Poured concrete chimney cap

Best way to fix the top of your chimney when the crown has deteriorated...which is the most common cause of chimney failure. This video is a very basic chimney cap just for a solution but you can get as fancy as adding coloring or taking the forms off early to strike the corners for a nicer look.

[@rollyknevels3570]

Thank you!

[@jonnyrotten9755]

Safety Squintz on point

[@johnb9710]

Hello, After you cap off your chimney with the metal sheet, can you cover the whole thing with concrete and then add primer and paint it, then use henry tropi-cool 100 % silicone for top off everything?

[@Sleazy_rida]

I don't use any of that material, I could not answer that question for you

[@johnb9710]

You do not use that materials because its costly.

[@Sleazy_rida]

@@johnb9710 I do not use that material because if you do the masonry right you don't need that material. I am a Mason so I use cementitious material

[@danielwilhelmsen4458]

I am about to do a concrete pour crown on my . I watched and read almost every video on KZbin . I like your method, but i have 2 questions. Hopefully, you will see this and give me an answer.. Do you not need a drip edge? And if I do this method exactly like this video, is there a way I can alter the form to add a drip edge?

[@Sleazy_rida]

Drip edge isn't for a walkway... What are you pouring?

[@danielwilhelmsen4458]

The chimney crown/cap

[@danielwilhelmsen4458]

And how did you secure the top band to the first band?

[@Sleazy_rida]

I'm sorry I thought this was about the walkway okay I'll answer your question now that I know it's about the chimney cap I should have looked

[@Sleazy_rida]

I didn't put a drip edge on because my concrete goes below The top course of brick at least a quarter inch to a half inch so in other words the cap is hugging the entire chimney. The band is secured because it is a self-clamping design that's why I showed how to make the bands first. When you get up there you just set the band on and then loosen the screws a little bit until it drops get it into place and then tighten the screws back up using the screws as a clamp mechanism

[@bobferrara7799]

are you a 1/2 '' above your brick with your first 2x4

[@Sleazy_rida]

It's really situational I'm not sure what I did in that video but if you don't have to meet a certain height it's nicer to put it a half inch below the brick this way it serves as a drip edge because the water can't go back up and in when it rolls off

[@Sleazy_rida]

Half inch below if possible... But sometimes you have to adjust