If I were transported to your home, here’s how I’d construct your new chimney cap. I’d gather the following materials: a sack of pure Portland cement, rubberized asphalt membrane material ...

Key Points Rust on a chimney comes from its metal components, not from the bricks.Metal parts like the cap and flashing rust with moisture, staining the brick.To prevent chimney rust, clean the ...

Q. This week: The brick chimney on our 1930's era house looks like it needs repair. From the ground I can see cracks in the bricks, and some of the cement and pieces of the bricks have come off and ...

What’s the best way to install a cap on a masonry chimney? How would you rebuild my chimney crown? – Theresa D., Boulder, Colorado DEAR THERESA: Be careful what you wish for.

What’s the best way to install a cap on a masonry chimney? A: The chimney cap I’d build would be a reinforced, sloped concrete slab that would overhang the edges of your stone chimney by about ...

Chimney caps protect the chimney and flue from water and ice damage, ... Hand tighten 1 1/2-inch to 1 3/4-inch long 1/4-inch Tapcon screws through the cap edge and into the brick.

Q. I have a brick chimney on the west side of the home. My problem is the bricks on the outside of the chimney are flaking and falling off. Do you have any idea what is causing this or what can be ...

Q. I own a ranch home that is about 50 years old. About 10 or 12 years ago the facing of the chimney brickwork began to spall and 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick pieces began to fall off a number of ...