What makes chimney crown replacement in Caledon its own problem
The honest summary of chimney crown replacement in Caledon is that the work is simple and the diagnosis is not.
Air-sealing and window upgrades have made Caledon homes far tighter than they were designed to be, and a tight house starves a natural-draft appliance of the make-up air it needs.
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 Caledon home and nowhere else.
Across Bolton, Caledon East, Caledon Village, Alton and Inglewood, 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 crown replacement 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.