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21 photographs from our own roofs and fireboxes

Not a stock library. Every frame on this page is a job this crew did — shot on the roof, in the chase, or on the hearth. The captions describe what is in the picture and nothing else.

Before and after

The same chimney, twice

Eroded joints don’t get patched over. They get cut out and repacked — because water getting in at the top is what caused the damage further down.

A brick chimney stack with badly eroded mortar joints — deep gaps, missing mortar and open head joints between the bricks
Before
Before — mortar eroded back, head joints open to the weather
The same brick chimney stack after repointing, with the joints cut out and refilled with fresh, fully packed mortar
After
After — the same stack, joints cut out and repacked

Chimney Sweep & Cleaning

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  • A technician in a respirator sweeping a firebox, with drop cloths taped to the floor, tools laid out on a mat and a vacuum hose run to the hearth
    Drop cloths down and a vacuum on the hearth before anything is opened
  • A technician working at a taped-off fireplace opening, with floor protection and chimney brushes beside the hearth
    Working at the protected fireplace opening, with brushes and tools on covered floors
  • A technician reaching into a stone-front fireplace, with protective floor covering and a vacuum beside the hearth
    At the stone-front fireplace, with the hearth covered and a vacuum alongside
  • A cleaned firebox with a cast iron grate, an ash pit door and an intact damper, framed by an arched brick surround
    Firebox cleaned back to the brick, damper working

Chimney Liner & Relining

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  • A new stainless steel chimney liner emerging through a freshly parged crown, finished with a stainless rain cap
    Stainless liner brought through a new crown, capped
  • A technician on a flat roof feeding a flexible stainless steel chimney liner down into a brick chimney
    Feeding a new stainless liner down the flue

Chimney Caps & Crown Repair

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  • A multi-flue brick chimney with three separate stainless caps set into a newly finished crown
    Three flues, three caps, one new crown
  • A technician finishing a freshly placed chimney crown with a sponge, the open flue visible in the new crown
    Finishing a fresh crown around the flue
  • A technician on a ladder set against a tall brick chimney, fitting a rain cap at the top
    Ladder work on a tall stack — fitting the cap
  • A technician fastening a stainless mesh rain cap onto a clay flue at the top of a sided chimney chase
    Screwing down a new cap on the flue
  • A metal replacement chase cover with a round collar resting on roof shingles beside two cut-up sections of the removed cover
    Replacement chase cover beside the removed cover sections on the roof
  • The top of a sided chimney chase before replacement, with a distorted pale metal cover and a round vent above it
    Before — the old chase cover, with bent and raised edges around the vent
  • A reflective metal chase cover fitted across the top of a sided chimney chase around its round vent
    After — replacement chase cover fitted around the vent
  • The old pale chase cover with a visibly raised edge, viewed from the roof side of the chimney chase
    Before — the old cover from the roof side, with a raised edge
  • The replacement metal cover fitted on the same sided chimney chase, viewed from the roof
    After — the replacement cover and chase, viewed from the roof

Tuckpointing & Repointing

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  • A freshly repointed brick chimney above a shingle roof, with a rope-and-harness roof anchor and sealed flashing at its base
    Roped in on a steep roof — repointed, flashing sealed
  • A brick chimney stack mid-repointing, with freshly packed mortar joints on the lower courses and eroded joints still open above
    Mid-job — fresh joints below, the old eroded joints still waiting above

Fireplace & Damper Repair

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  • The inside of a smoke chamber during repair work, showing the flue opening and creosote-darkened masonry
    Inside the smoke chamber — the flue opening above the firebox
  • A technician working inside an open firebox with a bag of removed material beside the hearth on protective sheeting
    Clearing the firebox down to bare brick, floors covered

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