Fanning Springs chase covers, made to measure

New cover, collar and storm collar, priced up front after a free look at your chase in Fanning Springs.

Family owned and run
Free inspection first
100% satisfaction, guaranteed
Locally owned and operated

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Water dripping into a metal fireplace

Finding water on the floor of a metal fireplace, or rust on its firebox panels? On a factory-built unit, the chimney runs up inside a framed chase, and water tends to come in from the chase cover at the top, around its collar or the storm collar on the pipe.

Rust holes and low spots on the cover come first, then our pros look at the collar and storm collar, and look inside the chase for wet framing. The fix, from resealing to a new cover, is given a written price before any work begins. Reserve a chase inspection for the wet fireplace in Fanning Springs at (352) 675-6366.

Our Fanning Springs coverage is inland from the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Fanning Springs State Park is located inside Fanning Springs.

What's Included

Included when a new chase cover goes on

Sloped tops that shed water to the edges
Collars sized and placed for each pipe
Multi-pipe chases fitted with matching collars
Fresh covers fitted on chases in Fanning Springs

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Local Conditions

Metal fireplaces lit now and then

A few fires a year or none at all, the chase top on a factory-built fireplace in Fanning Springs is out in every rain. The cover rusts whether the fireplace is used or not. Our pros check the cover, storm collar and cap on any visit, so an idle fireplace doesn't become the source of a leak. Rust and loose collars are dealt with before they let water in. Each part is priced separately.

How It Works

Your chase cover visit in Fanning Springs, in order

Check lid and box

The cover, collar, storm collar and cap are looked over first, along with the framing beneath.
Measure and order

The chase top is measured on every side, and the cover is made with slope and collars.
Fit and fasten

Soft framing is repaired, and the new cover is set, fastened through the sides and sealed.
Seal and cap

The storm collar is sealed to the maker's instructions and the listed cap goes back on.

Why Choose Us

What you get from our chase cover pros

Locally owned and run
A family-run company
100% satisfaction guarantee
Your inspection is free
Same-day visits available
Arrange a visit, take 10% off

Local and family run, we stay easy to reach once the new cover is on in Fanning Springs.

Your written price is freeThe price for the lid, the collar and anything wrong with the box beneath comes on a written quote, free.
Same-day service is availableSame-day visits are available to cover a leaking chase in Fanning Springs until the new top arrives.
Family owned and runA family-owned business that measures twice so your chase cover fits the first time.

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The job a chase cover does

Factory-built fireplaces send their smoke up a metal chimney pipe, and on many homes that pipe climbs the exterior wall inside a framed box called a chase. The chase is covered in siding like the rest of the house.

The chase cover seals the top of that box. It keeps rain, animals and debris out of the chase while the pipe passes up through a collar in its center.

Majestic, for one, requires a chase top on these installations and describes how it's built. When it fails, water runs straight down into the framing and the fireplace below.

Rot in the chase framing

Years of water coming through a failing cover soak the top plates, studs and sheathing of the chase. Soft wood near the top, bulging siding and dark stains running down the chase are the signs.

A new cover fastened into rotten wood won't hold, and rot keeps spreading if the wet wood is left in place. Our specialists probe the framing at the top of the chase and look inside where they can reach.

Rotten framing and sheathing are priced as their own items, and the quote names who handles carpentry and siding if it's beyond the chimney work. Fixing the wood first keeps the new cover secure.

Fasteners that don't rust first

A new cover is only as good as what holds it on. Ordinary steel screws rust before the cover does and leave streaks down the siding; screws driven into soft wood pull out in the wind.

Our specialists fasten covers through the side of the turndown with corrosion-resistant screws suited to the cover metal and the chase framing, and they avoid screwing through the flat top where water would sit around the fastener.

Where the framing is pressure-treated, fasteners rated for treated wood are used. The fastener type goes on the quote along with the cover metal. Screw heads are sealed where they pass the turndown.

Free Inspection

A free look at the lid, seams and siding

Slope of the cover and whether it sheds water to the edges
Framing at the top of the chase for softness and rot
Siding and stains down the sides of the chase
Fasteners holding the cover and whether they've rusted

Claim 10% off your first service

A rusty lid is worth replacing now, and a first booking knocks 10% off it.

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FAQs

Worth knowing before a chase cover order

Why did my old cover rust through?

It was probably flat, so water sat on it, or its coating wore through at seams and fastener holes. New covers from our pros slope water off to the edges.

Do you check for animals before sealing the chase?

Yes. Nothing gets sealed in. If an animal is nesting in the chase, our animal removal specialists handle it before the new cover goes on.

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