Flashing & Chimney Repair in Fairview
Most Fairview chimneys have outlived at least one roof, and a few have outlived three. The brick holds up fine. The metal and mortar around it are what give out, and when a homeowner reports a leak near the chimney, the shingles are usually innocent.
The failure points are specific. Step flashing rusts thin where each piece weaves into the shingle courses. Counterflashing pulls loose from mortar joints that have weathered to sand. And behind wide chimneys, the cricket, the small peaked diverter that splits water around the brick, has rusted through or was never built in the first place. Any one of those routes water into the wall, and the stain can surface two rooms away.
Rebuilt, Not Caulked
Caulk on failed flashing buys a season at best. We do it the full way: new step flashing woven into the courses, counterflashing cut into a fresh mortar reglet and sealed, a cricket where the chimney’s width demands one, and joints repointed where the mortar has gone soft. The same trip can re-metal a worn valley or rebuild sidewall flashing, the other two places roofs leak first.
If you’re not sure the chimney is the source, roof leak repair starts with tracing, and a written roof inspection maps the whole roof. Details are on our flashing and chimney repair page, and everything local is at Fairview.
Leak at the chimney? Call Summit Roofing at (555) 123-4567.