Novi Premium Roofing provides professional chimney flashing in Novi, MI for residential and commercial properties across western Oakland County. Chimneys on this housing are mostly framed chases rather than masonry stacks, built around a metal flue for a gas fireplace and finished in brick veneer or siding. They fail differently from a real chimney and they need to be treated differently.
The first thing we look at is where the chase sits on the roof. On these plans it is frequently mid-slope, wide, and directly below a large plane, which means it stands in the path of a serious volume of water. A chase like that needs a framed cricket behind it, and on the houses we inspect there is very often nothing there but sealant and hope. We photograph the upslope face on every inspection.
A cricket is not decoration. It is a small framed roof, pitched to divide the runoff and carry it past the obstruction on either hand. Without one, the upslope face collects leaves, holds a sodden mat against the veneer through every thaw, and eventually pushes water into the sheathing behind it. Framing one during a reroof is inexpensive. Framing one afterwards means opening up a roof that is otherwise finished.
The flashing detail matters just as much. Step flashing goes in course by course, one piece per shingle, never as a single bent length. Counterflashing gets cut into the mortar joint on brick and mechanically fastened, or carried up behind housewrap and siding on a sided chase, which means pulling siding rather than caulking to its face. Reglet work is masonry work and we do it properly, rather than surface-mounting a strip and sealing along its top edge.
The chase cover on top is its own problem and is not a roofing repair. The thin flat pan fitted originally holds water, rusts through at the seams and drips down inside the chase, and the fix is a new cross-sloped cover rather than anything done to the shingles. Siding goes back with the courses aligned, which is slower and is the only way the repair actually disappears.
If the water is coming through the veneer, through a failed crown or down the flue, we will tell you so and hand you the photographs. Sealing a masonry problem from the roof only moves the stain to somewhere less convenient. Getting the diagnosis right saves you paying a roofer to fix something that a mason has to fix.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — linear feet of valley counted off the roof, closed-cut valleys laid with a generous offset, panel-edge swell in wet oriented strand board, waste percentage stated on the face of the estimate, pork-chop gable returns opened before pricing, framed crickets behind a wide chimney chase — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Novi and nearby communities including Northville, Northville Township, Wixom, Walled Lake.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Novi covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Novi, MI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair Novi
- framed chimney chase flashing
- cricket behind a wide chase
- reglet counterflashing brick
- chase cover replacement Novi MI
- direct vent fireplace chase
- step flashing chimney replacement
- chimney leak diagnosis
- siding chase flashing detail
- chimney flashing contractor Oakland County
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Novi 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 linear feet of valley counted off the roof, closed-cut valleys laid with a generous offset, panel-edge swell in wet oriented strand board, waste percentage stated on the face of the estimate, 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 Novi 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 western Oakland County 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 Novi
Novi Premium Roofing covers Novi and the surrounding communities of western Oakland County. 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 Northville, MI — Wayne and Oakland counties, population 6,119
- Chimney Flashing in Northville Township, MI — Wayne County, population 31,758
- Chimney Flashing in Wixom, MI — Oakland County, population 17,193
- Chimney Flashing in Walled Lake, MI — Oakland County, population 7,250
- Chimney Flashing in South Lyon, MI — Oakland County, population 11,746
- Chimney Flashing in Lyon Township, MI — Oakland County, population 23,271
Start on the Novi Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Novi Chooses Novi Premium Roofing
- ✓We hand you a measured inventory rather than a square-foot guess: planes, valley footage, roof-to-wall footage, penetration count and the waste percentage those numbers actually imply.
- ✓Condition is reported part by part, because on housing this young the boots and the valley metal are finished long before the shingle field is anywhere near it.
- ✓Decking is quoted per sheet and counted off the open roof, since wet panel swells permanently at its joints and the damage stops where the panel does.
- ✓We check an aerial measurement report against the real roof, plane by plane, and list where the two disagree instead of quoting from a drawing.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Novi 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 Novi 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 Novi, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.