Appleton Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Appleton, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Fox Cities. A very large share of the chimneys we flash in this city no longer do anything. High-efficiency furnaces and water heaters vent out a sidewall, and the brick stack they replaced stays where it is, still penetrating the roof and still leaking.
That changes the recommendation. Reflashing a working chimney properly is worth doing and we do plenty of it. Reflashing a stack that vents nothing, on a roof that is coming off anyway, is money spent to maintain a permanent hole in your house. Taking it down below the roofline, framing the opening and sheathing it over usually costs less and removes the problem for good.
We will not make that call for you and it is not always the right one. The stack may be a genuine architectural feature on a street where that matters, it may be shared, the fireplace below it may still be used, and taking it down means work inside as well as out. What we do is price both options side by side so the decision is yours with the numbers visible.
Where a chimney stays, the flashing is metal and only metal. Step flashing woven into every shingle course, apron metal across the front, a cricket behind any stack wider than roughly thirty inches so water splits around it rather than piling against it, and two-piece counterflashing let into a joint cut in the masonry and sealed. No surface-mounted trim strip caulked to brick. Crickets get framed and sheathed rather than folded out of flat stock.
The masonry itself gets looked at while we are there. A cracked crown, open joints in the last few courses and a missing cap all put water into the stack from the top, and the ceiling stain that follows gets blamed on the flashing every time. If that is what we find, we say so, because new flashing will not fix water arriving from above it.
Position complicates things on the older stock. Chimneys on these houses frequently land right at the point where the main roof meets the ell, which means the chimney flashing and the roof-to-wall transition are the same detail and have to be built as one piece. Treated as two separate repairs by two separate visits, that corner leaks indefinitely. We build it as one detail and we photograph it before the covering goes back over.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a pitch reading taken at every plane with a two-foot level, flat-lock metal pans soldered across a porch field, a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet lapped onto a porch deck, apron flashing carried up behind the wall course above the roof, kick-out diverters at the low end of every roof-to-wall run, tapered sleepers built up to give a dead-flat ell some fall — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Appleton and nearby communities including Grand Chute, Greenville, Harrison, Shawano.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Appleton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Appleton, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- chimney leak appleton wi
- step and counter flashing wisconsin
- chimney cricket saddle appleton
- abandoned chimney removal roof
- unused chimney below roofline
- masonry chimney reglet flashing
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- chimney crown repair appleton
- chimney flashing replacement wisconsin
- orphaned chimney roof
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Appleton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney flashing
The difference between chimney flashing that lasts and chimney flashing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a pitch reading taken at every plane with a two-foot level, flat-lock metal pans soldered across a porch field, a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet lapped onto a porch deck, apron flashing carried up behind the wall course above the roof, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Appleton job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Fox Cities means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do chimney flashing outside Appleton
Appleton Roof Pros covers Appleton and the surrounding communities of the Fox Cities. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Chimney Flashing in Grand Chute, WI — Outagamie County, population 23,831
- Chimney Flashing in Greenville, WI — Outagamie County, population 12,687
- Chimney Flashing in Harrison, WI — Calumet County, population 12,418
- Chimney Flashing in Shawano, WI — Shawano County, population 9,243
- Chimney Flashing in New London, WI — Waupaca County, population 7,348
- Chimney Flashing in Buchanan, WI — Outagamie County, population 6,857
Start on the Appleton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Appleton Chooses Appleton Roof Pros
- ✓We put a level on every roof section and write the pitch on the estimate, because the number below 2:12 is what decides whether a shingle is even permitted up there.
- ✓The front porch, the kitchen ell and the back stoop get their own line, their own material and their own price. One figure for the whole address hides the part that is actually failing.
- ✓Where a shallow roof meets a wall we lift a course of siding and put the flashing behind it. Metal slipped under the existing course and caulked along the top edge is the most common defect we find on the pre-1940 blocks.
- ✓We tell owners the main field has years left in it. Quite often the appendage needs doing now and the field does not, and writing that down costs us the bigger sale on purpose.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Appleton follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every chimney flashing project in Appleton gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free chimney flashing free estimate in Appleton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.