Chimney Rebuilding and Restoration in Colorado Springs

There's a version of chimney deterioration that repair addresses, and there's a version that has moved past that point. The difference usually comes down to how far the damage has progressed into the structure and how much of the chimney is affected. When mortar failure is isolated to a section of joints above the roofline, repointing fixes it. When the mortar is gone throughout, bricks have been spalling for years, the crown has failed and been patched multiple times, and water has been getting into the structure long enough to affect the masonry below the roofline, what you have is a chimney that needs to come down and be rebuilt.

Colorado Springs chimneys deteriorate in specific ways. The UV exposure at six thousand feet breaks down masonry sealants and surface mortar faster than it does at lower elevation. The Chinook temperature swings stress joints through thermal expansion and contraction on a cycle that compounds the freeze-thaw damage from winter moisture. Chimneys on the south and west faces of older homes in Manitou Springs and Old Colorado City that get full afternoon sun combined with the wind exposure of the Front Range location can deteriorate faster than their age would suggest.

A chimney rebuild typically addresses the above-roofline section, where the exposure is greatest and the deterioration most advanced. We remove the damaged masonry down to where structurally sound brick begins, assess and address any liner issues before the new masonry goes up, and rebuild with brick selected to match the existing structure. The new crown gets sloped correctly for drainage, and the cap gets fitted to the flue dimensions. The result is a chimney that's structurally sound, weatherproofed correctly, and looks like it belongs on the house.

Chimney restoration on historic properties in Manitou Springs and Old Colorado City involves additional care around material matching. The brick color, texture, and size in chimneys built in the early twentieth century isn't always available off the shelf. The mortar composition needs to match the original so the repair doesn't cause new damage by being harder than the surrounding brick. We take the extra steps that restoration work requires when the chimney is a visible part of a historic structure.

Call us to assess a deteriorated chimney in Colorado Springs and find out what rebuilding would involve.



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