Michigan Cultured Stone, Brick
Repair, & Chimney Cleaning (248) 895-7752
Michigan Cultured stone (248) 895-7752 Chimneyrepairoaklandcounty.com is your local brickwork, masonry
construction, and cultured stone contractor serving Oakland County, and Michigan,
Michigan. Our Michigan cultured stone and chimney cleaning experts have years
of experience specializing in masonry construction, masonry restoration, stonework,
and brick repair. Our chimney sweeps can inspect your stone or brick, chimney
or fireplace. Our chimney sweeps can provide you with your annual chimney
cleaning and provide you with a cultured stone estimate.
If your chimney is in
distress and you are in need of cultured stone then look no further. We are
happy to help you with any of your chimney related problems. We have built countless chimneys, brick porches, and all types
of brickwork. Call today for a free estimate (248) 895-7752.
We have worked hard to earn a
reputation in Michigan for quality and look forward to showing the residents of
Michigan that it is well deserved. Our goal is to leave every customer
satisfied and willing to use us again, or recommend us to a neighbor or a
friend. We pride ourselves on building corners, not cutting them.
We have years of experience matching
brick and mortar types. We have worked extensively with the brick commonly
found in Michigan, Berkley, West Bloomfield, Beverly Hills, Northville, Michigan,
Royal Oak, and the suburbs of Detroit, MI. We take chimney crown repair and
brickwork projects seriously. We are not a handyman service; we are skilled
masonry repair experts with a passion for brickwork. We strive to be the top
chimney company in Michigan, Michigan. Our brick repair and brickwork experts
have been serving Michigan, MI, with our quality, brick fireplace chimney construction and cultured stone services for
years.. Let us help you fix, repair, and restore your brick home's masonry
beauty. Oakland County Brick Repair (248) 850-4708 Michigan,
Michigan's leading chimney cleaning, cultured stone, and historic brick repair
company.
Brick Repair LLC is group of masonry craftsmen devoted to cultured stone,
masonry restoration, and quality brickwork. Beautifying Michigan, Redford,
Beverly Hills, West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Berkley, MI, one brick at a time.
Oakland County, Michigan, has some of the most beautiful and custom brick
masonry and stone work in southeast Michigan. As brick porch repairs and years
of chimney construction have gone by, our brick repair company has gown to the
point that no matter where we are in
Oakland County, a recent brick wall repair or cultured stone project is never
far away. We get a real sense of
satisfaction knowing that if we are in Michigan, or even Detroit, a satisfied
brick repair customer is never far away. We have strong ties to Detroit, MI,
where we have performed historic brick restoration to several homes in Michigan
historic district and love the beautiful brick chimney and brick paver porches Michigan,
MI, has to offer.
Let us help you fix, repair, and
restore your brick home's masonry beauty at Oakland County Brick Repair (248) 895-7752, Michigan, Michigan's leading chimney cleaning, cultured
stone, and historic brick wall repair company.
Our Masonry contractors and chimney
sweeps offer free cultured stone estimates to all Michigan, Clarkston,West Bloomfield, Michigan, Beverly Hills, and Oakland
County residents for any of the following services: chimney cleaning, cultured
stone, masonry construction, chimney crown repairs, chimney cap replacement,
chimney rebuilds, tuck pointing, natural stone construction, limestone
installation and replacement, cultured stone, brick porch repair, brick porch
construction, masonry wall construction, brick wall repair, spalled brick replacement, tuck-pointing, pointing and re-pointing work,
mortar repair, grout replacement, and historic restoration. We look forward to
the opportunity to help you with your brickwork and chimney cleaning projects.
Why a brick fireplace in Michigan,
MI, does not work, how to make your brick chimney fireplace draft properly, and
how to build a chimney and fireplace that stands the test of time are a common
topic of discussion among Michigan bricklayers and masonry contractors. Since
man first discovered fire, then dug the first fire pit all the way up till huge
brick chimney stacks filled the Detroit sky line, longevity and having a home's
fireplace burn properly has been an ongoing concern.
