Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap Installation Nationwide

Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap Installation: The Brooklyn Owner’s Guide

We stock and install Olympia Chimney-compatible chimney caps across Brooklyn, with most installations running between $265 and $490 depending on the cap size and flue configuration. Most jobs are done in a single visit, and we keep the most common Olympia Chimney sizes on the truck so there’s no second appointment for parts. The way owners usually find us is simple: they hear birds or rain in the fireplace, or a neighbor points out rust streaks running down the brick from a cap that’s given up after fifteen years of Brooklyn winters.

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If it doesn’t need doing, I’ll tell you that too. But a failed chimney cap is rarely a “wait and see” situation. Water gets in, freeze-thaw cycles do their work, and a $300 repair becomes a $2,400 crown rebuild faster than most homeowners expect.

Which Olympia Chimney Models This Applies To

Olympia Chimney makes caps and termination systems that fit their standard round flue tile sizes and the rectangular clay tile dimensions common in prewar Brooklyn construction. The two series we install most often around here are the Olympia round mesh caps in 8″, 10″, and 13″ diameters, and the rectangular base-mount caps sized for 8×8, 8×13, and 13×13 flue tiles. If your flue is round and runs through a stainless steel liner, the cap bands directly onto the liner top. If it’s a square clay flue, the cap gets mortared or set with a tension ring onto the tile crown.

One compatibility gotcha worth knowing: Olympia’s round caps are sized for the outside diameter of the flue tile or liner, not the inside. Measure across the top opening, outside edge to outside edge, before ordering anything. The other thing we see constantly is an owner with an older Olympia cap that is still sound, but a base plate that has rusted through. Sometimes the cap can be re-banded to a new base instead of replacing the whole assembly. We stock replacement base plates in the common sizes and will tell you honestly which route makes sense for your roof.

Top Hat Chimney is an independent chimney service, not affiliated with Olympia Chimney. We install their caps because they hold up to Brooklyn weather better than most of the cheaper stamped imports, and because their mesh gauge is thick enough to actually keep squirrels out, which is a real problem on the tree-lined blocks of Park Slope and Ditmas Park.

Signs Your Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap Installation Is Failing

• Water in the firebox after heavy rain. The cap’s top plate or seams have opened, and rainwater is running straight down the flue. In Brooklyn, the nor’easters and summer downpours will find a gap the size of a dime.
• Birds or squirrels in the chimney. The mesh siding has rusted through or a section has pulled away from the frame. Once animals nest in the flue, the obstruction is a fire hazard until it’s cleared, not just a noise problem.
• Rust streaks down the brick near the cap. The cap itself is corroding, and the runoff is staining the chimney face. Cosmetic now, but the corrosion is spreading inward.
• A cap that is loose or tilted. The masonry screws or tension ring have backed out under vibration and weather. A tilted cap lets rain in on one side and will eventually pull free entirely.
• A missing cap. High winds off the harbor take their share of poorly attached caps every year. If it’s gone, the flue is fully exposed to rain, debris, and every bird looking for a warm place in Brooklyn.

None of these get better on their own. The fastest way to know for sure is a camera scan from the top of the flue down, which we do as part of every cap inspection. You see the footage, and you get a plain-English verdict before any work is quoted.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here is the honest pricing picture for Olympia Chimney-compatible cap installation in Brooklyn, parts and labor included:

• Round mesh cap, 8″ or 10″ (single flue): $265-$340
• Round mesh cap, 13″ (large flue): $340-$410
• Rectangular base-mount cap (8×8 to 13×13): $340-$490
• Re-band existing cap to new base plate: $180-$250

The spread is driven by flue size, ease of roof access, and whether the masonry crown needs any touching up before the cap seats properly. The number you get on the phone is the number on the invoice; we do not adjust pricing once the ladder is up. Every cap installation is covered by our 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it isn’t seated, sealed, or performing right, one call brings Wendell back at no cost. We also keep the $40 off any repair over $200 standing offer in play here, and the senior and veteran discount applies on top.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check a few things from the ground with binoculars: whether the cap is present, whether it is tilted, and whether the mesh is visibly torn or rusted through. That’s worth doing once a year, burn or no burn. What is not worth doing is getting on a Brooklyn roof with a new cap and a tube of masonry caulk. Roof pitches here run far steeper than most homeowners expect, and a slip on a slate or shingle roof in Bay Ridge or Crown Heights is a hospital stay, not a weekend project story. We have the tie-off gear, the right fasteners, and the experience to seat a cap so it survives the next ten harbor storms.

If you’re already on the roof and discover the crown is cracked beneath the old cap, that changes the job entirely. That’s when having a sweep who can address the crown and the cap in one visit saves you real money, not just time. Call (516) 289-9316 and we will walk through what you’re seeing before anyone drives out.

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