Local chimney chase cover replacement for Palm Valley homes
A cover that sheds water, keeps its pipe clearance and fits over the siding, made for your Palm Valley 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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About Us
Chase cover experts Palm Valley 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
One local team takes your Palm Valley chase from the tape measure to the hose test, with no hand-off to a subcontractor.
- Free inspection and estimateWe measure your Palm Valley 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 top someone caulked shut
Now and then the gap between the chimney pipe and the chase top collar has been filled with caulk in an effort to stop a leak. Fireplace manuals for these systems warn against exactly that, because the pipe needs its air space and room to move as it heats. Caulk in that gap also tends to split and hold water against the pipe.
On any chase in Palm Valley where we find this, we clear it out, restore the gap the manual calls for, and let a properly fitted storm collar keep the water out instead. What we found is recorded, so the next person servicing the chimney knows not to repeat it. Have the fireplace model handy when you call (904) 920-5495 from Palm Valley; the manual sets the cover.
The 2020 Census count for Palm Valley was 21,827 people. Palm Valley sits a short way inland, within about six miles of the coast.
Our Services
Your chase top job, part by part
- Skirt turned down over the siding, ending in a drip
- Metal grade and gauge written on your Palm Valley estimate
- Garden hose test on the finished top where footing is safe
- Rust streaks on Palm Valley siding traced to cover, collar or cap
How It Works
How our chase cover pros replace a top in Palm Valley
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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
Picking chase top metal close to the coast in Palm Valley
Being near the water without touching it puts Palm Valley in a middle band. Galvanized sheet still loses its zinc sooner than it would far inland, and a top that holds water speeds that up.
We leave galvanized off Palm Valley chase tops and quote stainless, with the grade and gauge named in writing so the offer can be compared with any other.
10% off your first service when you book today
A made-to-measure chase top for your Palm Valley home, 10% off as a first service booked today.
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.
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.
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.
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Measured and noted on Palm Valley chase tops
- Collar height and hole diameter for each chimney pipe
- Listed termination cap reused, or replaced with the maker's part
- Fastener type and spacing through the skirt into the chase sides
- Paint or powder-coat finish, if chosen, and its color
FAQ
Before you order a new chase top
Can you order a chase cover from my measurements?
We measure on the roof ourselves. The cover has to fit over the finished siding and match the pipe positions exactly, and small errors leave gaps where water gets in.
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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