Tom, why do I need roofer for a chimney leak when my roof is new. what is the difference between chimney people and roofers……the chimney people said my old chimney is so Wood/weathred that the water is leaking.
Anne
Tom: Okay, we have chimney sweeps that are certified here in the country, and you have roofers of course. Chimney sweeps deal with masonry issues. If it’s a real masonry fireplace, they do cleaning. They do maintenance of the firebox. They will go ahead and replace the crown which is on the very top. They can do brick repointing if it needs to be, but it’s more masonry. If it comes to wood, this sounds like a wood … It’s an insert system with a metal and a wood box around it … That would be more of a roofer. They would come in and rebuild that, and then of course re-flash it so it doesn’t leak. Most roofers will have, at least ours does, Ideal Roofing, they have carpenters that will do that too. Now if it’s just carpentry work and they just need to rebuild the box, and have a roofer come out and flash it, then you call Rudy up. Rudy can rebuild that whole thing, paint it, then have the roofers detail it and flash it for the
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