Warning – Don’t delay getting the cracks in your chimney repaired
/in Chimney RepairThis 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.
Badly cracked up chimney bricks
/in Chimney Cracks, Chimney RepairThese 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.
Masonry chimney fireplace issue repaired
/in Chimney RepairThe purpose of your chimney is to properly vent the products of combustion (smoke) form your home. However, if the integrity of a chimney is compromised, say from a crack, this can be an issue.
If smoke and combustion materials are not vented away from your home they can build up in said cracks, thus causing fire hazards.
Cracks are one of the most common masonry chimney issues!
Chimney masonry repairs
/in Chimney RepairWe can repair most problems with chimneys including relining the flue, replacing a damaged damper with a top damper, repairing cracks in the fireplace, replacing gas lines, rebuilding the chimney crown and fixing exterior cracks in chimneys. It is important to get minor problems repaired before they become major expensive repairs.
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