Metairie Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Metairie, LA for residential and commercial properties across Jefferson Parish. Chimneys leak more often than roofs do, and in Metairie a large share of what people call a chimney is not masonry at all. On postwar and seventies houses it is a framed chase clad in siding with a sheet metal pan on top, and it fails differently.
Take the framed chase first. The pan is the roof of that box, and a flat pan with no cross break holds water in the middle until the seams give up. We replace them with a sloped stainless or heavy aluminum pan, cross-broken to shed, with welded or soldered corners and a hemmed drip that stands off the siding. Sealant is a supplement to that geometry, never a substitute.
On real masonry, the leak is nearly always at the counterflashing. Counterflashing surface-mounted and sealed against the brick face is a five-year detail sold as a permanent one. We saw a reglet into the mortar bed joint, wedge the metal home with lead, and repoint over it. That is more work, and it is what separates fixing this once from fixing it twice.
The FORTIFIED rules on reflashing are stricter than most people assume and they are worth quoting at a bidder. All drip edge on a reroof must be new material, and existing flashings must not be reinstalled where they are rusted, damaged or deteriorated. Reusing tired step flashing to save a hundred dollars on a nine-thousand-dollar roof is a decision that shows up as a stain in three years.
Anything measuring more than roughly thirty inches across the slope wants a framed cricket behind it, and on Metairie's shallow pitches that matters more than it would on a steep roof. Water that would run past a chimney on an eight-in-twelve sits behind it on a four-in-twelve. If your chimney has a debris dam on the uphill side every autumn, that is the diagnosis.
One honest note on abandoned flues. Plenty of these chimneys have not carried smoke since the gas heater came out, and if that is your situation, removing the stack below the deck line and roofing over it is cheaper than rebuilding a crown and flashing you will never use. We will price both and let you decide. Plenty of people are relieved to hear that removal is even an option.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — geo-tagged photographs of bare roof sheathing, 8D ring-shank deck nails shot against a tape measure, attic-side nail spacing photographs between consecutive trusses, taped sheathing seams beneath a wide-roll underlayment, twenty-six gauge galvanized drip edge replaced new on every tear-off, self-adhered starter strip bonded to the eave metal — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Metairie and nearby communities including New Orleans, Kenner, Marrero, LaPlace.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Metairie covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Metairie, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- chimney flashing repair metairie
- chimney leak repair metairie la
- counterflashing reglet
- chimney chase cover replacement
- step flashing repair jefferson parish
- chimney cricket saddle
- chimney flashing replacement metairie la
- chase pan metairie
- chimney crown repair
- roof to wall flashing metairie
- brick chimney leak metairie la
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Metairie 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 geo-tagged photographs of bare roof sheathing, 8D ring-shank deck nails shot against a tape measure, attic-side nail spacing photographs between consecutive trusses, taped sheathing seams beneath a wide-roll underlayment, 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 Metairie 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 Jefferson Parish 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 Metairie
Metairie Roof Pros covers Metairie and the surrounding communities of Jefferson Parish. 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 New Orleans, LA — Orleans Parish, population 383,997
- Chimney Flashing in Kenner, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 66,448
- Chimney Flashing in Marrero, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 32,382
- Chimney Flashing in LaPlace, LA — St. John the Baptist Parish, population 28,841
- Chimney Flashing in Slidell, LA — St. Tammany Parish, population 28,781
- Chimney Flashing in Terrytown, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 25,278
Start on the Metairie Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Metairie Chooses Metairie Roof Pros
- ✓We wait for the permit to issue before anything comes off, because Act 422 of 2025 made starting early a licensing violation rather than a scheduling shortcut
- ✓The deck stays open long enough to photograph properly, from above with a tape measure and from inside the attic, so the attachment can be proved later
- ✓You receive the same file the parish receives, organized by address, so the record survives whichever contractor you use next
- ✓We quote the plain reroof and the documented FORTIFIED version side by side, with the evaluator's hold points already written into the schedule
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Metairie 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 Metairie 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 Metairie, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.