How much does it cost to replace a rusted chimney chase cover?
Around Mars Hill, chase covers split between two worlds — university-area rentals where maintenance slides, and rural Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek homes on propane or wood. Either way the rusted pan is custom sheet metal, priced by footprint, flue openings, and roof pitch. This is one of the colder spots we serve, and cold winters finish off thin galvanized quickly.
Rentals defer, rural runs propane
The rentals near Mars Hill University turn over on an academic calendar, and a chase cover streaking rust rarely makes the repair list until it's bad — by then water may already be in the chase. Out in the Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek valleys, homes lean on propane and wood, and their prefab fireplaces carry the same thin galvanized pan up top. Cold sets in early here, so a compromised cover heading into winter is worth handling before you're depending on the fireplace.
What we price
The cover is fabricated to your chase: footprint, apron depth down the sides, the flue and vent collars we seal, and a cross-break so water drains rather than ponds. We recommend stainless over another galvanized pan — the rusted one you have is the argument. Steep rural rooflines add access time. On a propane unit, connecting the fuel is licensed work, our lane and no one else's, so we can check the appliance while we're up there.
Thirty minutes north
Mars Hill is about half an hour north of our Asheville showroom. If the firebox below has taken on water, you'll get an honest assessment instead of a patch on a lost cause. When a gas unit is replaced, we permit and pressure-test the connection with your county. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Mars Hill
We install and service fireplaces throughout Mars Hill and the rest of Madison County — just 30 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.
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