Your chimney is vital to your home's heating system, effectively venting smoke and combustion byproducts. Like your home, the chimney system requires regular maintenance and occasional repairs to ensure reliability and efficiency.
From minor repairs to partial rebuilds, we offer quality chimney repairs, including tuckpointing, chimney cap installations, and crown rebuilding, which are essential for maintaining structural integrity.
Chimney Cap
A chimney cap acts as a protective barrier, preventing animals, debris, rain, and wind from entering the chimney. This simple and inexpensive component can significantly extend the lifespan of your chimney and prevent costly repairs while enhancing its appearance. We offer a complete line of custom and full-width chimney caps, flue caps, and chase covers for masonry and manufactured chimneys of all sizes.
Chimney Crown
The crown serves as an additional line of defense, deflecting moisture from the chimney. However, it is especially vulnerable to weather damage, especially if the cap is broken or missing. Cracks and deterioration can permit water to seep inside, causing significant harm to the interior walls and components. Horizon can repair cracks in the crown or even rebuild the chimney from the roof up to restore a severely damaged crown and surrounding masonry and protect your chimney.
Flue Liner
The flue liner is a protective covering crucial for containing the intense heat from a burning fireplace or stove within the flue. Damage to the liner can allow this heat to escape, compromising the chimney's structure and significantly increasing the risk of fire and exposure to toxic carbon monoxide exhaust. Horizon offers repair, relining, and new liner installation to reduce these hazards and ensure efficient venting.
Tuckpointing & Brick Repair
With snowy winters, abundant rain, and humid summers, the Massachusetts climate can cause chimney bricks to crack, spall, become loose, or even fall off. Our masons expertly repair and replace damaged bricks and decaying mortar, maintaining the chimney's structural integrity and preventing further deterioration.
Smoke Chamber Parging
The smoke chamber, located just above the fireplace, can deteriorate due to exposure to high temperatures, creosote, and corrosive byproducts. Parging is the process of applying a smooth coat of refractory mortar to restore and protect the smoke chamber. It is also necessary in older homes with smoke chambers built using corbeled brick.
Damper Repair
A properly functioning damper is essential for controlling the airflow in your chimney. In addition to throat damper repair, Horizon also installs top-mount dampers to improve heating efficiency and reduce energy costs.
Flashing Repair
Flashing, the sheet metal that seals the seam between the chimney and the roof, prevents water from leaking between this gap. Damaged flashing can lead to water damage and costly repairs. Horizon can repair or replace your flashing, ensuring a watertight seal.
Other Repair Services
We offer a variety of additional services to meet all your chimney repair needs:
- Firebox repair/rebuilding
- Chimney tops
- Partial chimney rebuilding
- Waterproofing
- And more
At Horizon Chimney Services, we're committed to providing comprehensive solutions for everyone in our service area. If you have a need that isn't listed, don't hesitate to ask. We're here to help.
Call Horizon for Expert Chimney Repairs Near Me
Horizon Chimney Services – Your Local Hearth Expert. With over three decades of experience, homeowners in Hopkinton MA, Medway MA, Dover MA, Smithfield RI, and surrounding areas have trusted our top-rated certified technicians for expert masonry chimney repairs. Our extensive experience and expertise ensure that we can handle any chimney repair job with the highest level of professionalism and quality. Contact Horizon Chimney Services to schedule your visit today!