Hire Us for Chimney Cap Installations
Chimney caps are installed at the top of your chimney flue – kind of like a cap or protective helmet for your chimney. Due to its location at the top of your home, the chimney is particularly susceptible to animal intrusion and water, debris, and weather damage. Although chimney caps haven’t always been considered a necessary component, they definitely play a crucial role in preventing costly issues. That’s why having a properly sized and installed chimney cap is such a vital part of maintaining a healthy chimney system.
What Does a Chimney Cap Do?
Chimney caps are essentially designed to provide a protective cover that keeps certain things out of the chimney system and certain things in. This includes:
- Rain & Water Protection: Water is a chimney’s greatest enemy. With a properly fitted chimney cap, it will shield the chimney from any exposure to rainwater, snow, and sleet, preventing water damage from occurring within the chimney’s interior.
- Animal & Bird Prevention: Chimney caps have mesh or wire sides that keep birds, squirrels, raccoons, bats, and other animals from entering the chimney. A warm, dark place is a haven for these creatures seeking a safe place for nests or shelter. So a chimney cap acts as a protective barrier to ensure they don’t disrupt your fireplace functionality or pose any safety risks.
- Debris & Downdraft Prevention: Without a chimney cap, you would likely see leaves, twigs, branches and other debris falling into your fireplace. Anything that could cause blockages in your chimney creates a risk of starting a chimney fire, posing a significant hazard to your home and safety.
- Spark Arrestor: The mesh wiring around a chimney caps is called the spark arrestor, and it helps prevent hot embers or sparks form escaping the chimney and igniting nearby trees or structures.
We Can Check Your Cap For Proper Installation & Condition
For such a small thing, the chimney cap does a large job. So it’s important to make sure yours is performing its role effectively. An annual chimney inspection can alert you to any problems with your chimney cap, whether it be improperly sized, damaged, or even missing. When was the last time you had a professional chimney inspection performed?
Chimney Concepts is here to help! Our quality products combined with our professional installation services allows you to enjoy the benefits of a well-protected chimney system, worry-free. To schedule an annual inspection or to have your chimney cap looked at by an expert, give Chimney Concepts a call at 262-377-5811 today or request an appointment with one of our technicians online. We can’t wait to work with you soon!
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