Chimney Leaks & Storm Damage in Douglasville, GA

Chimney Leaks & Storm Damage for Douglasville Homeowners

Douglasville sits at the far western end of what we cover, and it splits cleanly in two. The subdivisions that spread west and south through the 1990s and 2000s are almost entirely prefabricated fireplaces — metal fireboxes, framed chases, chase covers that are now reaching the age where they rust through. The historic core near O'Neal Plaza is the opposite: older masonry, some of it substantial, which has had varying levels of care. Because it is at our edge, we tend to schedule Douglasville work in blocks, and that is worth knowing when you call — we will usually offer you a choice of specific days.

1990s-2000s prefabricated systems across the newer subdivisions, now at chase-cover replacement age; older masonry in the historic core.

A chimney is the only part of a roof that is deliberately full of holes, and in a climate that delivers as much rain as Atlanta does, the odds catch up with it. Water gets in at four places: a cracked crown, failed flashing where the stack passes through the roof, a missing or damaged cap, and brickwork that has become porous enough to drink. The difficulty is that the stain inside the house rarely appears under the actual entry point — water tracks down the outside of the flue and shows up a storey below. Sealing where the stain is achieves nothing, which is why people end up paying for the same leak three times.