Madison WI Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Madison, WI for residential and commercial properties across Dane County. The older houses here are full of chimneys that no longer do anything. The furnace was replaced decades ago and now vents out a side wall, the fireplace was closed off, and what remains is a masonry stack whose main activities are leaking and needing repointing.
So the first question on this page is not how to flash it. It is whether you should keep it. If nothing vents through it and the fireplace is neither used nor loved, taking the stack down below the roof plane, then framing and decking the hole shut, retires the leak, the upkeep and the flashing detail permanently and all at once. Removing a problem outright is better than maintaining it well forever.
That is a real downsell and we mean it. Removal and frame-over frequently costs less than a proper flashing rebuild plus tuckpointing plus a new crown and cap, and unlike that package it never has to be done again. For an owner holding the building as an investment it is the single clearest maintenance item available to delete. For someone who actually uses the fireplace, obviously not.
Where the stack stays, we flash it rather than caulk it. Step flashing woven in course by course up both sides, head flashing at the top, an apron at the bottom, and two-piece counterflashing set into a ground-out mortar reglet. Surface-mounted counterflashing stuck on with sealant is the most common failure we find on this detail and it fails on a schedule. Sealant is a maintenance schedule pretending to be a detail.
Wide stacks need a saddle behind them and very often do not have one. Without it, meltwater and debris pile against the uphill face and sit there working through mortar joints at the exact point where the assembly has the most seams. A framed and metal-clad cricket sheds it around both sides, and it goes in cheaply while the field is already open. It is the cheapest thing on this page and the most frequently missing.
One boundary worth stating plainly: flashing is our work, masonry above the roof line often is not. If the brick and mortar up there are failing we will tell you to get a mason first, because immaculate flashing under a crumbling stack is money spent on the wrong half of the problem and we would rather say so than take it.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a written unit-count and code-path determination, self-adhered ice barrier run past the interior wall line, six nails per shingle set in the double nailing zone, aluminum drip edge lapped over the ice barrier at the rake, closed-cut valleys shingled from the larger slope first, heat-welded single-ply on rear porch and dormer decks — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Madison and nearby communities including Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton, Verona.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Madison covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Madison, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing Madison WI
- step and counterflashing detail
- cut reglet counterflashing
- chimney cricket saddle
- abandoned chimney removal
- chimney taken below the roof line
- chimney leak repair older house
- tuckpointing above the roof line
- chimney chase pan replacement
- unused flue masonry stack
- freeze damage to chimney mortar
- Dane County chimney 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 Madison 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 a written unit-count and code-path determination, self-adhered ice barrier run past the interior wall line, six nails per shingle set in the double nailing zone, aluminum drip edge lapped over the ice barrier at the rake, 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 Madison 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 Dane 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 Madison
Madison WI Roof Pros covers Madison and the surrounding communities of Dane 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 Sun Prairie, WI — Dane County, population 35,967
- Chimney Flashing in Fitchburg, WI — Dane County, population 29,609
- Chimney Flashing in Middleton, WI — Dane County, population 21,827
- Chimney Flashing in Verona, WI — Dane County, population 14,030
- Chimney Flashing in Waunakee, WI — Dane County, population 14,879
- Chimney Flashing in Stoughton, WI — Dane County, population 13,173
Start on the Madison WI Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Madison Chooses Madison WI Roof Pros
- ✓We settle who owns the building and how many dwelling units are under the roof before we price anything, because in this city that single answer moves the code, the permit and the product all at once.
- ✓An owner who lives in the house may pull their own reroof permit here. A landlord may not, and we put that in writing at the bid rather than letting it surface at the permit counter.
- ✓At three dwelling units your house stops being a house in code terms and becomes a commercial building under chs. SPS 361 to 366. We say so before you collect three residential bids that cannot be permitted.
- ✓Interior and attic access on tenanted buildings is booked around the written advance notice Wisconsin owes an occupant, so no inspection gets refused at the door and no visit is wasted.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.