Chimney Repair Cincinnati Ohio

Welcome to Vonderhaar’s, your reliable and trustworthy Cincinnati Chimney Repair specialist. We are a local, family-owned business, believing firmly in strong community ties, values of integrity, and building trust. When you choose us, you’re not just choosing another service provider; you’re choosing your neighbors. We are genuinely invested in the safety, comfort, and well-being of your home. For us, this is more than a business—it’s our commitment to the community that has been the essence of our services since the start.

At Vonderhaar’s, chimneys are our expertise and our passion. We understand them down to the last brick and we’re committed to offering top-tier services that ensure your home’s safety and longevity. In an industry riddled with companies that prefer to outsource their services, we pride ourselves on executing all our projects in-house. This guarantees a job well done and supported by our service guarantee. When it comes to Cincinnati chimney repair, Vonderhaar’s stands out, providing an unparalleled commitment to quality and customer service.

We appreciate your queries and concerns about your chimney’s health. Our dedicated team is always ready to respond to your calls or emails, offering comprehensive information on our wide range of products or services. We’re committed to providing you with all the necessary resources for a successful fireplace experience. When you opt for Vonderhaar’s, you’re opting for a company that diligently does the homework for you!

Our extensive Cincinnati Chimney Repair services include a broad spectrum of maintenance and repair activities:

Tuck Pointing: This process involves repairing the mortar joints in a brick masonry wall, ensuring a sturdy and safe chimney structure.
Brick Replacement: Damaged or worn-out bricks are meticulously replaced to maintain the strength and aesthetic of your chimney.
Crown Replacement: The crown of your chimney is replaced with high-quality materials to prevent potential leaks.
Flashing Repair and Replacement: We repair or replace the flashing around your chimney to prevent water penetration.
Chimney Rebuilds: For chimneys that have suffered considerable damage, we offer total rebuilds.
Firebox Rebuilds: We can restore your fireplace’s firebox, enhancing the safety and efficiency of your fireplace.
Cultured Stone, Brick, Block, and Stucco: Our expert masons work with a variety of materials for chimney repair and construction.
Waterproofing: We help protect your chimney from water damage and related issues.
Chimney Liner Installation: Our technicians will install a durable, safe chimney liner.

The chimney can be seen as the crown of your home. It sits atop your house, battling the elements, and a compromised chimney can lead to substantial damage to your house and surrounding areas. A simple visit from Vonderhaar’s can help ensure the safety and longevity of your chimney, saving you from potential heavy expenses in the future.

Mortar crown degradation is one of the main causes of chimney deterioration. These crowns often crack over time due to water seepage, leading to water damage and structural instability. Here at Vonderhaar’s, we offer more than just a crown replacement service. We fortify it with reinforced concrete and a specific chemical mixture to cure and harden the structure, ensuring its durability and leak prevention. Another crucial service we provide is chimney relining. The function of a chimney liner is to keep the heat and combustion gases within the chimney, thus preventing leakage into your home. If a liner was never installed or is deteriorated, it is imperative that it be replaced. Vonderhaar’s, your Cincinnati chimney repair expert, can provide a new stainless steel lining that will protect your home from potential harm.

Furthermore, we use industry-leading products like CrownSeal and ChimneySaver to provide enhanced protection. CrownSeal forms a waterproof membrane that can help repair and protect chimney crowns from water intrusion. It dries to match the appearance of concrete or mortar and offers outstanding durability, ensuring your chimney crown can withstand harsh weather and thermal stress. On the other hand, ChimneySaver is not just a sealer, it’s a high-performing water repellent. Sealers can often damage masonry, but ChimneySaver maintains vapor permeability and ensures deep penetration to protect masonry from water intrusion. This product is indispensable especially when a new liner has been installed, providing ten times the protection of typical sealers while maintaining breathability.

At Vonderhaar’s, we recognize the essential role chimneys play in our homes. They’re not just architectural elements but functional structures that contribute to our comfort and safety. That’s why we offer services that extend beyond repair and maintenance. When we build or repair a chimney, we do so with an understanding of its critical importance to your home. What makes us stand out among other Cincinnati chimney repair companies is not just our exceptional quality of work, but also our firm guarantee. We offer a 10-year limited warranty on our services, demonstrating our confidence in the quality of our work. This warranty is an assurance of our commitment to you, our valued customer, that we stand behind our work 100%.

In the world of chimney repair and maintenance, we are aware that trust is as crucial as technical proficiency. At Vonderhaar’s, we believe in earning your trust through outstanding service, superior craftsmanship, and an unwavering commitment to your satisfaction. As a family-owned business, we have developed an intimate understanding of the homes in our community, their unique needs, and the challenges they face. We use this knowledge to offer services that are tailored to meet your specific requirements, always ensuring the safety, warmth, and comfort of your home.

