How much does it cost to replace a rusted chimney chase cover?
Brevard gets more than eighty inches of rain a year, and that relentless moisture is why chase covers here rust faster than almost anywhere we serve. The replacement pan is custom sheet metal — priced by its footprint, flue openings, and how steep your roof is, not by rainfall — but the rain is the reason we push stainless hard in Transylvania County.
Rainfall country is hard on flat metal
A chase cover is a flat pan sitting in the weather, and Brevard's eighty-plus inches keep it wet for days at a time, especially through the March-to-June wet season. The same moisture that cracks crowns and spalls brick around here pools on a galvanized cover, defeats the coating, and streaks rust down the chase. Downtown homes and the cabins out toward Connestee Falls and Sherwood Forest all fight it. Once the pan rusts through, water is heading straight into the framed chase.
What sets the price
We build the cover to your chase — footprint, skirt depth, the flue and vent collars we cut and seal, and a cross-break so water runs off instead of standing. Given the rainfall, stainless is the material that actually lasts here; galvanized just buys you the same rust on a delay. A steep or complex roofline adds a bit of access time. It's a modest job next to real chimney repair.
Schedule it for a dry stretch
Brevard is about forty minutes southwest of our Asheville showroom, and roof work goes best in one of your drier windows. If the rusted cover has already soaked framing or the firebox, we'll give you a straight repair-versus-replace read. A gas prefab unit replacement is permitted with Transylvania County. Call (828) 545-0525 and we'll come take a look.
Fireplace help in Brevard
We install and service fireplaces throughout Brevard and the rest of Transylvania County — just 40 minutes southwest from our Asheville-area showroom.
Related questions
- How much does it cost to replace an old builder-grade prefab (zero-clearance) fireplace with a new unit?
- How much does a chimney cap cost installed?
- How much does chimney repair cost before an insert can be installed?
- How much does a chimney inspection cost, and what do the different levels cost?
- Does homeowners insurance cover chimney or fireplace damage?