Chimney Repair in Suwanee, GA

Chimneys punch holes through otherwise waterproof roofs, and water has been trying to exploit that weakness since chimneys were invented. Between the flashing at the base, the cap up top, the crown, and all those mortar joints — there are a lot of places where things can go wrong.

The Problems That Actually Happen

Flashing failure tops the list. That metal barrier between chimney and roof gets cooked by sun, frozen by winter, beaten by rain — year after year. Eventually it pulls away, cracks, rusts through, or the sealant gives up. This is where most chimney leaks originate.

Missing or damaged caps. The metal cap over your flue opening keeps rain, debris, and animals out. Rust it through, let it blow off, or never have one installed in the first place, and water goes straight down into the chimney interior.

Crown deterioration. That cement slope around the flue opening cracks over time. Water infiltrates the cracks, freezes, expands, makes bigger cracks. Eventually water is running down inside your chimney structure.

Mortar breakdown. The joints between chimney bricks erode over decades. When mortar gets weak enough, water penetrates right through the chimney walls.

What Falls Under Our Wheelhouse

We're roofers, so we handle the roofing-adjacent chimney work:

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

If you've got serious masonry problems — crumbling bricks, structural settling, major repointing needed — you need a mason and we'll tell you so. We don't pretend to do work outside our expertise.

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