Fullerton Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing and cricket work in Fullerton, CA for residential and commercial properties across north Orange County. Chimneys cause more leaks on period houses than any other detail, and on a good number of them the right recommendation is not to reflash the chimney. It is to take it down. That conversation goes better when it happens before you spend money twice.
Plenty of chimneys on pre-1933 houses here are unreinforced brick, built before the design rules changed after the Long Beach earthquake. Many have since been damaged, patched at the crown, or strapped. Where the stack is leaning, the mortar joints can be raked out with a screwdriver, or the brick above the roofline is spalling, new flashing is being fastened to something that is still moving, and it will leak again.
In those cases we lay out the options with numbers rather than opinions. Reduce the stack below the roofline, then deck and roof over the opening. Or rebuild above the roofline in new brick with a proper crown, then flash it. Or reflash as it stands and accept a short service life. All three are legitimate; the first is usually cheapest and lasts longest.
Where the masonry is sound, flashing gets built the way it should have been. Step flashing woven into each shingle or tile course, never a continuous apron up the side. Counterflashing let into a raked mortar joint and sealed, never surface-mounted and caulked to the face of the brick. And on tile, a proper pan with a soldered corner rather than a folded piece of galvanized and a tube of sealant.
A cricket belongs on the upslope side of any chimney wide enough to hold water and debris behind it. On period houses that saddle is missing entirely more often than not, so leaves and pine needles pile against the brick, stay wet all winter, and rot the deck in a neat rectangle. Framing and flashing a cricket is a small job that removes a recurring one.
We also check the crown and the top of the stack while we are there, because a cracked crown lets water into the brick from above and it exits at the roofline looking exactly like a flashing failure. If the leak is coming down inside the masonry, no amount of flashing work will stop it, and we will tell you that rather than sell you the flashing.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — spaced 1x6 skip sheathing, two-piece mission barrel tile, straight 1x8 shiplap decking, self-adhered SBS modified bitumen underlayment, mortar-set hip and ridge tile, flat-lock soldered copper pans — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Fullerton and nearby communities including Brea, Placentia, La Habra, Buena Park.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing and cricket work in Fullerton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing and cricket work work in Fullerton, CA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair
- chimney cricket
- step flashing
- counterflashing
- chimney leak repair
- masonry chimney repair
- chimney reflashing
- chimney crown repair
- chimney removal below roofline
- chimney saddle
- flashing replacement
- commercial chimney flashing
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Fullerton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney flashing and cricket work
The difference between chimney flashing and cricket work that lasts and chimney flashing and cricket work that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with spaced 1x6 skip sheathing, two-piece mission barrel tile, straight 1x8 shiplap decking, self-adhered SBS modified bitumen underlayment, 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 Fullerton 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 north Orange County 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 and cricket work outside Fullerton
Fullerton Roof Pros covers Fullerton and the surrounding communities of north Orange County. 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 and Cricket Work in Brea, CA — Orange County, population 47,325
- Chimney Flashing and Cricket Work in Placentia, CA — Orange County, population 51,824
- Chimney Flashing and Cricket Work in La Habra, CA — Orange County, population 63,097
- Chimney Flashing and Cricket Work in Buena Park, CA — Orange County, population 84,034
- Chimney Flashing and Cricket Work in Yorba Linda, CA — Orange County, population 68,336
- Chimney Flashing and Cricket Work in Villa Park, CA — Orange County, population 5,843
Start on the Fullerton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Fullerton Chooses Fullerton Roof Pros
- ✓We open a plane and photograph the deck before quoting, so the number is not a guess
- ✓Roof price and re-deck price are separate lines, with a per-sheet figure written down
- ✓Period profiles matched from architectural salvage before new tile is ever specified
- ✓Open-eave houses get roof-edge intake ventilation, not soffit vents that do not exist
The standards behind chimney flashing and cricket work
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing and cricket work work we do in Fullerton 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 and cricket work project in Fullerton 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 and cricket work free estimate in Fullerton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.