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Repairing chimneys across Goldsboro

Your inspection costs nothing, and anything you book in the following 72 hours is 10% off.

The smoke chamber above the damper

Between the damper and the flue sits the smoke chamber, which funnels smoke upward into the flue. Code wants the inside of that chamber finished smooth with a coat of refractory mortar. Rough, stepped brick in that space slows the smoke and holds deposits, and cracks there let heat into the masonry behind. It is a part of the chimney homeowners rarely get to see.

We look into the smoke chamber with a light during every free inspection and tell you plainly whether the one in your Goldsboro chimney needs work.

After a chimney fire

If you hear a roaring sound in the flue or see flames at the top, get everyone out of the house before anything else, and phone 911 once you are outdoors. When the firefighters have gone, leave the fireplace unused. NFPA 211 expects a more thorough inspection after a chimney fire, or after anything else that has probably harmed the chimney, because heat can crack flue tile and loosen joints where nobody can see them.

Once it is safe, we inspect the liner, the smoke chamber and the masonry around the flue in Goldsboro, and list any repairs in writing.

What the written estimate shows

The estimate lists each repair separately, with the part involved, the method, the materials and the reason it is recommended. Jobs for another trade, such as roofing or interior painting, are named so nobody assumes they are included. Nothing is added after you approve the estimate without a new conversation first, and if the work uncovers something unexpected, you hear about it before it is priced.

The inspection behind it costs nothing, and in Goldsboro its repairs are 10% off when booked inside the 72 hours that follow.

Stains and damage inside the house

When water has been getting in, it often leaves marks indoors, on the ceiling beside the chimney, the wall around the fireplace or the hearth floor. Stopping the water is chimney work. Repairing drywall, paint or flooring is usually a job for another trade once the area has dried, and we say so rather than folding it quietly into the chimney price.

Interior damage is noted during the Goldsboro visit, so you know what to arrange after the chimney is repaired.