Stamford Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Stamford, CT for residential and commercial properties across lower Fairfield County. Almost every house built here between the wars and the early sixties has at least one masonry chimney through the roof, and that penetration leaks more often than any other detail on the building. It is also the one most commonly patched with a tube of sealant and called finished.
A chimney needs two independent layers of metal. Step flashing woven into each course of shingles and turned up the brick, and separate counterflashing let into a cut reglet in a mortar joint, folded down over the steps and sealed with a proper joint sealant. Counterflashing surface-mounted onto brick face and held with sealant has a service life measured in a few winters.
Anything over roughly thirty inches of width across the slope needs a cricket behind it. Without one, snow and water pile against the upslope face, sit there through a February thaw, and work back under the flashing. We frame a cricket and either shingle or metal-clad it depending on its pitch, and it is not an upgrade, it is what the assembly requires. On a metal roof the cricket gets soldered rather than shingled, and it lasts longer.
Half the chimney leaks we are called for are not roof leaks at all. A failed crown lets water into the brick, a missing cap lets rain straight down the flue, and freeze-thaw then opens every mortar joint in the top three courses. We check the crown, the cap and the joints first, and when the work is masonry we say so instead of selling flashing.
Here is the recommendation nobody expects. A great many chimneys in this city no longer vent anything, because the oil boiler was replaced by gas with a sidewall or a direct vent and the fireplace has not been lit in fifteen years. On a reroof, dropping that stack below the roof plane, then framing and sheathing across the opening, costs less than rebuilding and reflashing it, and it removes the leak permanently.
When the fireplace is genuinely in use, we do the opposite and do it properly, then hand the flue liner and any relining work to a sweep. We are roofers. We will make the roof-to-masonry joint watertight and tell you honestly which part of your problem belongs to somebody else. A sweep with a camera will learn more about your flue in ten minutes than we can.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — hot-air welded 80 mil TPO and PVC single ply, tapered polyisocyanurate board over a steel deck, ANSI/SPRI ES-1 rated perimeter edge metal, self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen ice barrier, laminated architectural shingles rated to ASTM D3462, high-density cover board between insulation and membrane — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Stamford and nearby communities including Greenwich, Cos Cob, Riverside, Old Greenwich.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Stamford covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Stamford, CT. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing stamford ct
- chimney leak repair stamford connecticut
- counterflashing reglet fairfield county
- chimney cricket installation stamford
- chimney crown repair stamford ct
- masonry chimney roof repair stamford
- chimney removal below roofline stamford
- step flashing chimney stamford
- chimney flashing replacement stamford ct
- abandoned chimney roof stamford
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Stamford services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney flashing
The difference between chimney flashing that lasts and chimney flashing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with hot-air welded 80 mil TPO and PVC single ply, tapered polyisocyanurate board over a steel deck, ANSI/SPRI ES-1 rated perimeter edge metal, self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen ice barrier, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Stamford job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in lower Fairfield County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do chimney flashing outside Stamford
Stamford Roof Pros covers Stamford and the surrounding communities of lower Fairfield County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Chimney Flashing in Greenwich, CT — Fairfield County, population 63,518
- Chimney Flashing in Cos Cob, CT — Fairfield County, population 6,873
- Chimney Flashing in Riverside, CT — Fairfield County, population 8,843
- Chimney Flashing in Old Greenwich, CT — Fairfield County, population 6,962
- Chimney Flashing in Byram, CT — Fairfield County, population 4,493
- Chimney Flashing in Glenville, CT — Fairfield County, population 2,762
Start on the Stamford Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Stamford Chooses Stamford Roof Pros
- ✓We tell you which side of Connecticut's six-unit line your building falls on before we quote it, because it decides your contract terms, your cancellation rights and what recourse you actually have.
- ✓Ask any roofer here for a registration number. The statute requires it in advertising and on the contract, and a home improvement contract missing it is not enforceable against you.
- ✓Commercial membrane is our weekday work, not a sideline. That is why the flashing and drainage detailing on our shingle jobs looks the way it does.
- ✓We take core cuts before recommending a coating or a recover, and we hand you the wet insulation rather than describing it in a proposal.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Stamford follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every chimney flashing project in Stamford gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free chimney flashing free estimate in Stamford, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.