Chimney Repair in Ramapo, NY
Our home base, Spring Valley, lies largely within the Town of Ramapo. We repair chimneys across the town, from its eastern villages to the foot of the Ramapo Mountains.
Photo: Alexisrael, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsA large town with every kind of chimney
The Town of Ramapo covers about 62 square miles of western Rockland County and took its present name in 1828. With close to 149,000 residents at the 2020 census, it is the most populous town in New York outside Long Island.
A town that size has no single type of house. There are older village centers with brick chimneys that have stood for a century, mid-century subdivisions with one masonry chimney serving both a fireplace and a boiler, and new construction with factory-built metal chimneys in framed chases.
Each ages in its own way, which is why a repair here starts with identifying what the chimney is and what it vents.
Chimney repairs available in Ramapo
Each repair has its own page.
Chimney Leak Repair
Water traced to its real entry point before anything is sealed.
Chimney Masonry Repair
Repointing eroded joints and replacing spalled brick.
Chimney Rebuild
From the roofline up, or the full stack.
Chimney Crown Repair
Sealing or recasting the concrete top of the chimney.
Chimney Liner Repair
Cracked flue tile and failed liners repaired or relined.
Chimney Flashing Repair
Step and counter flashing reset or replaced.
Exposure changes from one end of town to the other
The western side of Ramapo rises toward the Ramapo Mountains and Harriman State Park. A chimney on higher, more open ground takes more wind-driven rain on its faces than one on a sheltered street. Driven rain is what finds worn mortar joints and gaps in flashing.
That is why two chimneys of the same age can be in very different condition. The one facing the weather usually shows it on a single side first, and that side is the place to look when a leak appears only in certain storms.
Ramapo on the map
The community we cover, not an office.