm collar, the termination cap and the fasteners can each rust and streak. The pattern helps: a wide stain starting all along the skirt edge points to the cover, while a narrow streak under one spot may come from a single fastener or from the cap above. We look at each part from the roof and name the source, so a new cover is not sold to fix a rusting cap, and a new cap is not sold to fix a rusting cover.
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Measured and noted on Northside chase tops
- Cross-breaks or a fabricated pitch, and the slope it gives
- Storm collar replaced or refitted, sealed where the manual specifies
- Fireplace maker and model read from the unit's rating plate
- Paint or powder-coat finish, if chosen, and its color
FAQ
Before you order a new chase top
Why not just seal around the pipe?
Filling that ring ties a hot pipe to the sheet metal, and the manuals leave it open for that reason. Rain is kept out by the storm collar above the ring, which is sealed to the pipe itself.
Can you replace the cover while I am at work?
Not for the roof work, if we can reach the roof safely. Someone needs to be home if we have to read the fireplace model plate or look for water inside.
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