As knowledge of building a brick or stone wall porch, fireplace, or chimney has
steadily grown, so has the ability of a fireplace to heat and warm homes. Man's
knowledge of engineering, drafting, and how to make a chimney and fireplace
work properly has also grown. In today's day and age we have the advantages of
learning from our fore fathers and developing formulas and techniques to combat
draft and increase fireplace and chimney efficiency. Still today we find that some
fireplace chimneys work better than others. That is why when dealing with brick
repair and cultured stone it is so critical to use a brick and cultured stone expert.
The main principle of why a brick chimney
or fireplace works is because heat rises. After starting a fire in your
fireplace, the air inside the chimney warms and begins to rise up the chimney
flue. The heat of the fire in your fire box draws in the cooler air from the
room it is in. This cooler air flows into the firebox feeding the fireplace
fire, increasing the flame in an ongoing cycle. The heat dynamic creates a
pressure differential and can also create a pleasant breeze as it moves across
the top of your chimney. At Brick Repair LLC we have built thousands of
chimneys and are experts in the area of brick chimney building.
There are numerous reasons a chimney
and fireplace may not function properly. We'll start with the the most simple
& obvious solutions. Please bear in mind this list may not solve all of
your fireplace and chimney issues, but it should provide you with a good place
to start. Here is a list of common
reasons that fireplaces and chimneys don't work .
1. You may have a chimney damper
issue. A chimney damper should open and close freely.
2. Your chimney could be dirty and
you need a chimney cleaning. Creosote building up and lack of regular chimney
sweeping can affect the way your chimney draws air, and can also be a chimney
fire hazard.
3. Your chimney may be built wrong.
The height of your chimney and the size of your chimney flue liner can have a
huge affect on the way that your chimney draws.
To really understand fireplaces,
chimney sweeping, and chimney's in general, it requires extensive knowledge
about masonry and fireplaces. Being a chimney sweep does not mean you are
qualified to do cultured stones. Likewise being good at masonry and brick work
does not make you good with chimneys.
When dealing with your Michigan
chimney problem or an Oakland County brick repair issue, you need a contractor
familiar with chimney construction codes, pressure differentials, and actual
fireplace construction techniques.
If the information provided here does not help you solve the problem with your
fireplace, chimney, or masonry repair, consider hiring an experienced chimney sweep and masonry repair expert in your area. The problem may be
obvious to someone with brickwork, chimney, and fireplace experience once they
can actually look over the fireplace and chimney in person.
Michigan fireplace chimney fires are a reality of life. They destroy thousands of homes and
lives. Having a regular chimney cleaning by your local chimney sweep can
prevent most chimney fires. Most Michigan and Oak park residents don’t even
realize the risk their homes could be in from chimney fires. First, let us
establish who is at risk.
If
proper precautions are taken, brick fireplace chimney fires can be avoided. A
Chimney should be inspected by a chimney sweep and chimney cleaning specialist
regularly. First, you need to understand the anatomy of how a fireplace works
and how a fireplace chimney fire is set into motion. When a fire is built in a
masonry or brick chimney it is started in the fireplace fire box.
The
chimney firebox is built out of fire brick. Firebrick is a brick made to
withstand the high temperatures that occur in a fireplace. A fireplace fire box
is the area in which the actual burning happens.. Fireplace firebrick are not
as strong and have a lower compression strength than block or architectural
brick, however they are much lighter and insulate better than dense bricks. A
brick fireplace fire box should be free from cracks to contain the heat from
the fire. The fireplace fire brick will taper in toward a damper and smoke
shelf. A fireplace firebox is the only spot in which burning wood should occur.
The
chimney damper is a metal duct or steel valve which controls or regulates the
flow of air in the fireplace. Should a damper become rusted and damaged, in
need of being replaced, a top mount damper is installed. A top mount damper
attaches to the flue tile liner at the top of the
chimney. When closed it provides an air-tight seal. A chain drops down the
chimney to control air flow.
Everybody
knows where there is a smoking chimney there is fire, so obviously when you are
burning wood in your fireplace and chimney, smoke is released and travels up
from your firebrick fire box into a smoke shelf and up the chimney flue liner.
