Novi Chimney Repair and restoration How we can help.
Whether it’s part of your home’s façade, your front or back
steps, outside or inside, Lutz Masonry will help your home show like it was
meant to. We can match and complement the brick or stone anywhere in your home.
It has been said a chimney without a cap is like a house without
a roof.
Imagine how much water would come into your home during a rainstorm if you had a
hole in your roof twelve inches square. Chimney flues may be even larger than
that, so where does all that water go? It runs down the chimney and seeps into
the bricks and mortar, settling behind the firebricks. There is little air
circulation in the chimney (unless you're using it) and no sunlight, so the
inside of the chimney stays wet long after the rain stops. This moisture erodes
the mortar joints and weakens the brick. Add to this a freeze/thaw cycle during
the cold months, and you have all the needed ingredients for a deteriorating
chimney.
Take our word for it: even though you can't see the damage happening, it's
there, slowly deteriorating your beautiful fireplace and chimney. This is a
particularly important consideration if you have a metal firebox incorporating a
metal damper and smoke shelf. All fireplace dampers made of metal are subject to
this deterioration as the water mixes with creosote and mild acids are formed.
Even chimneys serving woodstoves are in need of a cover.
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