This is repair we did 4 years ago.
We didn’t rebuild the chimney, but patched it. If you look closely, we colored the patch in bricks to make repair nearly unnoticeable. This is a relatively inexpensive repair, much less than rebuild. With regular maintenance this chimney could last quite a while, but without maintenance, water could continue to get in, moisten the rebar which rusts, expands and breaks bricks and mortar joints.
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Chimney Bricks and Crown Repair, before and after photos.
Chimney was cracking due to moisture penetration of bricks. Got the rebar wet, rusting began and iron when rusts, expands and breaks bricks and concrete.
Removed broken, loose bricks, cut out rusted rebar, and rebuilt the chimney and crown, aka mortar cap.
Here is some before, during and after pictures of bricks repaired on a chimney.
This is a picture of a Rampart General Pre-Cast chimney which had a significant portion of the chimney collapse after the heavy January rains.
These chimneys are made of concrete, even though they usually have a brick pattern. Visit www.luckysully.com for more information on these chimneys. There are tens of thousands of homes in Orange County with these chimneys. If you see any vertical cracking, it is important to get the repairs done immediately as the cracks will only expand. If the cracks are repaired quickly enough you can get many more years of use out of your fireplace. If you wait you may have to demolish and rebuild the entire chimney and fireplace. In this case, we could only recommend that the homeowner find someone to demolish the chimney and replace it.
Here is a before and after of a Chimney Cap we replaced in Southern California.
Before
After
These 2 pictures are a set of custom made satin nickel finished for fireplace glass doors. Gives a very nice contemporary look to an old fireplace.
There are many preparations that go into doing chimney repairs. Scaffolding is set up to do repairs and stay off breakable roof tiles. Proper leg levelers are added and 2×4’s removed before doing any work.
These cracks are caused by rebar originally installed during construction to give strength to the chimney. Lack of maintenance, waterproofing, allowed moisture to penetrate to rebar and the expansion rusting rebar shatters chimney bricks. Extensive cracking due to lack of maintenance. Because chimney bricks are porous, water can soak through to rebar. Metal as it rusts, expands and blows up bricks.
