Chimney chase cover replacement in Orange Park by local pros
We replace rusted Orange Park chase covers with sloped, collared tops that send rain off the edges, after a free look at the old one.
- Family owned and operated
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- Upfront pricing, no hidden fees
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Why Orange Park trusts local pros with chase tops
- 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
You get the metal, the gauge and what we found under the old top of your Orange Park chase in writing, so any other quote can be compared line by line.
- Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Orange Park 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.
Buying a house with a factory-built fireplace
A home inspection report may note rust on a chase top, stains on the siding below it, or a cover that holds water. Those notes do not say what the fix involves.
On each visit in Orange Park we confirm the fireplace model, look at the cover, the storm collar and the cap, and check the top of the framing if the cover can be lifted safely. The written estimate separates the cover from any framing or cap work, so buyer and seller can see exactly which items stand behind the inspector's short note. It also records the fireplace model, which the next owner will want. Seeing rust streaks down the chase in Orange Park? We come out and measure it once you call (904) 920-5495.
Orange Park is inland, more than about six miles from the coast. Orange Park is on the St. Johns River.
Our Services
Your new chase top in Orange Park, part by part
- Old chase top, screws and sealant taken off the chase
- Chase measured over the finished siding on your Orange Park roof
- Screws set through the skirt sides into the framing
- Two-pipe chases laid out from each measured pipe center
How It Works
Tape measure to hose test on a chase top
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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
Galvanized or stainless on Orange Park chases
Salt spray rarely reaches a chase top in Orange Park, and owners sometimes ask whether galvanized will do. The maker's minimum is often light galvanized sheet, and on a flat top that holds water it rusts outward from the puddle.
Our estimate lists stainless as the default and shows the galvanized minimum beside it, so the choice is yours with the facts in front of you.
10% off your first service when you book today
Rusted chase top? Book today and 10% comes off your first service.
Cross-breaks, the creases that move water
Cross-breaks are shallow creases pressed into the sheet from corner to corner, forming a low X. They do two things. They stiffen a flat panel so it does not sag between its edges, and they give the surface four gentle slopes that fall from the center toward the sides.
On a chase top that means water runs away from the pipe collar and off the drip instead of pooling. Cross-breaks suit tops with the pipe near the center. When the pipe sits off to one side, a top with a fabricated pitch can do the same job more evenly, and we say which shape we will build and why.
A quarter inch per foot away from the pipe
One fireplace maker's manual gives the minimum fall for a chase top: at least 1/4 inch per foot, sloping down away from the pipe opening. That may look slight, but it is enough to keep water moving on sheet metal as long as the sheet is stiff enough to hold its shape. A slope that reverses anywhere, even over a few inches, creates a low spot where water sits and the metal stays wet. A level goes on the finished top in several directions, and on a larger chase the sheet gauge is chosen so the slope holds across the span between the supports.
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.
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Checks behind a chase cover price
- Skirt depth and drip detail for the wall finish on your chase
- Cross-breaks or a fabricated pitch, and the slope it gives
- Fastener type and spacing through the skirt into the chase sides
- Removal of the old top, screws and sealant from the chase
FAQ
Chase cover questions from Orange Park
Do you replace chase covers in Orange Park?
We do. Tell us what you see on the chase top, such as rust, a puddle or a lifted edge, and we measure your Orange Park chase on the first visit.
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.
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