Micanopy chimney caps, measured and fitted

A cap sized to your flue keeps rain, animals and sparks where they belong. Free inspection and fitting for homes in Micanopy.

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Worried about sparks on the roof

Burn wood and notice embers drifting out of the chimney on a lively fire? A spark screen catches them before they land on dry leaves in the gutter or on the roof. The Florida Building Code sets how that screen is made, from its mesh size to its open area.

A cap with a screen that meets those rules, sized to catch embers without choking the draft, is what goes on your chimney. Our pros also clean an existing screen if it's simply clogged rather than damaged, and tell you which you need. Talk to our cap specialists about a spark screen in Micanopy by dialing (352) 675-6366.

Micanopy is on our Alachua County list of places we serve. When the 2020 Census counted Micanopy, it found 648 residents.

What's Included

Every kind of chimney cap, fitted right

Copper caps fitted with matching fasteners
Clogged screens cleaned or replaced
Rattling caps refastened with stainless hardware
Downdraft trouble eased with a wind-directional cap

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Local Conditions

Appliance flues inland

If the chimney on your home in Micanopy also vents a furnace or water heater, that appliance flue needs a cap made for gas exhaust, and one that doesn't restrict it. Our specialists fit the right cap to each flue and check the lining of the appliance flue while they're up there. Each flue's cap is priced separately on the quote.

How It Works

Your new cap, from tape measure to last bolt

Check the flue top

Our pros look for animals, measure each tile and check the crown before choosing a cap.
Choose the cap together

You pick the type and metal from written options, each with its price.
Fit and fasten it

The old cap comes off, the new one is set square and clamped or bolted in place.
Show you the result

We check it from the ground with you and explain how it comes off for cleaning.

Why Choose Us

Chimney caps fitted to stay put in Micanopy

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

Every flue gets measured before a cap is chosen, so it fits the first time in Micanopy.

Same-day service is availableSame-day cap fittings are available when your size is on hand and the schedule has room.
Your price, upfrontBefore anything is ordered or fitted, the cap price for your chimney in Micanopy is yours to see.
Our workmanship warrantyHow your cap is fitted and fastened is something our workmanship warranty stands behind.

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Choosing a cap by the job it has to do

A chimney cap can solve four different problems, and the best one for your home depends on which you have. Rain getting in calls for a lid with enough overhang. Animals call for a screen on every side. Sparks call for mesh that meets the building code.

Downdrafts may call for a taller or wind-directional cap, though a cap can't fix every draft problem. Our pros ask what you've noticed, look at the flue top and the roof around it, and then recommend the cap that solves your problem without adding ones you don't have. That way you're not paying for features that won't help.

What the code says about spark screens

Wherever a spark arrestor goes on a masonry chimney, the Florida Building Code sets how it's made. The screen openings can't let through a ball bigger than half an inch across, and they can't block one smaller than three eighths of an inch.

That window keeps out most embers without making the mesh so fine it clogs in a few fires. The screen also needs heat and corrosion resistance equal to 19-gage galvanized steel or 24-gage stainless. Our pros fit screens that meet all of it, and they'll tell you if the one on your chimney now doesn't. Older caps can fall outside it.

Flues at different heights under one cap

In chimneys with more than one flue, the tiles can stand at different heights. Under an outside-mount cap, a tall flue close to a short one can push smoke across into the short one, especially when both are in use.

Heights and spacing get measured before a multi-flue cap is recommended, and the cap is sized to clear the tallest flue with room for smoke to escape. Where flues are badly mismatched, separate caps may work better. You'll see the reasoning and both prices before choosing. Getting it right keeps smoke from one fireplace out of the room served by the other.

Free Inspection

Your cap, looked at free before it's priced

Size and shape of every flue tile at the chimney top
Screen mesh size against the building code's window
Listed cap and chase cover on a factory-built unit
Trees or taller roofs that could cause downdrafts

Claim 10% off your first service

Stop the rain and the critters in Micanopy, and claim a 10% discount on your first service by booking.

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FAQs

Cap questions homeowners bring up

Can the cap go on the same day you inspect?

When your flue takes a stock size that's on hand, yes. Made-to-measure and multi-flue caps are fitted on a second trip once they're made. You'll know which before you agree to anything.

What does the building code say about spark screens?

Florida's building code sets the mesh size, the screen's heat and corrosion resistance, and how much open area the cap needs. Our specialists fit screens that meet all of it and can tell you if yours doesn't. Talk to us about a code-sized screen for your home in Micanopy at (352) 675-6366.

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