Chimney service in Lauderhill from a family team

Walk around the house and look at the chimney where it rises from the roof. If it is boxed in with siding, trim or stucco over a wooden frame, it is a chase, and it hides a factory-built metal chimney inside. The Florida Building Code treats that metal chimney as a listed product installed to its maker's instructions, and the chase is the shell that protects it.

Water can get into a chase through a failed cover, open siding joints or loose trim. Once inside, it can rot the framing, soak the insulation and rust the metal flue. Soft spots in the siding, peeling paint, stains on an inside ceiling or rust on the fireplace below are the usual signs. Our family team repairs chimney chases in Lauderhill, and we look at both the shell and the chimney inside it.

We also explain which parts are chase repair and which belong to the fireplace system, because the two are priced differently. Tell us what you have seen and whether the chase was ever repaired or repainted. If a fireplace sits below the chase, look at its firebox for rust flakes or water marks and mention them.

Please do not pry off siding to look inside, because the framing behind it may be soft. During the free inspection we examine the lid, the collar, the cladding, the flashing and any framing within reach. Anything hidden behind the cladding is named as such. Chase repairs, like everything else we do, come with a 10% discount when you approve them before the free inspection is 72 hours old.

Cover, cladding, framing and any flue parts each carry their own upfront price on the estimate, which is written and free. Openings in the chase are sheeted over each evening, and the old material is hauled off. The written record spells out what was replaced inside and outside the chase, and our workmanship warranty covers it.