Racine Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Racine, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore. A chimney leak in Racine is often not a flashing leak at all. Old brick absorbs water. In a climate where masonry rarely gets a full dry spell, a saturated chimney will wet the ceiling below it no matter how good the flashing above the shingles happens to be.
So we work from the top down. Crown first, because a cracked concrete wash sends water straight into the core of the stack. Then the cap, then the mortar joints, then the brick face itself. Only after all of that do we look at where the chimney actually meets the roof plane. It takes longer and it finds the cause more often, which is the trade we would rather make.
That order is the reverse of how most chimney leaks get quoted, and it is why plenty of homeowners here have paid for flashing twice. New step flashing on a stack that is drinking through its crown changes nothing at all, and a year later everybody involved is frustrated. We have been the second contractor on that job often enough to start leading with the crown, and homeowners are usually relieved to hear a different question asked.
When the flashing genuinely is at fault, the repair is metal, not sealant. New step pieces interleaved with each shingle course along both sides. A pan across the low side. A saddle behind anything wider than roughly thirty inches, so water splits around the stack instead of pooling behind it. Counterflashing in two pieces, cut into a ground-out mortar joint. Nothing depends on caulk sticking to brick.
On crowns we cast a new one with an overhang and a drip kerf rather than smearing fresh mortar over the old one. On the stack itself a breathable siloxane repellent is worth applying and a film-forming sealer is not. A film traps the water already inside the brick and spalls the face off within a few winters. There is one more option worth raising because people rarely hear it offered.
If the chimney serves nothing anymore, taking it down below the roof line and decking over the opening removes the leak, the maintenance and the flashing forever. It usually costs less than a rebuild. We will price both and let you choose, and we will not pretend the removal option does not exist just because the rebuild pays better. If the flue is still in service, that option is off the table and we say so immediately.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — hand-sealed shingle tabs set in spots of asphalt roof cement, pin-type moisture readings logged on the deck bay by bay, 1x6 plank sheathing laid with open gaps between boards, core cuts taken through a low-slope assembly to check the insulation, an above-sheathing airspace on a batten and counter-batten grid, two-piece counterflashing set into a ground-out mortar reglet — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Racine and nearby communities including Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Racine covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Racine, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Racine services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney flashing
The difference between chimney flashing that lasts and chimney flashing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with hand-sealed shingle tabs set in spots of asphalt roof cement, pin-type moisture readings logged on the deck bay by bay, 1x6 plank sheathing laid with open gaps between boards, core cuts taken through a low-slope assembly to check the insulation, 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 Racine 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 the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore 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 flashing outside Racine
Racine Roof Pros covers Racine and the surrounding communities of the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore. 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 Flashing in Mount Pleasant, WI — Racine County, population 27,732
- Chimney Flashing in Caledonia, WI — Racine County, population 25,361
- Chimney Flashing in Kenosha, WI — Kenosha County, population 99,986
- Chimney Flashing in Pleasant Prairie, WI — Kenosha County, population 21,250
- Chimney Flashing in Burlington, WI — Racine County, population 11,047
- Chimney Flashing in Somers, WI — Kenosha County, population 8,402
Start on the Racine Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Racine Chooses Racine Roof Pros
- ✓We take a moisture reading on the north slope before we quote, because the March number is the one that tells you what the deck has actually been living with
- ✓Any tear-off we install before the middle of May gets its field tabs hand-sealed, because a lakefront spring does not deliver the surface temperature a factory sealant strip needs
- ✓Every coating and sealant proposal carries a written dew point limit and substrate moisture limit, and we reschedule rather than spray when the numbers are wrong
- ✓No recover over an existing low-slope roof without a core cut first, and we hand you the core rather than describing it
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Racine 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 flashing project in Racine 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 flashing free estimate in Racine, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.