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New courses, a new crown and the flue decision, planned as one project and priced line by line.

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What a chimney due for rebuilding shows

  • A gap widening between chimney and wall
  • Stepped cracks down the stack
  • Masonry too loose to hold new flashing
  • Soft mortar you can scrape out by hand
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Where a rebuild starts and where it stops

If removal shows damage below the line

Masonry can look sound on the outside and be weak behind. Once the upper courses come off, the courses below may prove softer than expected, and the planned line may need to drop.

If that happens, we stop and show you what was uncovered before going further. You hear what it means and what it would add. The line moves only with your agreement, and the extra work is priced as a separate item. That keeps the final bill tied to decisions you made.

Keeping the stack's shape where it meets the roof

Close to a floor, ceiling or roof crossing, the code keeps a chimney wall and its flue lining at one size and shape. The rule covers a short zone just above and just below each crossing.

When a rebuild starts near the roof line, we keep the new courses in line with the masonry below through that zone. Any decorative change in the top's shape comes higher up, where the code allows it. The estimate describes the shape of the rebuilt top in words.

Setting clay flue tiles as the courses rise

When clay flue tiles line the rebuilt section, they go in as the brickwork rises. The brick industry's chimney guidance describes setting the tiles a section ahead of the brick, bedding them in mortar and smoothing the joints on the inside.

Smooth inside joints help the flue draw cleanly and make cleaning easier. The tiles are checked for cracks before they go in, since a cracked tile hidden inside new brick is hard to reach later. We describe how the tiles will be set on the estimate.

A closer flue check once the rebuild is done

A rebuild changes the chimney system. NFPA 211, the national standard for chimneys, fireplaces and vents, treats a change like that as a reason for a closer look.

Before the fireplace goes back into use, we look down the flue from the new top, not only at the rebuilt section. The aim is to confirm it is clear of debris and the lining joins are sound. We explain what we find, including anything below the rebuild that needs its own decision.

Reconstruction items after the free inspection

  • Removal boundary marked and agreed
  • New brick matched to the lower courses
  • Roof covering protection
  • Debris removal and haul-away

Partial and full rebuild questions

Who handles the roof and flashing during a rebuild?

We set new counterflashing into the courses as they go up. The base flashing and roof covering around the chimney are coordinated with your roofer where needed, and the estimate says who does which part.

Will a rebuild change how my fireplace draws?

It should not make it worse. The rebuilt flue is kept to a size that suits the fireplace, and the top follows the code's height rule. If draft was a problem before, we explain what the rebuild can and cannot change.

How do you keep debris off the roof and the yard?

Masonry is taken down by hand and lowered in a controlled way. We protect the roof covering and the ground below, clean up as we go and haul all of the debris away at the end.

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