Saginaw Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Saginaw, MI for residential and commercial properties across the Saginaw Valley. Chimneys leak more often than roofs do, and in a city with this much unused masonry the chimney is frequently the whole reason someone calls us. It is worth knowing why before you pay anybody to work on one.
A flue that no longer carries anything is a colder chimney than one that does, and cold masonry in Michigan is masonry that stays wet. Nothing is drying it from inside, so water sits in the brick and the crown through the freeze thaw cycles and works them apart from the top down. That is why the chimneys giving trouble here are so often the ones nobody has used in twenty years rather than the ones in service.
The flashing has two parts and the failure is nearly always in the second. Step flashing goes in woven course by course as the roof is laid, and it is usually fine. Counterflashing laps over it and belongs cut into a mortar joint, not surface mounted and sealed. What we find instead, over and over, is a bead of roofing cement smeared along the brick, a repair with a life of about three winters.
So our repair is a reglet. A groove goes into the mortar joint, the counterflashing sets into that groove, and it is wedged and sealed, and the water then has to travel uphill to get in. On a wide chimney we also frame a cricket on the uphill side, because a flat chimney back on a Michigan roof holds snow against the masonry for months and that is a leak waiting on a thaw.
Where the masonry itself is failing we say so and stay in our lane. Spalled brick, a cracked crown or open joints are a mason's work, and flashing a chimney that is coming apart above the roof line is money spent in the wrong order. We will do the flashing after the masonry, and we are happy to say who we would call. Flashing into a joint about to be repointed is wasted work.
There is also a decision worth raising on a house being brought back into use. If the chimney serves nothing, the furnace vents through a sidewall and the water heater is electric or direct vent, dropping the stack below the roof plane and framing the deck across it is often cheaper than repair, and it removes the leak permanently. Plenty of owners have never been offered that option and are pleased to hear it exists.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a moisture reading taken on the sheathing before the furnace is relit, cold deck rot advanced through consecutive unheated winters, eave ice barrier laid for a winter the house has not yet had, baffled soffit intake opened during tear off rather than after a leak, the higher thermal factor a code assigns an unheated roof, hand sealed tabs on a roof laid too late in the season to bond — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Saginaw and nearby communities including Bay City, Midland, Frankenmuth, Bridgeport.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Saginaw covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Saginaw, MI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair Saginaw MI
- chimney leak roof Saginaw Michigan
- counterflashing reglet Michigan
- chimney cricket saddle Saginaw County
- step flashing chimney Saginaw MI
- chimney crown repair Michigan
- unused chimney roof Saginaw
- chimney tuckpointing Saginaw MI
- chimney flashing cost Saginaw Michigan
- roof chimney leak repair Saginaw
- chimney removal below roof line Michigan
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Saginaw 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 moisture reading taken on the sheathing before the furnace is relit, cold deck rot advanced through consecutive unheated winters, eave ice barrier laid for a winter the house has not yet had, baffled soffit intake opened during tear off rather than after a leak, 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw Valley 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 Saginaw
Saginaw Roof Pros covers Saginaw and the surrounding communities of the Saginaw Valley. 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 Bay City, MI — Bay County, population 32,661
- Chimney Flashing in Midland, MI — Midland County, population 42,547
- Chimney Flashing in Frankenmuth, MI — Saginaw County, population 4,987
- Chimney Flashing in Bridgeport, MI — Saginaw County, population 6,571
- Chimney Flashing in Shields, MI — Saginaw County, population 7,035
- Chimney Flashing in Freeland, MI — Saginaw County, population 7,630
Start on the Saginaw Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Saginaw Chooses Saginaw Roof Pros
- ✓We read the deck from underneath before quoting, because on a house that has stood cold the sheathing, not the shingle, is what decides the price you pay.
- ✓Ventilation and ceiling plane air sealing get done during the reroof, not deferred, since the first winter with the heat on is the winter the assembly is finally tested.
- ✓We will tell you to wait until spring when your roof is holding, rather than sell you a late season tear off that cannot bond its sealant strip on an unheated house.
- ✓Porch and addition planes get measured and priced separately, because on pre 1950 Saginaw housing they are shallower than the main roof and frequently carry a covering the slope does not allow.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.