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SW Portland Stone Chimney Repair

This stone chimney’s mortar joints had fragmentation and surface saturation decay due to water absorption and freezing. When temperatures go below freezing, saturated masonry expands and contracts, resulting in cracking and further water intrusion. In order to be properly repaired, this chimney should be tuck-pointed.  This chimney cap was not sufficient for the size of...

NE Portland Historic Restoration

This beautiful 1907 historic home in northeast Portland’s chimney is cracked, loose and crumbling due to extensive saturation decay to the brick masonry cells. During saturation, this chimney has gone through extensive expansion and contraction during freezing temperatures.  We’re bringing this chimney down to the roofline, and rebuilding from there, while performing a tuck point...

NE Portland Chimney Repair

After inspecting this NE Portland chimney we found that this chimney does not have a proper cap,  this flashing is bent, rusted and/or installed incorrectly and causing a leak into the home, this smoke chamber is missing the refractory cement, and there is no chimney liner. All of these items will be replaced or repaired...

Blackwood Cabin Update

We get excited about custom projects, and the Blackwood Cabin is just that. This project includes all labor and materials to construct a new masonry Rumford style fireplace and chimney. Pour a new concrete footing, build a new chimney foundation out of concrete block, build a new Rumford firebox with black fire brick and black...

Comcast Phone Trouble

As of 9am on 6/6/18 our Comcast based office lines are down. We’ve been informed of a nationwide problem with Comcast phones today and have assurances that everything will be up and running in under 24hrs. Please contact us via email today! PortlandFireplaceandChimney@gmail.com We apologize for the inconvenience.    

Chimney Caps – PFC

Miriam Webster will tell you that a chimney cap is a device fitted to the top of a chimney to improve the draft by presenting an exit aperture to the leeward. But what does that mean? A chimney cap is your first line of defense. Chimney caps are one of the most important components of your fireplace...

Why water seal your chimney?

90% of the repairs we provide our customers is repair to chimneys above the roofline. A chimney in the PNW gets hit so hard with rain, the chimneys become saturated, then if temperatures drop below freezing, the bricks and mortar of your chimney expand and contract. This causes chimneys to crack at the crowns, around...

Chimney removal and stucco patch, NE Portland

This NE Portland chimney was cracked and broken, and in dire need of a rebuild. This being a rental property, the homeowner opted to remove the chimney, and patch the stucco siding to match for a clean finish.  Here we see the chimney before demo.       Upon demo, we discovered a gas burning...