Chimneys are made to draft smoke from a fireplace, but many of their parts and components are designed to help keep water out of the system. If you live in the Greenville, SC, or Spartanburg, SC, regions, you know we get a lot of rain, and that means a lot of potential trouble for your chimney.
Advanced Chimney Sweep solves a wide range of water leak and water damage problems for our customers. One of the ways we do this is with custom full-coverage chimney caps.
The Top of a ChimneyAt the top of a masonry chimney, there is a chimney crown, through which the flue pipe or pipes extend. An open flue and the concrete of the crown are both vulnerable to the effects of rain.
While a basic flue cap will cover the flue opening and keep water and debris out, it won’t do anything to protect the chimney crown. What’s needed is a chimney cap that covers the entire top of the chimney, and that’s exactly what full-coverage, outside-mount chimney caps do.
Solid Protection for Your Greenville SC or Spartanburg SC Chimney and Home
Rain flowing into a chimney system can lead to damage to the chimney liner, interior masonry, chimney damper, firebox and parts of your home near the chimney.
Full-width chimney caps protect against all this and more.
An uncovered flue opening at the top of the chimney is a disaster waiting to happen. Along with water intrusion, you could be allowing in tree debris and the nests of the small animals that like to get into chimneys.
Debris will narrow the flue, which can cause smoke and deadly carbon monoxide to back up into your Greenville, SC, or Spartanburg, SC, home.
Concrete chimney crowns are prone to cracking. Causes can include lightning strikes, hailstorms, falling tree branches, poor-quality concrete, shoddy building practices and plain old age.
Once cracks begin, water will move in and cause gradual and ongoing deterioration. When that happens, water can spill down into unseen areas of the chimney while damaging the bricks directly under the crown.
Full-coverage chimney caps have solid tops that do a great job in reducing downdrafts that can blow soot, sparks, embers and ash all over a room. This is a big reason that so many Greenville, SC, and Spartanburg, SC, homeowners have us install proper chimney caps for them.
Fiery combustion materials sometimes rise through the chimney flue and spew out its top. The spark arrestor component in outside-mount chimney caps will block this material and keep it off your roof and out of your yard.
Greenville SC and Spartanburg SC Chimney Cap InstallationAdvanced Chimney Sweep installs full-coverage chimney caps throughout the greater Greenville, SC, and Spartanburg, SC, areas. These sturdy caps are not only protective, but they also look beautiful sitting atop your chimney.
Speak with a chimney expert about a new chimney cap for your home. Reach us by phone or use our simple contact form.
We proudly serve Greenville, SC, Spartanburg, SC, Hampton Heights, SC, Fernwood, SC, Woodland Heights, SC, Duncan Park, SC, Boiling Springs, SC, and other South Carolina cities and towns in Greenville and Spartanburg counties.
