Decatur Roof Pros provides professional chimney and flashing in Decatur, IL for residential and commercial properties across Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley. If a recover fails early in Decatur, the flashing is usually why. The field of a nested roof is quite forgiving. Every point where the roof meets something vertical is not, because the plane it meets has just moved.
Think about what happens at a chimney. The old step flashing is woven into the old courses at the old height. Lay a second covering and the shingle surface rises, so the vertical leg of that step flashing is now shorter relative to the roof than it was designed to be, and the counterflashing that used to overlap it sits too low to do its job properly. Nothing about the chimney changed, only the roof around it.
The shortcut is to run a bead of sealant along the joint and move on. It works for two or three seasons, then the sealant fails where it always fails, and by then water has been getting into the masonry and the deck for a while. We have taken off recovers that were sound across the whole field and rotten in a three foot square beside the chimney. The field was sound and the corner was gone.
Done correctly, new step flashing is woven in course by course alongside the new shingles, and the counterflashing is cut back and reset into a sawn reglet at the correct height in two pieces, so a future repair does not mean cutting the brick again. On a chimney more than about thirty inches wide, a framed saddle behind it moves water around instead of holding it against the masonry.
The same logic runs along every wall termination, at the pipe boots and at the kickouts. A pipe boot is a rubber component that wears out well before the roof around it does, and on a recover it must be a new one at the new height, not the old one with the collar stretched over another layer of shingle. Reusing a stretched boot is a leak with a date already on it.
This is the part of the estimate people ask us to trim, and it is the part we will not. If the flashing budget is the reason a recover does not work financially, then the recover does not work, and we would rather show you that plainly than take the job and detail it in caulk. Flashing is where the money should go on a re-cover, ahead of any shingle upgrade.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — layer count established by lifting a tab at the rake and again at an eave, nesting a new course into the butt line of the covering below it, fasteners long enough to reach three quarters of an inch into the deck, bridging across a first layer instead of nesting into its exposure, beveled feathering strips nailed down to flatten a raised course, board sheathing overlaid with panel stock once the coverings come off — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Decatur and nearby communities including Mount Zion, Forsyth, Argenta, Maroa.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney and flashing in Decatur covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney and flashing work in Decatur, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair Decatur
- roof flashing replacement
- step flashing
- counterflashing reglet
- chimney leak repair
- roof to wall flashing
- kickout flashing
- chimney cricket saddle
- flashing on a roof recover
- masonry chimney repair
- pipe boot replacement
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Decatur services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney and flashing
The difference between chimney and flashing that lasts and chimney and flashing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with layer count established by lifting a tab at the rake and again at an eave, nesting a new course into the butt line of the covering below it, fasteners long enough to reach three quarters of an inch into the deck, bridging across a first layer instead of nesting into its exposure, 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 Decatur 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 Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley 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 and flashing outside Decatur
Decatur Roof Pros covers Decatur and the surrounding communities of Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley. 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 and Flashing in Mount Zion, IL — Macon County, population 6,019
- Chimney and Flashing in Forsyth, IL — Macon County, population 3,734
- Chimney and Flashing in Argenta, IL — Macon County, population 913
- Chimney and Flashing in Maroa, IL — Macon County, population 1,577
- Chimney and Flashing in Warrensburg, IL — Macon County, population 1,110
- Chimney and Flashing in Blue Mound, IL — Macon County, population 1,133
Start on the Decatur Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Decatur Chooses Decatur Roof Pros
- ✓We count the coverings on your roof before we price it, at a rake and again at an eave, and the number goes on the estimate. Nobody can quote a Decatur roof honestly without it, and most bids you will collect never mention yours at all.
- ✓At two applications we stop offering choices. The residential code the city adopted forbids a third, so there is one lawful job and one price, and we show you the doubled courses we found rather than asking you to take our word for it.
- ✓At one application we will quote the nail-over, which a lot of companies in this market refuse to put on paper because it is the smaller sale and the harder thing to be proud of.
- ✓Fastener length is a written line rather than a shop habit. A shingle going over an existing covering needs a longer nail to reach wood, and short nails on a re-cover are the failure we pull off houses here more than any other.
The standards behind chimney and flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney and flashing work we do in Decatur 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 and flashing project in Decatur 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 and flashing free estimate in Decatur, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.