Aurora Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Aurora, IL for residential and commercial properties across the Fox River valley. Aurora's older neighbourhoods are full of chimneys that no longer do anything. Coal heat gave way to gas, gas appliances got direct vents, and what is left is a masonry stack running through the roof with nothing connected to it.
That is the recommendation this page exists to make. If the chimney is abandoned, the cheapest permanent fix is usually to take it down to below the deck line, frame and sheathe the opening, and roof straight over it. No flashing to fail, no crown to crack, no liner to worry about, and one fewer penetration on a roof that already has plenty. It is also cheaper than a proper reflash, which surprises people.
Contractors do not lead with this because it is a smaller invoice than rebuilding the stack. We lead with it because on a Near East Side house an abandoned chimney is the single most common source of the leak we get called about, and because removing it is repair rather than improvement on the city's count. Smaller invoice, better outcome, and nobody has to sell anything twice.
Where the chimney is live, it gets done properly or not at all. Step flashing woven into the courses on the sides, one piece per shingle course, never a continuous L-metal run with sealant. A saddle or cricket on the upslope face of anything wider than thirty inches, framed and sheathed rather than formed out of roll goods. Apron flashing at the downslope face lapped correctly over the covering.
Counter flashing is where Aurora's brick matters. Common brick from the old Fox valley yards is soft and the mortar joints are lime-rich, so a cut reglet has to be made with care and the counter flashing set into it and sealed with a compatible material. Surface-mounted counter flashing screwed to the face of soft brick and caulked is a two-year detail on a fifty-year chimney.
The crown gets looked at every time. A flat mortar wash with no overhang and no drip edge is the original detail on most of these stacks and it is why they spall. A poured crown with an overhang and a bond break at the flue is the repair, and it is worth doing at the same visit as the flashing rather than on a separate ladder day.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — laminated fibreglass shingles meeting ASTM D3462 at six nails per shingle, 1x6 square-edge board sheathing with skip gaps over rafters at 24 inches, double-lock standing seam formed on site from 24-gauge steel coil, granulated cap sheet carried up the adjoining wall as a base flashing, step flashing woven course by course into soft common-brick sidewalls, chimney taken down below the deck line with a framed and sheathed infill — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Aurora and nearby communities including North Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Aurora covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Aurora, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Aurora 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 laminated fibreglass shingles meeting ASTM D3462 at six nails per shingle, 1x6 square-edge board sheathing with skip gaps over rafters at 24 inches, double-lock standing seam formed on site from 24-gauge steel coil, granulated cap sheet carried up the adjoining wall as a base flashing, 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 Aurora 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 the Fox River valley 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 Aurora
Aurora Roof Pros covers Aurora and the surrounding communities of the Fox River valley. 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 North Aurora, IL — Kane County, population 18,261
- Chimney Flashing in Montgomery, IL — Kane County, part in Kendall County, population 20,262
- Chimney Flashing in Oswego, IL — Kendall County, part in Will County, population 34,585
- Chimney Flashing in Yorkville, IL — Kendall County, population 21,533
- Chimney Flashing in Batavia, IL — Kane County, part in DuPage County, population 26,098
- Chimney Flashing in Geneva, IL — Kane County, population 21,393
Start on the Aurora Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Aurora Chooses Aurora Roof Pros
- ✓We read the Fox River flood map for your address before we price anything, because inside the mapped hazard area the city counts what you spend on the building and that count has a ceiling.
- ✓Every estimate states in one line whether we treat the work as maintenance, repair or improvement, and shows the figure against the structure's assessed improvement value.
- ✓On the low-lying older neighbourhoods we quote staged replacement by slope, so a house does not trip the fifty percent rule in a single season.
- ✓We refuse tile conversions on 1990s truss framing without a structural engineer's letter, and we say so before you have paid anyone for a design.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Aurora 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 Aurora 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 Aurora, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.