Guardian Chimney offers masonry repair in Essex County and surrounding towns. Many reasons call for masonry repair. It is wholly worth your while to pursue regular masonry check-ups for your chimney and/or fireplace made of stone or brick.
Masonry fireplaces weigh quite a bit. They need extensive footing that can handle their weight and bulk. If problems exist within the footing, the bricks or stones will move, causing cracks in themselves and in the masonry. Any fire than can and will escape via these cracks and possibly set nearby combustibles such as trees or roofing.
Permanently exposed to the outdoor elements, your chimney gets blasted daily by precipitation, temperature and wind. The chimney and its masonry will be in a position to always bear the brunt of these elements, making it likely that they will gradually succumb to the issues presented by severe weather.
Do not get too worried, there are some measures you can take to ensure the life of your chimney by taking some simple steps. Call in the help of an expert chimney repair company such as Guardian Chimney—if and when you notice that the chimney needs some masonry repair. Issues like tuckpointing (“re-pointing”)—when professionals remove old mortar from between existing bricks and replace it with new mortar—and easily prevent the need for further masonry repair, or even having to replace the entire chimney.
Professionals also can pay your home a visit to look upon your chimney cap and conduct waterproofing. Both of these are crucial when it comes to keeping water and debris out of your chimney, waterproofing can help keep the interior metals within your chimney from rusting and needing repair or replacement. A chimney cap also contributes to the overall efficiency of the chimney, doing more than just keeping out water: it is an unintended means of denying access to birds and rodentia from nesting in your chimney or just calling it home.
A little masonry repair will also protect your family and home from potential carbon monoxide poisoning. If cracks in masonry prevent effective venting from your fireplace, carbon monoxide will creep back into your home. Colorless and odorless, carbon monoxide getting may not be something you realize is happening before a worst case scenario can begin to unfold!
Would you like to learn more about masonry repair in Essex County? Call Guardian Chimney at 1-888-688-1388 or you can contact us.
