Where most leaks actually come from.
If your roof leaks during a snow melt, the chimney is the suspect ninety percent of the time. The crown, the cricket behind it, the step-flashing where the brick meets the slate — these fail before the field of the roof does. They also fail invisibly. Water tracks down inside the masonry, behind the wall, and shows up two stories down.
We do full chimney work. Re-pointing failed mortar joints with lime-and-cement mortar matched to the era of your home. Rebuilding crowns with proper drip-edge and overhang. Replacing rusted-out flashing with sweat-soldered copper. Tearing down compromised chimneys from the roofline and rebuilding to brick-match.
On older Boston homes, the chimney work is often more involved than the roof work. We bid both honestly. If the chimney needs to come down to the roofline before we install your slate, we'll tell you on the first walk.