As we build chimneys, we also build relationships, brick by brick, job by job, ensuring every Cincinnati home has a safe and efficient chimney. So, when you think of Cincinnati Chimney Repair, think Vonderhaar’s, your local, reliable, and trusted chimney service provider. We’re not just building chimneys, we’re building trust.

Greater Cincinnati Chimney Repair services:

Tuck Pointing
Brick Replacement
Crown Replacement
Flashing Repair and Replacement
Chimney Rebuilds
Firebox Rebuilds
Cultured Stone, Brick, Block, and Stucco
Waterproofing
Chase Covers Pictures
Chimney Liner Brochure
Chimney Saver Water Repellant Brochure
Crown Seal Brochure
Custom Chimney Cap
Fire Guard Brochure
Flash Seal Brochure
Chimney Caps Brochure
Lock Top Dampe r/Top Sealing Damper Brochure

The chimney is comprised of many pieces, the most important of which is the crown. The crown can be thought of like a roof on a house. Both serve to keep water out of the infrastructure. If you don’t protect the roof, then it will leak and cause major damage to your house and surrounding areas. We will help you protect your crown and enjoy a safe experience with your chimney for the coming years. Save yourself a large expense down the road with some preventative chimney repair. Some Brick masons often top off a chimney with nothing more than basic mortar crowns which will wear down and crack over time.

Mortar is a porous substance which will enable water to seep into the cracks. When this water freezes in the winter, it will expand and crack the crown, ultimately letting water into your chimney.
Unless this problem is rectified you can expect to see a rapid decay of your entire chimney. When Vonderhaar replaces a crown, or even builds you a new chimney, we use reinforced concrete to guarantee durability and effectiveness. We also enhance the crown with a chemical mixture to cure and hardens the structure. This process ensures your crown will not leak. Not only are our chimneys waterproof, but the mortar mixture we use has an extra level of water proofing to increase the life of your chimney.

Chimney Relining: Click here for our Chimney-Pro Flex Lining System Brochure

Chimneys need relining if they have cracked tiles from a flue fire, any sort of foundation shifting, or missing mortar joints. Chimneys with liners keep gas and heat inside the chimney and help avoid combustible material leaking through your bricks and into your household. If a liner was never installed or is deteriorated, it is imperative that it be replaced. Vonderhaar, your chimney repair Cincinnati company, can fix your chimney up with stainless steel between your flue and the defects in your walls. This will do two things—increase your home’s resale value, and of course, make your home safer.

“You benefit frre efficient operation your appliances and added value to your home”

Chimney problems can cause loss of property.
Our chimney relining systems carry a lifetime warranty. Our knowledge of smoke chamber repair is unrivaled. There are several methods of repair and tools to use:

Crownseal: Click here for our CrownSeal long term solution to stop water intrusion Brochure

Flexible Waterproof Coating
Crownseal forms a waterproof membrane and is made to repair and protect chimney crowns from water leaking into them. Crownseal dries into a concrete or mortar appearance. The other big benefit to using Crownseal is its durability and long-lasting nature. Water damage is a thing of the past with Crownseal because it defends your chimney from the top down and seals the original crown (top). This will save you on extensive repairs down the road, as stopping water intrusion will prevent chimney deterioration, as seen below in the picture of the cracked crown.

Water damaged or cracked chimney crowns can lead to costly chimney repairs. Fight back with CrownSeal—the flexible crown repair formulated to withstand the severe weather and thermal stress that cause cracks. Damaged crowns allow water to deteriorate your masonry and the chimney liner. Years of water intrusion and neglect lead to extensive chimney repairs.

Water Repellent: Click here for our Chimney Water Repellent Brochure

There are approximately 40 million masonry chimneys in North America and the most common problem with these structures is water penetration. Water causes over a billion dollars in damage annually in the form of staining, loss of insulation value, freeze-thaw damage, deterioration, and ultimately structural failure.

Chimney Saver – 10 Year Limited Warranty

Another great option in combination with Crownseal is ChimneySaver. ChimneySaver is a water repellent, not a water sealer. Sealers can damage masonry, and ChimneySaver maintains vapor permeability but ensures it penetrates deep enough to protect masonry from penetration as well. No water repellent can make up for poorly-constructed structures, but ChimneySaver is necessary for when a new liner has been installed, going for up to ten times the protection of typical sealers while maintaining breathability. Not only do we water proof our chimney; we actually add in water proofing to our mixes to ensure maximum durability. Nobody takes our job as seriously as we do!

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