Chimney Cap Repair

A couple of weekends back, I noticed that the stone at the top of the chimney inside the house was wet. The fading hurricanes had passed through and put in so much rain – I wasn’t surprised to see moisture. But with all the roof work last year, of course we were concerned.



So we called our friend Jesse, the official general contractor for the Hawksbill Cabin, and asked him to take a look…above there’s a “before” picture of the chimney cap, taken last Spring. Jesse found some cracks in the masonry, and of course the futile repair jobs of shingles and corrugated roofing.




He removed all of that stuff and did a little mortar patch with some leftover concrete from the pool job. He also painted the top of the chimney. In the “after” pictures – all is much better.
There are more small projects to come this Fall, I’ll be posting on them soon.