Essex CT – Spalled Bricks

Chimney in Essex CT had spalled brick and efflorescence. It was patched in past, but once bricks starts to spall, it becomes a waste of time and money trying to chase the popped brick around the chimney, as more bricks pop off slivers and corners every freeze-thaw cycle. Generally we recommend waterproofing the chimney to […]

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Coventry Fireplace Shoulder Rebuild

A Coventry, CT customer called to have an area of their chimney pointed, as was recommended from a contractor friend. Pointing is an often misused term from non-chimney professionals. This chimney had broken brick, broken masonry shoulder cover and it had in past had some sort of pointing repair to the mortar done to it, […]

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Waterbury Chimney Rebuild

A Waterbury chimney customer called us out to fix their chimney that had the faces of the brick pop off.  This is called spalling, which we see on occasion with porous brick that allows water to penetrate and damage the weaker portions of the brick structure. The flashing on the chimney was also loosened over […]

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Old Lyme Chimney Reline

We were called out to provide a chimney repair estimate in Old Lyme, CT. The chimney was only partially lined and had areas of exposed brick. The top masonry cement crown was also in disrepair.              The chimney and furnace were separated into two different rooms by sheet rock drywall, […]

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