Chimney Repair for Clinton chimneys
Clinton's chimneys are mostly old brick: tall stacks on Victorian and early-1900s homes laid in soft lime mortar, and chimneys rising through the flat roofs of downtown buildings where snow and ponded water sit against their bases. Many have served coal, oil and gas over their lives, and flues that were never designed for modern appliances deteriorate from the inside.
Asset Roofing & Chimney inspects, cleans, repoints, rebuilds and relines chimneys throughout the Town of Clinton, on homes and commercial buildings alike. We rebuild crowns, install caps, rebuild flashing and flat-roof terminations, apply breathable waterproofing and install stainless-steel liners. We are licensed and insured, and estimates are free.
Clinton housing
Clinton's housing is centered on 19th-century and early-1900s homes, many Victorian, with steep roofs, porches and brick chimneys, on hillside streets around the downtown. Later homes and some attached housing fill in toward the town's edges. The downtown has older commercial buildings with low-slope roofs and parapets, and commercial properties near the highway interchanges add flat roofs of more recent construction.
Weather & exposure
Clinton sits in the South Branch valley, where homes near the river face moisture and shade, and streets climbing the slopes behind downtown are more open to wind. Winters bring snow and freeze-thaw cycling that works on flat roofs, old masonry and gutters. Mature trees on the older streets drop limbs in thunderstorms, and low-lying ground along the river is subject to flooding in severe storms.
Repair, repoint or rebuild in Clinton
For Clinton's older chimneys, the goal is to keep water out of the masonry: repoint open joints with mortar suited to the brick, rebuild cracked crowns with an overhang, cap every flue and apply a breathable water repellent. Where a chimney passes through a flat roof, we rebuild the base flashing and membrane termination so the roof and chimney are sealed together.
Any flue serving a heating appliance should be inspected and lined to suit it. On commercial buildings, we coordinate chimney work with the building owner and any roofing work so access and scheduling are handled once.
