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Restore Your Brick Chimney to Perfection

Restore Your Brick Chimney to Perfection

Secure Your Home with Expert Brick Chimney Repairs in Bangor

Maintain the charm and functionality of your brick chimney with professional services from Scesny Roofing in Bangor. We offer comprehensive solutions for rebuilding, repairing, and re-flashing brick chimneys to ensure their safety and longevity. Whether you're dealing with a new construction project or an older home, our team is equipped to handle both residential and commercial properties with expertise and precision.

Brick chimneys are a classic feature that adds value and character to any building. At Scesny Roofing, we use high-quality materials and techniques to restore and maintain your chimney, ensuring it remains a beautiful and functional part of your home. Trust our experienced team to deliver results that meet your expectations and enhance your property's safety.

Schedule your brick chimney service with us today to ensure a safe and efficient fireplace.

Benefits of Our Brick Chimney Services

Caring for your brick chimney is essential for both safety and aesthetics. At Scesny Roofing, we provide expert services to ensure your chimney remains in excellent condition. Here's why you should choose us:

  • Expert rebuilding for structural integrity
  • Comprehensive repair services for all damage types
  • Re-flashing to prevent leaks and water damage
  • Preservation of your chimney's aesthetic appeal
  • Professional assessments and maintenance advice

Contact us now to ensure your chimney is ready for the colder months.

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Brick chimneys Options

  • New Lead flashing option.
  • Repointing the mortar joints option.
  • Tearing down and Rebuilding the chimney option.

There are various degrees of options to keep your chimney, dry and waterproof. if you're unsure of how to tell what condition your chimney is please let us know and we can give you a free inspection.

Signs to look for your on chimney in order to tell if the flashing or mortar is degrading:

  1. Looking from the inside of the house at the chimney inside your attic and watching for any signs of water running during rainstorms or from ice and water back up from snow melting around the chimney from the warmth of it in the winter.
  2. Inspecting the chimney from the outside of the house by climbing on top of the roof for up close viewing.
  3. Some chimneys on lower rooftops are easy to inspect from zooming in on the chimney with a good camera. We often use a drone. It is quick and easy.
  4. Signs to look for are:
    • A.) Cracks around the bricks in the mortar joints or cracks in the bricks.
    • B.) Missing mortar around the bricks.
    • C.) Leaks on the inside of the chimney in the house.
    • D.) Cracks in the mortar on the top of the chimney.

It is best to take care of any chimney issues as soon as possible to ensure you get a longer lifetime out of your chimney and spend the least amount of money overtime.

Chimney re-lead option

  1. Remove existing roofing surrounding the chimney
  2. Grind out old lead & mortar from the chimney
  3. Install ice & water shield as a secondary layer of water protection on roof deck & up the top, bottom & sides of the chimney
  4. Install new mortar & new lead flashing
  5. Install new roofing to replace what was removed during the process.
  6. Dispose of all material waste

Repointing Option

  1. Remove existing roofing surrounding the chimney
  2. Grind out old lead & mortar from the entire chimney.
  3. Install ice & water shield as a secondary layer of water protection on roof deck & up the top, bottom & sides of the chimney
  4. Install new mortar on all the old mortar joints on the entire chimney & new lead flashing
  5. Install new roofing to replace what was removed during the process.
  6. Dispose of all material waste.

Rebuilding Option

  1. Remove existing roofing surrounding the chimney
  2. Tear down bricks from the top of the chimney, working the way down to just below the roof deck to rebuild new bricks on top of solid brick that has not been exposed to the elements . and transport old bricks off of the roof safely.
  3. Build new chimney with new brick, bricks and new mortar.
  4. Install ice & water shield as a secondary layer of water protection on roof deck & up the top, bottom & sides of the chimney
  5. Install new mortar & new lead flashing
  6. Install new roofing to replace what was removed during the process.
  7. Dispose of all material waste