Erie Premium Roofing provides professional chimney flashing in Erie, PA for residential and commercial properties across northwestern Pennsylvania. Erie brick takes a beating that inland masonry does not, and the roof line is where you find out. Most of what gets diagnosed here as a chimney leak turns out to be two separate problems stacked on one stack.
Problem one is that the joint was sealed rather than built. A bead of black mastic smeared where brick meets shingle holds for two winters, and then it goes hard, the brick moves a fraction with the frost, and the bond opens along its whole length. Every roofer in town has seen this happen. A good number of them are still applying the mastic.
Built properly, the joint is two independent pieces of metal that overlap without touching. The lower pieces go in one per shingle course, tucked under the course above, so water landing on brick has to cross a lap before it reaches anything. The upper piece is let into a joint the mason rakes out, folded down over the lower metal, wedged with lead and pointed.
Neither piece is fastened to the other, and that is the whole point. Brick and rafters move at different rates through an Erie winter, so metal spanning both has to be free to slide. Wide stacks need one more thing: past roughly two and a half feet across on the uphill side, a framed saddle, because a pack resting against masonry for six weeks loads it differently than rain passing in ten minutes.
Problem two sits above the roof entirely. Freeze-thaw works the lake-facing side of a chimney harder than the other three, and we routinely find spalled faces, a crown split across its width and no rain cap at all. Water entering at the top emerges at a ceiling and reads exactly like a flashing failure. That is a mason's work and we hand it over, even though it costs us the larger half of the job.
Since a reroof here needs no permit, nobody but us will ever see any of this. So the detail gets photographed three times: as found, with membrane and lower metal in place before the shingles close over them, and finished with the upper piece pointed into the joint. Each frame dated, filed and sent along with the invoice, so the next owner of this house inherits a record instead of a guess.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — 1x6 plank sheathing laid with gaps between the boards, cut nails holding original decking to rough-sawn rafters, synthetic underlayment held down with capped ring-shank fasteners, self-adhered eave membrane lapped up the rake on steep planes, closed cornice eaves built with no soffit cavity to vent, step flashing let into a raked mortar joint with lead wedges — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Erie and nearby communities including Millcreek Township, Harborcreek Township, Fairview Township, Northwest Harborcreek.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Erie covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Erie, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair erie pa
- chimney leak repair erie
- step flashing installation
- counter flashing mortar joint
- chimney cricket installation
- chimney crown repair erie county
- chase cover replacement
- spalled brick chimney
- masonry chimney leak pennsylvania
- roof to wall flashing
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Erie 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 1x6 plank sheathing laid with gaps between the boards, cut nails holding original decking to rough-sawn rafters, synthetic underlayment held down with capped ring-shank fasteners, self-adhered eave membrane lapped up the rake on steep planes, 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 Erie 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 northwestern Pennsylvania 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 Erie
Erie Premium Roofing covers Erie and the surrounding communities of northwestern Pennsylvania. 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 Millcreek Township, PA — Erie County, population 54,073
- Chimney Flashing in Harborcreek Township, PA — Erie County, population 16,635
- Chimney Flashing in Fairview Township, PA — Erie County, population 11,138
- Chimney Flashing in Northwest Harborcreek, PA — Erie County, population 8,772
- Chimney Flashing in Summit Township, PA — Erie County, population 7,342
- Chimney Flashing in Corry, PA — Erie County, population 6,210
Start on the Erie Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Erie Chooses Erie Premium Roofing
- ✓Every estimate carries the rafter depth, spacing, clear span and sheathing type we measured, because no permit file will ever record them for you
- ✓We count the layers that come off and photograph the bare deck, so the one moment your roof is visible is not the one moment nobody documented
- ✓We quote the deck separately from the covering, since on a 1920s plank roof the boards are the real variable and hiding them in a lump sum is how bids stop being comparable
- ✓No overlays. A second layer over plank sheathing conceals the only thing worth looking at and shortens the fastener grip the wind rating depends on
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Erie 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 Erie 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 Erie, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.