Orland Park Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Orland Park, IL for residential and commercial properties across the Cook County southwest suburbs. Chimneys produce more leak calls here than any other single feature, and a fair share of the flashing we are asked to replace was never the problem. Picking the wrong component to blame is the costly part of this trade and the easy part of selling it.
Water reaches a ceiling from three places around a chimney and each needs different trades. One is the flashing where the stack meets the slope. Another is the crown, the mortar wash across the top, which cracks and then feeds water into the brickwork to freeze and break it apart from within. The third is the flue itself, often an old clay liner handling condensate from a furnace it was never built for.
We look at all three before quoting anything, and when the crown or the liner is at fault we tell you the flashing is sound and that what you need is a mason or a chimney specialist. Fit new flashing to cure a failed crown and the leak returns with the next storm, with your name attached to it, quite fairly.
An open flue is also an open cavity, which is why this page belongs on this site. Chimney swifts nest in unlined and uncapped masonry flues, and they are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. If we find an active nest we will not remove it and we will not cap over it. We come back once the birds have gone, and we say so before you have paid anyone.
When flashing genuinely is at fault the method is not negotiable. Each course gets its own piece of step flashing, the counter flashing drops into a groove sawn through a mortar bed, and anything wider than thirty inches across the slope gets a saddle framed behind it so water splits and leaves rather than gathering. A saddle also clears the debris pile behind a wide chimney, which is where these roofs start rotting.
That groove is the step most contractors leave out. Cutting it is slow, dusty work needing a proper blade, while bedding the metal flat against the brick in sealant photographs exactly the same. It then fails predictably across Illinois winters, buried under a roof somebody else installed. A leak that only appears in driving rain from one direction is nearly always flashing. One that appears in every rain is usually the crown.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — rigid externally baffled ridge vent fastened at the tightened published schedule, quarter-inch galvanized hardware cloth set behind the vented soffit run, aluminum soffit panels screwed to solid sub-fascia instead of snapped into J-channel, boxed gable returns closed with a sealed cornice block at the rake terminus, stainless chimney cap with a screened surround sized to the flue opening, cast lead pipe collars in place of molded rubber vent boots — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Orland Park and nearby communities including Tinley Park, Orland Hills, Homer Glen, Palos Heights.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Orland Park covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Orland Park, IL. 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 Orland Park 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 rigid externally baffled ridge vent fastened at the tightened published schedule, quarter-inch galvanized hardware cloth set behind the vented soffit run, aluminum soffit panels screwed to solid sub-fascia instead of snapped into J-channel, boxed gable returns closed with a sealed cornice block at the rake terminus, 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 Orland Park 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 Cook County southwest suburbs 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 Orland Park
Orland Park Roof Pros covers Orland Park and the surrounding communities of the Cook County southwest suburbs. 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 Tinley Park, IL — Cook County, population 55,971
- Chimney Flashing in Orland Hills, IL — Cook County, population 6,893
- Chimney Flashing in Homer Glen, IL — Will County, population 24,543
- Chimney Flashing in Palos Heights, IL — Cook County, population 12,068
- Chimney Flashing in Palos Park, IL — Cook County, population 4,899
- Chimney Flashing in Palos Hills, IL — Cook County, population 18,530
Start on the Orland Park Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Orland Park Chooses Orland Park Roof Pros
- ✓We price the perimeter as its own section of the bid, because on an Orland Park house the ridge, soffit, rake and gable return are where the roof actually fails first.
- ✓Ridge vent is specified by type and fastener spacing rather than by the foot, and we will explain in writing why we do not put soft rolled matting on houses this close to the preserve.
- ✓Every inspection includes an occupancy check, and if something is living up there the wildlife operator goes first and we take the delay.
- ✓Soffit panels get screwed to solid wood with hardware cloth behind the vented sections, instead of being snapped back into the same J-channel that failed.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Orland Park 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 Orland Park 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 Orland Park, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.