Hickory Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Hickory, NC for residential and commercial properties across Catawba County and the Unifour. Chimneys and walls are the same problem wearing different clothes: a vertical masonry surface interrupting a slope, with water arriving at it from above. On the brick-veneer stock around Hickory this is the single most common leak we are called out for.
A correct assembly has four parts and most of the ones we open have two. Step flashing woven into each shingle course. Counterflashing let into the masonry and returned over the step. A cricket above any chimney wider than about thirty inches. A kickout at the bottom of the run. Sealant is not one of the four. Where a chimney is glued to its shingles with roof cement, that cement records an earlier repair.
Counterflashing has to go into the wall, not onto it. We cut a reglet into a mortar joint, insert the flashing, wedge it and repoint. Surface-mounted counterflashing caulked to brick face is the most common shortcut in this valley and it has a working life about equal to the sealant, which is a few years in full sun. Ask a bidder how they intend to attach counterflashing. The answer sorts them quickly.
Crickets get built rather than bought. A saddle framed behind the chimney, decked, membraned and flashed into the roof splits the flow to either side. Without one, the entire upslope catchment piles against the back of the masonry, and on a house where an upper plane also drains toward that chimney the volume is far beyond what a mortar joint can turn away.
The kickout is small, cheap and almost universally absent. Where a slope terminates against a wall, the final piece of step flashing must turn outward and throw its water into the gutter. Without it, every storm sends a percentage of the runoff down inside the wall cavity onto the band joist. We have opened walls under missing kickouts on ten-year-old houses and found rot you could put a hand through.
One honest limit on our scope. We flash chimneys, we do not reline or rebuild them. If the crown is cracked, the brick is spalling or the flue is a question, that is a mason's job and a sweep's inspection, and a perfect flashing on a failing chimney will not keep your ceiling dry. We would rather hand you two phone numbers than take the flashing money and let you find that out in December.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — kickout diverters soldered rather than caulked at the wall termination, self-adhered membrane run across the full receiving plane, headwall flashing tucked behind the wall covering on a two-story elevation, three by four downspout outlets set at the low end of the lower run, a doubled starter band laid in the impact strip below an upper eave, 26-gauge painted W-valley metal beneath an open valley cut — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Hickory and nearby communities including Newton, Conover, Long View, St. Stephens.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Hickory covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Hickory, NC. 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 Hickory 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 kickout diverters soldered rather than caulked at the wall termination, self-adhered membrane run across the full receiving plane, headwall flashing tucked behind the wall covering on a two-story elevation, three by four downspout outlets set at the low end of the lower run, 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 Hickory 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 Catawba County and the Unifour 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 Hickory
Hickory Roof Pros covers Hickory and the surrounding communities of Catawba County and the Unifour. 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 Newton, NC — Catawba County, population 13,148
- Chimney Flashing in Conover, NC — Catawba County, population 8,421
- Chimney Flashing in Long View, NC — Catawba County, population 5,088
- Chimney Flashing in St. Stephens, NC — Catawba County, population 8,852
- Chimney Flashing in Mountain View, NC — Catawba County, population 3,590
- Chimney Flashing in Claremont, NC — Catawba County, population 1,692
Start on the Hickory Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Hickory Chooses Hickory Roof Pros
- ✓We grade planes, not roofs. A stacked Hickory house gets a separate condition note for each slope, and you keep that sheet whether or not you hire us.
- ✓Receiving planes get a membrane across the full field rather than the customary three-foot eave strip, because the water landing there does not stop three feet up.
- ✓Kickout diverters go on every roof-to-wall termination we build. They cost very little and they are missing from most of the brick-veneer stock in this county.
- ✓We will quote a partial replacement when the lower roof is finished and the field is not, and we will tell you plainly what the color mismatch will look like.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Hickory 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 Hickory 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 Hickory, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.