Richmond Hill conditions that change how chimney cap installation is done
Homeowners in Richmond Hill tend to call us at one of two moments: the week before guests arrive, or the week after something started smelling wrong.
Many Richmond Hill properties were re-roofed at least once without the flashing being re-detailed, leaving a cosmetic seal doing structural work.
Wind loading off Lake Ontario pushes driving rain against the south and west faces of a house, which is why water entry so often shows up on one side of a Richmond Hill home and nowhere else.
Across Rouge Fairways Rh, Langstaff, Rouge Woods, Oak Ridges and Bayview Hill, the housing stock changes street by street, and the correct method changes with it. A century home with a soft-brick stack does not get the same treatment as a 2010 build with a factory-built vent — using one method on both is how systems get damaged.
the practical takeaway is that a chimney cap installation visit should start with an assessment, not a tool. Any crew that begins work before telling you what they found is guessing on your behalf.