Chimney Cap & Spark Arrestor Installation — Fayetteville
The cheapest part on the chimney prevents the most expensive problems: rain in the flue, squirrels in the attic, embers on the roof.
Chimney sweeps and chimney repair companies install chimney caps — it's a standard service call, and in Fayetteville a quality stainless cap installed runs $200–$450. A spark arrestor is usually built into the cap itself: a stainless mesh screen that stops embers from exiting onto your roof and stops animals from entering.
Who installs chimney caps?
Chimney companies do — not roofers, as a rule. Sizing matters: a cap has to match the flue's exact dimensions and clear the crown properly, or it chokes draft and you trade a rain problem for a smoke problem. We measure, supply and install in a single visit, usually alongside a sweep.
Installing a spark arrestor
In practice a spark arrestor isn't a separate gadget — modern caps integrate 3/4" stainless mesh that does the job. If you burn wood anywhere near trees (which in Fayetteville is everyone), the mesh is what keeps hot ember lift-off from landing in pine straw. Loblolly needles on a roof are kindling; the arrestor is the fix.
What a missing cap costs you
- Water: an uncapped flue takes in every storm — rusting dampers, soaking creosote (hello, summer smell), and spalling the firebox.
- Animals: squirrels, raccoons and chimney swifts. Swifts are federally protected — once they nest, you wait until they leave.
- Draft: wind-induced downdrafts that a proper cap design breaks up.
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