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.
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- Family owned and operated
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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 any service
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.
Soft trim at the top of the chase
Trim that gives under a thumb, siding swollen at the top course, or paint peeling in a band just under the skirt all say water has been getting into the chase. That damage comes from a failing top, and it still has to be dealt with before a new cover goes on, because a cover screwed into soft wood will not hold. When we lift the old top on your Palm Valley chase, we probe the top plates and sheathing and write any repairs as their own line. The cover is then fastened into sound material. A chase cover specialist can be up on your Palm Valley roof with a tape measure soon after you phone (904) 920-5495.
Palm Valley sits a short way inland. Palm Valley lies along the Intracoastal Waterway.
Your chase top job, part by part
- Skirt turned down over the siding, ending in a drip
- Framing and sheathing under the old top probed and reported
- Metal grade and gauge written on your Palm Valley estimate
- Garden hose test on the finished top where footing is safe
How our chase cover pros replace a top in Palm Valley
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Measure over the siding
We measure all four sides at the top of your Palm Valley chase, over the siding and trim, and check the diagonals so the skirt fits snug.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
The 72 hours for your Palm Valley chase cover start at our inspection, not when you open this page.
Why thin sheet dents and holds puddles
Sheet metal is sold by gauge, and a higher gauge number means a thinner sheet. A thin sheet is easy to cut and bend, but it flexes under a ladder foot, dents when a branch falls on it, and sags between its edges on a wide chase. Every dent becomes a small basin. Manuals give a minimum gauge, which is where a design starts rather than where it has to stop. For a larger chase, or one that sees foot traffic during chimney service, we propose a heavier sheet so the slope and cross-breaks keep their shape, and the gauge is named beside the metal.
Folded, welded and sealed seams
One-piece chase tops have seams only at their corners, where the skirt folds down. A very large chase, or one with an unusual shape, may need two sheets joined across the top.
Every seam is a possible leak, and fireplace manuals call for caulking all seams on the chase top. Corner seams are folded so water runs over them rather than into them. Joints across the top are folded and locked or welded, then sealed, and placed where water runs across them rather than along them. Fewer seams in the flat means fewer places to fail, which is why we cut one sheet where the chase size allows.
Keeping feet and ladders off the chase top
Think of a chase top as a roof over a box, never a place to stand. Sheet metal that is walked on, knelt on or used as a ladder rest dents, and every dent becomes a small basin that holds water after the next rain. Anyone servicing the chimney should work from the roof beside the chase or from a ladder against the chase framing, with padding under the ladder feet where they touch the siding.
If other trades work on your roof, such as a roofer or a satellite installer, it is worth asking them to stay off the chase top as well. A dent found later is noted at the next visit.
Measured and noted on Palm Valley chase tops
- Listed termination cap reused, or replaced with the maker's part
- Framing and sheathing condition under the old top, priced separately
- Pipe spacing and layout where more than one vent passes through
- Paint or powder-coat finish, if chosen, and its color
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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