Chimney Repair for Sussex chimneys
Sussex Borough's older houses and Main Street buildings have brick chimneys that have weathered a century or more of northern winters. Many were built for coal or wood heat and now serve oil or gas appliances, or no longer serve anything at all. Chimneys rising through flat commercial roofs sit in snow and ponded water at their base.
Asset Roofing & Chimney inspects, cleans, repairs, relines and rebuilds chimneys throughout the borough. We repoint, rebuild crowns, install caps, waterproof masonry, install liners for heating appliances and stoves and rebuild flashing on shingle and flat roofs. We are licensed and insured, and estimates are free.
Sussex housing
The borough's building stock is older and denser than the surrounding countryside: mixed-use buildings on Main Street with flat or low-slope roofs behind parapets, and 19th- and early-20th-century houses on small lots, many with steep gables, porches and brick chimneys. Some larger houses have been divided into apartments. Asphalt shingle covers most homes, with flat membranes on commercial roofs.
Weather & exposure
Sussex shares northern Sussex County's heavy snow and long winters. Flat commercial roofs must drain under snow and meltwater, while closely spaced older houses shade one another and shed snow onto porches and neighboring yards. Mature street trees drop limbs and leaves, and open farmland around the borough lets storm winds reach it with little shelter.
Repair, repoint or rebuild in Sussex
For older chimneys, repointing with mortar suited to old brick, a new crown and cap and a breathable water repellent prevent most rebuilds. Any flue serving an appliance should be inspected and lined if needed.
On flat roofs, the chimney base should be reflashed whenever the roof is repaired or replaced. Because we do both roofing and chimney work, we handle the chimney and the roof connection together.
