Local chimney chase cover replacement in O'Neil

Chase tops for O'Neil homes with one pipe or several, laid out on a free visit from each pipe's measured center.

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Why O'Neil trusts local pros with chase tops

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Family owned and operated
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While the old cover is off in O'Neil, we check the air space around the pipe inside the chase, since that view only lasts a day.

Free inspection and estimateWe measure your O'Neil 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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Wind has lifted the edge of the chase top

Held by only a few screws into its skirt, a chase top can lift at one edge in a strong gust. Once the edge is up, rain gets under the sheet and straight onto the framing, and the next gust has something to catch. At your O'Neil home we look at whether the cover itself is still sound and only needs refastening with more fasteners, or whether it is bent, torn or rusted enough to replace. In both cases the fastening is redone through the skirt into the chase sides, spaced closely enough to keep the edge down in the next blow. Seeing rust streaks down the chase in O'Neil? We come out and measure it once you call (904) 920-5495.

O'Neil lies within Nassau County. The coast is close to O'Neil.

What your chase cover job in O'Neil covers

New top pitched or cross-broken so rain runs to the edges
Small gap at each pipe left open, as the manuals require
Framing and sheathing under the old top probed and reported
Rust streaks on O'Neil siding traced to cover, collar or cap

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Tape measure to hose test on a chase top

Measure over the siding
We measure all four sides at the top of your O'Neil 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.

Storm season and chase covers in O'Neil

From June 1 to November 30, tropical systems can push wind and rain across O'Neil, which lies near the coast. A chase top with a lifted edge lets that rain straight into the framing.

We check how the old top was held down, then set the new skirt deep enough to take screws below the siding joint, spaced to keep the edge flat in wind.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

The 72 hours for your O'Neil chase cover start at our inspection, not when you open this page.

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Measuring over the finished siding

The framing inside a chase is built to a size, but the chase you see from the roof is larger by the thickness of its sheathing, siding and trim. Lap siding adds a stepped profile, and corner boards stand out further still. A cover made to the framing dimensions will sit inside the siding instead of over it, and water will run straight into the joint. So the four sides are measured at the top over the finished surface, the diagonals are checked for square, and the skirt is sized to clear the thickest point with room to fasten.

What we find when the old top comes off

Lifting a leaking chase top shows the history of the leak. Dark staining on the top plates, soft spots in the sheathing, rusted nail heads and slumped insulation are the kinds of things we find. Sometimes the framing is sound and only needs to dry out. Sometimes the top plate has rotted enough that fasteners will not hold.

We probe what we can reach, describe what we found, and price framing and sheathing repairs apart from the cover, so its price stays clear. A new cover is not screwed down over wood that will not hold it, and the repair is done first.

Chase top metal near salt water

Flat, horizontal sheet is the shape the International Molybdenum Association's stainless guidance scores as riskier outdoors, and it adds points for sheltered crevices and for nearness to salt water. Salt deposits on a flat top stay put between rains and hold moisture against the metal. On a chase close to the coast, galvanized sheet runs out of zinc quickly, and even the common stainless grade can pit.

Where the exposure calls for it, we propose Type 316 stainless, whose molybdenum resists chloride pitting, or copper, and name the choice in writing. A rinse with fresh water during chimney service helps any metal up there.

Checks behind a chase cover price

Metal, grade and gauge of the new top, stated in writing
Fireplace maker and model read from the unit's rating plate
Water test of the new top where the roof allows safe footing
Paint or powder-coat finish, if chosen, and its color

Chase cover questions from O'Neil

Will you replace the cap on the pipe too?

Only if it is damaged, and then with the part the fireplace maker lists for that model. A sound listed cap is reinstalled over the new cover.

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.