Gresham Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Gresham, OR for residential and commercial properties across east Multnomah County. No part of a roof generates more leak calls than a chimney, and the cause is nearly always identical. Somebody sealed a joint instead of building one. It is the defect we photograph most often on a Gresham inspection. Caulk is not flashing.
Correct masonry chimney flashing arrives in two parts. Step pieces interleaved with the courses climbing each side, and counterflashing cut into a mortar joint above them and folded back down over the steps. The counterflashing is what protects the top edge, and it has to go into the masonry rather than onto it. Cut in, rather than stuck on, is the entire distinction.
What we normally find is one piece of aluminum surface-sealed to the brick with a bead of caulk. That holds for about three years. Then the sealant shrinks, the joint opens, water runs down behind the metal, and the stain shows up on a bedroom ceiling six feet away from the chimney. Chimney leaks almost never appear next to the chimney, which is exactly why they get misdiagnosed.
The upslope face needs a cricket on any chimney wider than roughly thirty inches. Lacking one, the upslope face becomes a dam sitting across the slope, gathering water and debris, and on this side of the metro it also collects the ice that forms during a freezing-rain night and sits there until the thaw. A cricket is sheet metal and an hour of labor, and it removes a recurring problem permanently.
Masonry matters as much as metal does. A cracked crown, spalled brick or an open joint near the top lets water into the stack itself, and it emerges lower down looking precisely like a flashing leak. The crown and the uppermost brick courses get examined closely before we quote flashing at all. Repointing a crown is masonry work and we will bring a mason rather than fake it.
If your chimney is disused, already capped, and the fireplace has not been lit in a decade, taking it down below the roofline and framing the deck over is often cheaper than restoring the masonry and flashing it properly. We will price both and let you decide with real numbers in front of you. Plenty of houses here are carrying a chimney nobody has lit since the eighties.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — ASTM D7158 wind class printed on the shingle wrapper, six-nail fastening inside the printed nail zone, starter strip with factory adhesive carried up the rake, hand-sealed first courses set in asphalt roof cement, externally baffled ridge vent with a weather filter, synthetic underlayment cap-nailed against wind lift — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Gresham and nearby communities including Troutdale, Fairview, Wood Village, Corbett.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Gresham covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Gresham, OR. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair gresham
- chimney leak repair gresham or
- counterflashing installation oregon
- step flashing repair multnomah county
- chimney cricket installation gresham
- chimney crown repair gresham or
- chimney removal below roofline oregon
- masonry chimney leak gresham
- chimney reflash gresham oregon
- chimney flashing troutdale or
- roof to chimney leak gresham
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Gresham 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 ASTM D7158 wind class printed on the shingle wrapper, six-nail fastening inside the printed nail zone, starter strip with factory adhesive carried up the rake, hand-sealed first courses set in asphalt roof cement, 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 Gresham 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 east Multnomah County 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 Gresham
Gresham Roof Pros covers Gresham and the surrounding communities of east Multnomah County. 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 Troutdale, OR — Multnomah County, population 16,300
- Chimney Flashing in Fairview, OR — Multnomah County, population 10,424
- Chimney Flashing in Wood Village, OR — Multnomah County, population 4,387
- Chimney Flashing in Corbett, OR — Multnomah County, population 3,947
- Chimney Flashing in Maywood Park, OR — Multnomah County, population 829
- Chimney Flashing in Portland, OR — Multnomah County, population 652,503
Start on the Gresham Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Gresham Chooses Gresham Roof Pros
- ✓Every inspection starts on the east elevation, because that is the side the gorge wind loads and the side most crews walk last.
- ✓The written scope names the fastening pattern - nail count, nail zone, starter strip at rakes as well as eaves - so you can hold us to it on site.
- ✓Cold-season installs get their rake and ridge courses hand-sealed instead of left to a sealant strip that will not bond until spring.
- ✓We will tell you in writing when a hail claim is not a hail claim, before you file it and put it on your loss history.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Gresham 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 Gresham 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 Gresham, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.