Chimney Repair in Sugar Hill, GA

Chimneys are trouble magnets when it comes to water. Think about it — you've got this brick structure poking through your roof, creating all kinds of opportunities for water to sneak in. The flashing around it, the cap on top, the crown, the mortar between bricks... any of these can fail and cause problems.

What Usually Goes Wrong

Flashing problems are number one. The metal that seals the joint between your chimney and roof takes constant abuse from weather and temperature changes. After 15-20 years, it's often pulled away, rusted, or just worn out. Most chimney leaks start right here.

Missing or damaged caps. That metal cap keeps rain, leaves, and critters out of your flue. If it's rusted out, blown off, or never had one, water goes straight down.

Cracked crowns. The cement top of your chimney (the sloped part around the flue) cracks over time. Water gets in, freezes, expands, makes the cracks worse. Eventually you've got water running inside your chimney structure.

Deteriorated mortar. The mortar between chimney bricks breaks down over decades. When it gets bad enough, water penetrates right through the chimney walls.

What We Fix

We're roofers, so we handle the roof-related chimney stuff:

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

If your chimney has serious masonry issues — crumbling bricks, major structural problems, needs repointing — we'll tell you to call a mason. We're not going to pretend to be something we're not.

Water showing up near your fireplace? Give us a call at (678) 766-9646 and we'll figure out the source.