Lake Charles Premium Roofing provides professional chimney & chase flashing in Lake Charles, LA for residential and commercial properties across Southwest Louisiana. Most of what gets called a chimney leak in Lake Charles is neither a chimney nor flashing. It is a rusted metal chase cover on a factory-built fireplace, and that is a two hundred dollar part sitting on top of a two thousand dollar repair if you leave it alone.
Masonry chimneys are uncommon in the housing stock here. What is common, on homes built from the late 1970s through the 2000s, is a prefabricated firebox with a metal flue running up inside a framed and sided chase. The top of that chase is closed off by a sheet metal cover, and on the original builds that cover was usually plain galvanized steel, flat across the top, with no cross break to shed water off it.
Flat galvanized covers pond, then rust through at the low corner, and then drain straight down the outside of the flue pipe into the chase framing. The stain shows up on a ceiling two feet away from the fireplace and everybody goes looking at the roof flashing. The roof flashing is usually fine, and we have watched other contractors replace it twice on the same house.
The fix is a new cover in 24-gauge stainless or heavy-gauge aluminum, fabricated with a cross break down the middle so it drains, a two-inch skirt turned down all four sides, and a collar sized to your flue with a storm collar seated above it. We measure the chase, order the cover to those dimensions, and set it in one visit with high-temperature sealant at the collar only. It beats caulking the old one.
Where there is genuine masonry the detail is the same as it is anywhere, and we do it the long way. Step flashing woven into each individual shingle course, a separate counterflashing set into a reglet ground out of the mortar bed, never surface-sealed, and a cricket framed above anything wider than thirty inches. Caulk-only flashing is the shortcut, and it gives up inside four years.
Before you call anybody about a fireplace leak, go stand in the yard and look at the top of your chase. If there is a rust streak running down the siding, you already have your answer. A chase cover is a cheap part casting a very expensive shadow.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — batten-screw penetrations, 7/16-inch OSB roof sheathing, 1x4 furring battens, self-adhered modified bitumen dry-in, 24-gauge snap-lock standing seam, Kynar 500 PVDF coil coating — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Lake Charles and nearby communities including Sulphur, Moss Bluff, DeRidder, Jennings.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney & chase flashing in Lake Charles covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney & chase flashing work in Lake Charles, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing Lake Charles
- chase cover replacement
- rusted chase cover
- prefab fireplace chase
- step flashing chimney
- counterflashing reglet
- chimney cricket saddle
- chimney leak repair
- stainless chase cover
- storm collar flue
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Lake Charles services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney & chase flashing
The difference between chimney & chase flashing that lasts and chimney & chase flashing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with batten-screw penetrations, 7/16-inch OSB roof sheathing, 1x4 furring battens, self-adhered modified bitumen dry-in, 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 Lake Charles 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 Southwest Louisiana 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 & chase flashing outside Lake Charles
Lake Charles Premium Roofing covers Lake Charles and the surrounding communities of Southwest Louisiana. 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 & Chase Flashing in Sulphur, LA — Calcasieu Parish, population 21,809
- Chimney & Chase Flashing in Moss Bluff, LA — Calcasieu Parish, population 12,522
- Chimney & Chase Flashing in DeRidder, LA — Beauregard Parish, population 9,852
- Chimney & Chase Flashing in Jennings, LA — Jefferson Davis Parish, population 9,837
- Chimney & Chase Flashing in Prien, LA — Calcasieu Parish, population 7,745
- Chimney & Chase Flashing in Oakdale, LA — Allen Parish, population 6,692
Start on the Lake Charles Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Lake Charles Chooses Lake Charles Premium Roofing
- ✓We inspect from inside the attic before we get on the roof, because in this parish the evidence that decides your scope is on the underside of the sheathing.
- ✓Your quote separates deck work from roof work with a per-sheet price in writing, so a soft panel is a number you already agreed to rather than a change order.
- ✓We charge for inspections and never credit them against a job. That is the only way the report stays a report instead of a sales document with photographs.
- ✓One manufacturer's system, ordered in a single production lot, with the lot numbers handed to you on the invoice so your warranty registration actually goes through.
The standards behind chimney & chase flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney & chase flashing work we do in Lake Charles 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 & chase flashing project in Lake Charles 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 & chase flashing free estimate in Lake Charles, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.