Chimney Services
Crown repair on Alderene Park chimneys, step by step
Sealed or rebuilt, each crown carries our workmanship warranty, plus a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
The crown and the cap are separate parts
Homeowners often use crown and cap for the same thing. The crown is masonry and covers the whole top of the chimney. The cap is a metal fitting over a single flue or a group of flues, and it keeps rain and animals out of the openings the crown leaves.
A new cap does not seal a cracked crown, and a new crown does not stop rain falling straight down an open flue. We check both from the roof and price them separately, which shows you what each fix costs.
Hairline cracks and cracks that go through
Fine surface cracks in a sound crown can often be sealed. Cracks that run through the full thickness, open wider at the edge or let pieces move are a different problem, because water passes straight through them into the chimney below.
Crack width and depth, hollow spots found by tapping and whether the edges are still firmly attached tell us whether a coating will hold or the crown needs to come off. You see the difference before any price is written.
Using the fireplace after crown work
Heat from a fire warms the flue and the crown around it, and a crown that has not cured can be stressed before it is ready. Coatings have their own drying times, which depend on the weather at application.
Before we leave, you get a clear answer on when the fireplace can go back into use. If you were planning a fire for a particular evening, tell us when you book so we can schedule the work around it.
Keeping the chimney's height when rebuilding
Rebuilding the top must leave the chimney tall enough. The Florida Building Code measures that two ways, 3 feet or more above the highest point where the chimney leaves the roof, and 2 feet or more above anything on the building within 10 feet of it.
When a crown is removed and replaced, we keep the finished height and the liner projection where they belong. If the chimney was already short before the work, we tell you and explain what raising it would involve before anything is decided.
