Champaign Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Champaign, IL for residential and commercial properties across east central Illinois. On flat ground a chimney is frequently the tallest thing for a considerable distance, which means it takes the wind first and unbroken. It is also the single most common source of a leak we get called about in Champaign.
Surface-mounted counterflashing is the usual culprit. A strip of metal caulked to the brick face looks correct on the day and depends entirely on that bead of sealant. Sunlight, freeze cycles and the constant small movement of a masonry stack in wind pull it open within a few years, and then every rain runs behind the metal and down inside the chase. A chimney leak also tends to surface well away from the stack.
We cut a reglet. A saw kerf into the mortar joint, the counterflashing turned into it, wedged and then sealed, so the metal is mechanically held by the masonry rather than glued to it. Underneath it goes proper step flashing, a piece to every shingle course, woven in instead of one bent length of aluminum running the whole side. Because the stain shows up nowhere near the chimney, people look in the wrong room for months.
Any chimney wider than about thirty inches on the up-slope side gets a cricket. Without one, the flat back of the stack is a dam that holds snow and debris against the brick all winter, and the mortar joints take that water in and freeze. A framed and metal-clad saddle sheds it sideways and costs far less than repointing a face. We frame the cricket rather than forming it from bent metal, which sags over a wide stack.
The crown is a separate item and it is worth checking while we are up there. A thin mortar wash across the top of a stack cracks, and once it does the water goes into the brick from above no matter how good the flashing is. A proper cast crown with an overhang and a drip edge is a half-day and it stops the whole cycle.
Here is the recommendation people are surprised by. If the chimney is dead, no working fireplace, no appliance vented into it, then cutting it down below the roof deck and framing over the hole is often cheaper than the flashing and masonry it will need over the next fifteen years. We will price both and let you choose, and either way we will show you the mortar and let you look at it yourself.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — open-terrain wind exposure with no upwind roughness, starter course carried up the rakes as well as the eaves, drip edge with a hemmed leg over a continuous cleat, six fasteners in the common bond on every slope, underlayment cap fasteners in place of staples, polymer-modified shingle mats that stay flexible in February — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Champaign and nearby communities including Rantoul, Mahomet, Savoy, Danville.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Champaign covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Champaign, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair
- step flashing replacement
- counterflashing reglet
- chimney crown repair
- chimney leak repair
- cricket installation
- chimney saddle
- masonry chimney flashing
- chimney flashing cost
- chimney tuckpointing
- chimney removal
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Champaign 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 open-terrain wind exposure with no upwind roughness, starter course carried up the rakes as well as the eaves, drip edge with a hemmed leg over a continuous cleat, six fasteners in the common bond on every slope, 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 Champaign 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 east central Illinois 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 Champaign
Champaign Roof Pros covers Champaign and the surrounding communities of east central Illinois. 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 Rantoul, IL — Champaign County, population 12,371
- Chimney Flashing in Mahomet, IL — Champaign County, population 9,434
- Chimney Flashing in Savoy, IL — Champaign County, population 8,857
- Chimney Flashing in Danville, IL — Vermilion County, population 29,204
- Chimney Flashing in Charleston, IL — Coles County, population 17,286
- Chimney Flashing in Mattoon, IL — Coles County, population 16,870
Start on the Champaign Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Champaign Chooses Champaign Roof Pros
- ✓Perimeter before product: rake starter, hemmed edge metal and fastener spacing are line items on the bid, not assumptions buried in a square price
- ✓One fastening pattern on all four slopes, because on ground this open there is no sheltered side to quote down and anyone who prices one is guessing
- ✓Condition inspections booked for the cool half of the year, with the temperature recorded, because a seal test in July passes roofs that fail in March
- ✓We argue against the easy upsells here: impact-rated shingles ahead of fastening, coatings over asphalt, gutter guards in a subdivision with no canopy, and new tile in a freeze-thaw market
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Champaign 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 Champaign 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 Champaign, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.