Chimney reflashing and flashing repairs in Morningside

Counter flashing set into a cut joint

The upper edge of the counter flashing should not simply rest against the face of the brick. In the usual detail it turns into a mortar joint, either an existing bed joint or a slot cut for it, and is then secured and sealed. That slot is often called a reglet.

If the mortar around the reglet has softened, the metal can work loose and let water behind it. We check whether the joint can still hold the edge or whether a fresh cut is needed. Repointing beyond the reglet itself is a separate masonry item, listed on its own line.

Where the code expects flashing

The Florida Building Code asks for flashing wherever roofing is interrupted or ends. It names wall and roof intersections and roof openings, and a chimney is both at once. The purpose written into the code is plain: keep water out of the wall and roof at those joints.

Where the flashing is metal, the code calls for corrosion-resistant metal no thinner than its table allows. We use metal that meets that table. Tell us if a past repair used a thin or unknown sheet, and we will check how it has held up before deciding whether it stays.

Reseal, reset or replace

Flashing repairs fall into a few kinds, and the right one depends on what failed. We explain which kind fits your chimney in Morningside and why.

A smaller repair is reasonable when the failure is local. A full reflash needs its own reasons, and we write them down so you can weigh them.

• Resealing a reglet or lap where the metal itself is sound
• Resetting counter flashing that has pulled out of its joint
• Replacing pieces on one face where the metal has failed
• Reflashing every face when the whole junction is worn

A chimney on the outside wall

Some chimneys run up the outside of the house, and the roof meets only the side facing the building. The rest of the stack stands clear of the roof. Flashing is needed only where roof and chimney touch, often along one face and part of two others.

The joint between the chimney and the house wall below the roof also has to be sealed. We look at where the roof flashing ends and where that wall joint begins. If either has opened, the findings say which, because each has its own repair and its own line in the estimate.