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Chimney Crown Rebuild in Gig Harbor, WA
Crown rebuilds for Gig Harbor's waterfront and peninsula brick chimneys. Starting at $299, free quote first.
- Serving Gig Harbor & Pierce County
- Free 2nd-opinion quotes
- Price match + 10–25% discount
Free Chimney Crown Rebuild Quote in Gig Harbor
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Crown rebuilds in Gig Harbor are mostly a waterfront and older-peninsula job. The 1990s-2010s subdivisions north of SR 16 typically have sided chases with metal covers, not crowns, so if your chimney is brick or stone you are likely in the historic village, on the older shoreline lots, or in one of the custom homes that went with a real masonry fireplace. Those crowns were often finished as a thin mortar wash, and after decades of rain they crack, lift, and let water into the top courses. We rebuild them with a formed crown that overhangs the brick, a drip kerf on the underside, a slope from the flue to the edge, and a bond break around the tile so the liner can expand. Spalled top courses get rebuilt first so the crown sits on sound brick.
A crown rebuild in Gig Harbor starts at $299. The quote is free and comes with photos of the top. If another company has told you the whole chimney needs rebuilding, our second-opinion quote is free, and we price match plus take 10-25% off. We come across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Renton, about 48 minutes, and plan crown work for a dry day. If you're not happy, we're not done.
Symptoms
Signs Gig Harbor homeowners notice
- Pieces of concrete or mortar missing from the top edge of the chimney
- Cracks wide enough to see daylight or fit a coin into
- The crown is flat or dished in the middle so water pools on it
- No overhang: the slab ends flush with the brick faces
- The top two or three courses of brick are spalling or loose
- A previous crown sealant is peeling off and the cracks underneath have reopened
Gig Harbor Conditions
Why this happens in Gig Harbor
A crown on a harbor-front chimney takes everything Sea-Tac records, 40.34 inches of rain a year with about 73% of it between October and March, plus the wind that comes with it. Water that pools on a flat or cracked crown has nowhere to go but into the brick below. With winter lows averaging around 37F, that water freezes on roughly 60 nights a year and thaws the next day, and the Brick Industry Association documents cracking and spalling as the result on saturated masonry.
Gig Harbor's masonry chimneys are typically on the older waterfront and peninsula homes rather than in the post-1990 plats, and many are on wooded lots where moss grows on the shaded side from October to April. A crown with a real overhang keeps the rain off the face of the brick, which is the single biggest thing slowing that moss and the freeze-thaw damage underneath it. The dry stretch from July, the driest month at 0.60 inches, into September is the best time to pour.
How It Works
Our chimney crown rebuild process
Remove the failed crown
We break out the old slab or mortar wash down to solid brick, protecting the flue opening so debris does not fall into the chimney.
Repair the top courses
Any loose or spalled brick in the top courses is reset or replaced so the new crown sits on sound masonry.
Form with overhang and slope
We build a form that projects past the brick faces on all sides and slopes the surface away from the flue so water runs off instead of sitting.
Pour and finish
The crown is poured in a single placement with a bond break around the flue tile so heat expansion does not crack it, and a drip edge is formed on the underside of the overhang.
Cure and seal
Once cured, we apply a breathable water repellent and, where useful, a flexible sealant at the flue joint. A new cap goes on if the old one is damaged.
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Chimney Crown Rebuild in Gig Harbor — FAQ
Our Gig Harbor chimney is stone, not brick. Can you still rebuild the crown?
Yes. The crown on a stone chimney is formed the same way, with an overhang and slope, but the top course of stone often needs to be leveled or repointed first so the form has a flat base. We photograph the top during the free quote so you can see the condition, and we quote the crown and any stone repointing as separate lines.
If we are already rebuilding the crown, should we add a cap?
Almost always. The crown protects the brick; the cap protects the flue opening from rain, wind and animals, and on the peninsula a stainless cap also keeps needles and leaves out. Doing both while the crew is on the roof saves a second trip across the Narrows. The quote shows the crown and cap separately so you can choose.
How soon can you do chimney crown rebuild in Gig Harbor?
We confirm a time by phone or text after you request a quote; same-day service is often available for urgent problems in Gig Harbor and the rest of Pierce County.
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