Chimney Repair in Buford, GA

Chimneys create problems. They punch through your otherwise weathertight roof and create multiple opportunities for water infiltration — the flashing at the base, the cap up top, the cement crown, the mortar between bricks. Any of these can fail and send water into your home.

What Typically Goes Wrong

Flashing issues lead the list. That metal barrier between your chimney and roof gets baked by sun, frozen in winter, pounded by rain — year after year. Eventually it pulls away, cracks, rusts through, or the sealant gives up. Most chimney leaks start here.

Missing or damaged caps. The metal cap covering your flue keeps rain, leaves, and critters out. Let it rust through, blow off, or go missing, and water drops straight down into the chimney interior.

Cracked crowns. That cement slope around the flue opening deteriorates over time. Cracks form, water gets in, freezes, expands, creates bigger cracks. Eventually water's running down inside your chimney walls.

Deteriorating mortar. Mortar joints between chimney bricks break down over decades. When they get bad enough, water penetrates directly through.

What We Handle

We're roofers, so we focus on roofing-related chimney work:

• Complete flashing replacement with proper step and counter flashing
• Chimney cap installation and replacement
• Crown sealing and minor repairs
• Cricket installation behind wide chimneys (that peaked diverter section)

If your chimney has serious masonry issues — crumbling bricks, structural problems, major repointing needed — you need a mason and we'll say so. We don't pretend to do work outside our wheelhouse.

Water showing up around your fireplace? Call (678) 766-9646 and let's figure out where it's originating.