Storm damage Roof & Chimney Repairs By Belfast Building & Roofing covering Belfast/ Down & Antrim

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Minor repairs

A minor repair is a repair made good in less than 4 hours.

Minor repairs are paid either online or via your Bank without meeting face to face. Saving T

Belfast Building & Roofing offer top Quality Roof and Chimney Repairs covering Greater Belfast Bangor Holywood Lisburn Finaghy.
We supply Specialist Mortars, Slurry Coatings, Epoxy Resins, Bonding Agents, Acids etc. to Restore and Protect your Chimney from whatever gets thrown at it while maintaining its appearance and style. If you have concerns about your chimney please send a few pictures and if possible a brief description outlining any Problems with your Chimney to through to us through our web link we will then try our best to help.
Chimney repairs can often be required when a house is only a few years old. Because Chimneys are generally the last things to be built they can often become a victim of Project Cost Cutting for example; Using common site mortar to bed the Chimney Pots and omitting a Protective Pre-Cast Concrete Crown being two classic examples. If your Chimney doesn’t have a concrete Crown one should seriously consider getting one fitted retrospectively.
Your Cap/Crown takes more abuse than any roof, so it is Crucial to keep them in good condition. Weak mortar means erosion. Lack of cement exaggerates effects of exposure to hail, freezing driving wind, rain and the baking sun.

Chimney Repair Solutions Generally if the damage isn’t too severe, a repair to the top of the chimney can be made by general brickwork repairs and the application of a new Crown’ Cap from a Cement based Professional Slurry Coating. This protects the chimney and acts like a umbrella by shedding rain water from the top of the chimney stopping water penetration through the chimney crown. Secondary water entry, through the facing brick of the chimney, can be stopped by re pointing the chimney’s facing brick.

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Extreme Temps from Icy Gales to Baking Sun

Chimney Repairs invariably include the Cap or Crown. It is generally more exposed above the ridge line to the full range of Extreme Weathers . You normally cannot see your Chimney Crown, but is the most important part of your chimney which protects everything below it.

Chimney Crown, Cap

Your Chimney Crown/Cap is the most exposed part of your home and it protects your chimney and home from water infiltration. It must take the full force and fury of the elements which is why many chimney Crowns, Caps generally crack within the first couple of years of service. Improper maintenance of the chimney crown allows serious damage to chimneys every year. Because your chimney crown is hard to see. You should not neglect its’ maintenance. For it can ultimately cost you thousands in unnecessary repair bills.

What problems can they cause?

A Cracked Chimney Crown allows water into the chimney body. Over time the crack widens. This allows more and more water to enter the chimney. Eventually the water freezes and expands and damages the fabric of the Chimney. Eventually the retained water will become more than what is evaporating. This causes serious degradation. First with discoloration of the top brick courses. It causes spalling, chipping and flaking of the bricks. Eventually moss and dark mold appears on the top of

Chimney Repair solutions include.

Chimney Diagnostics & Solutions

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