As the warm smoke travels up the chimney flue liner it begins to cool . As
smoke cools it condenses on the inside walls of your chimney flue liner or flue
tile and is converted into creosote. Creosote is the leading cause of chimney
fires.
Chimney
Cleaning, Chimney Inspection, and Cultured stone (248) 850-4708
Creosote
and a dirty chimney is the leading cause of chimney fires. Creosote is a highly
flammable material that ignites easily from a flame or spark. The type of wood
that is burned in a fireplace and the frequency of chimney cleaning affects the
amount of creosote built up on the chimney flue liner. Green, or unseasoned
wood, contains a lot of moisture. This means it takes more heat to burn the
wood in the brick fireplace firebox. Green wood produces more creosote.
Outside temperature also plays a factor in the amount of creosote formed.
Chimneys that run up the side of your brick house are more apt to producing
creosote than one that runs up the center of your home. This is because brick,
concrete, and stone masonry has a low insulation value or R value. The warm
smoke being hit by cool temperatures condenses more quickly when a chimney runs
up the side of a house.
Proper
air flow is critical to your stone or brick chimney. Making sure your fireplace
damper is open all the way so that smoke ventilates through the chimney quickly
also reduces the risk of creosote forming. A fireplace chimney must be built to
a proper height to draft properly. Usually three feet above the roof or ten
feet from the roof.
You
must make sure to have a chimney cleaning
professional or chimney sweep clean your chimney
annually if you plan on using your fireplace. When you ignite paper and
cardboard in your fireplace, often times small flaming pieces of ash and soot
can drift up the flue liner and are more likely to ignite the creosote that has
built up.
Having
a proper chimney cap on the top of your chimney can help prevent chimney fires.
A proper chimney cap has a spark ares-tor to catch these pieces of flaming ash.
Chimney caps also protect the top of a chimney flue liner by preventing water
and animals from getting inside the flue liner, as well as inside your
fireplace.
Oakland
County Cultured stone, (248) 895-7752, specializes in fireplace chimney
construction, fireplace remodeling, chimney cleaning, cultured stone, and
historic brick restoration. Our chimney sweeps can provide cost effective
chimney cleaning. We also repair brick porches and brick walls on a daily
basis. If you would like more information about chimney fires, please visit http://michiganchimneyrepair.com/ChimneyFires.aspx.
With any cultured stone or masonry
restoration project comes debris. Small chunks of mortar, pieces of concrete,
and chunks of brick from the demolition of the brickwork can add up fast. And
lets face it, its not like your local garbageman or trash removal service is
going to grab a garbage can that weighs 500 lbs and carry it away. That is why
whenever you plan on doing any kind of demolition project, cultured stone, or
brickwork you need to know what to do with your debris and trash once it's said
and done.
One option is to remove the brick
debris, concrete, and mortar yourself. This involves filling up a trailer or
truck and hauling out the brick, concrete, and mortar pieces. You can then haul
this material to the dump, but the dump charges by weight. A much more
practical method of removing the debris, is to find a local concrete recycling
company. Most concrete recycling companies will take any concrete and mortar
you have and dispose of it. A select few concrete recycling companies, commonly
referred to as the concrete crusher, will take your brick debris also. Concrete,
brick, and mortar are ground up to a gravel sized consistency. This aggregate
is then recycled into new concrete. The problem with using concrete crushers
and recyclers is unless you have a dump truck or dump trailer, you must handle
your material and debris not only when you haul it off of the job, but when you
dump it. By far the most cost-effective way to go on any large scale demolition
project is to rent a dumpster. Whenever you rent the dumpster be sure to
specify what you plan on disposing of inside of it.
At Michigan Brick Repair we are
committed to the local Michigan environment. We use concrete recycling
companies whenever possible. For more information about masonry and masonry
repair, our free how-to repair brick videos, please visit us http://www.michiganchimneyrepair.com/. Brick Repair LLC's cultured stone service provides chimney
cleaning for residents of Rochester Hills, and encourages you to visit our
site: http://www.chimneyrepairrochesterhills.com/.
For information about Michigan
chimney sweeps, chimney cleaning, and cultured stone,
check out our masonry repair videos
at HTTP://www.michiganchimneyrepair.org/.
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