What Are The Benefits Of A Chimney Cap In NH?

There are numerous advantages of having a chimney cap in NH! Chimney caps can keep pests out of your home who otherwise may use the chimney as a point of access into your home. These pests include squirrels, chipmunks, birds, and racoons.

The only pest that a chimney cap will not keep out of your chimney and home is a bat. For bat entry into the chimney and home we recommend reaching out to a trusted animal control company. For bats, generally a one way door and bat house will need to be installed by your trusted pest control company.

So, a chimney cap will not keep out bats, but it will keep out squirrels, chipmunks, birds and racoons. I'd say that makes a chimney cap well worth having. As a professional chimney sweep, I could not tell you how many long dead birds we pull out of hidden nooks and crannies within fireplaces. This is not a fun endeavor and is easily preventable. If you are getting a strange smell around the fireplace, and you do not have a properly installed a chimney cap, now you know why.

Keeping pests out of your chimney and potentially your home is not the only benefit of having a chimney cap, either. The other benefit is that it can help preserve the life of your chimney flue! Rain water consistently running down the chimney flue can wash out the mortar joints holding your chimney liner together over time causing need for relining the chimney. Chimney liners can be relatively expensive as compared to a chimney cap, so having a chimney cap installed on your chimney can be a great form of preventative maintenance.

One last benefit of having a chimney cap is that they look great!

In conclusion, you lose nothing and gain a whole lot by having a chimney cap installed in NH!