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Famco Chimney Cap & Crown in Ashburn: What to Know First

Famco chimney cap and crown work in Ashburn typically runs $240-$680 for cap replacement and $380-$1,100 for crown repair, depending on flue count, crown material, and access. Most jobs are done same day once parts are on the truck because we stock the common Famco cap sizes in our Ashburn service vehicles. That’s the straight answer. This page is for homeowners in Ashburn who own a Famco cap or crown and want a written price before anyone touches the roof. Call (240) 220-9412 and we’ll put one in your hand.

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We are an independent Famco service provider. We are not affiliated with or authorized by the manufacturer. We work on Famco products because they’re common in Ashburn and we know their weak spots better than most.

How Famco Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Famco SC-series stainless caps: mesh screen blowout. The mesh on the SC-series is factory tack-welded, not rolled into the frame. After four or five Northern Virginia winters, those tack welds pop from freeze-thaw cycling every January. You’ll see a cap that looks fine from the ground but has a hole in the mesh at the corner where the weld failed. That’s how squirrels, starlings, and roof rats get in. We pull the old cap, and we don’t try to re-weld mesh on a failing frame; that’s a false economy. We replace with either a fresh Famco cap or a heavier-gauge aftermarket cap with rolled mesh edges.
• Famco LD-series galvanized caps: surface rust at the seams. The LD-series is Galvalume coated, but the crimped seams are where the coating is thinnest. Ashburn’s humid summer mornings pull moisture into those seams and rust starts at year three or four. A homeowner sees orange streaks running down the cap and assumes the flue is rusting. It’s not; it’s the cap seam. We inspect the flue, confirm the source, and swap the LD cap for a stainless SC-series or an equivalent. Galvanized over a clay flue tile in Ashburn is a repeat-purchase mistake.
• Famco crown formulations on brick chimneys: hairline cracking from crown saturation. This is not a Famco manufacturing defect. It’s what happens when a poured concrete or mortar crown is exposed to Ashburn’s freeze-thaw schedule without proper sealing. Water sits on the crown, freezes at night, expands, and creates hairline cracks that widen over five years. Those cracks let water into the brick below the crown line, and that water starts popping brick faces. We seal with a flexible crown coating and rebuild only when the crown has spalled past the point where coating would hold.
• Famco multi-flue caps: mid-span sag on wide chimney crowns. Multi-flue caps on a crown wider than thirty-six inches often get installed without a center support channel. The Famco frame is rigid enough for single-flue work, but a multi-flue cap with no center support starts to sag in the middle after a few seasons of wind load. That sag pulls the cap’s corners up and opens a gap at the crown edge where water enters. We add a center support rail during installation, regardless of whether the original had one.
• Famco single-flue caps on oversized flues: wrong fit, silent exhaust restrictor. Homeowners sometimes buy a Famco cap online and assume “fits standard flue” means “fits my flue.” Ashburn’s 1990s and 2000s construction has a lot of unusual flue tile sizes, especially in the Brambleton and Ashburn Farm subdivisions. A too-tight cap restricts draft and a too-loose cap rattles in wind and lets rain in at the sides. We measure the flue with a tape and camera before ordering anything, not after.

Our Famco Chimney Cap & Crown Process

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   The call. You call (240) 220-9412. A live person answers. You describe what you’re seeing or the last sweep’s notes. We schedule a window and text you when the tech is on the way.
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   Camera down the flue first, roof second. We run a Level 2 camera scan before anyone starts disassembling anything. The camera tells us if the cap failure has already created liner or smoke chamber damage, which changes the quote.
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   Roof inspection with photo record. The tech photographs the cap, crown, and wash from four angles, then measures the flue and crown dimensions. You see every photo before any part is ordered.
4. 4
   Written scope with parts decision. We name the part, the material, the brand (Famco OEM or a named aftermarket equivalent), and the exact installed price. You approve in writing before work starts.
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   Install or repair. Cap replacement is typically under an hour on the roof. Crown coating runs a full day when we need to wait out moisture. Crown rebuild is a two-visit job because the new crown needs to cure.
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   Photo record and warranty. You get final photos, a written warranty, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise on paper. If it’s not done right, we make it right within one year.

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What Famco Chimney Cap & Crown Costs in Ashburn

These are the typical ranges we quote in Ashburn:

We quote in writing before any work starts, and that number doesn’t move unless the camera finds something you weren’t told about. Estimates are free. Call (240) 220-9412 for an exact number on your chimney.

Why Ashburn Homeowners Call Level Two Chimney Ashburn for Famco Work

We have been running camera-scan inspections in Ashburn since before most local companies owned cameras. Clause 4 of the Haven Standard requires a photo record on every job, and we’ve kept that record continuously since 2009. Our techs know Famco’s catalog because Ashburn’s housing stock is full of it: SC-series on newer townhomes, LD-series on older single-family homes out toward Ashburn Road, multi-flue caps through One Loudoun. When a Famco part is backordered, we carry aftermarket equivalents from DuraFlex and Gelco that fit without bending the warranty. And every Ashburn job is quoted in writing before the first tool comes off the truck. That is Haven Standard Clause 1, and it has been non-negotiable here since day one.

Corrine Halstead started putting cameras down chimneys years before homeowners asked for photos. She and the crew have seen enough Famco caps in Ashburn to know exactly what to look for on your roof before they set foot on it. The camera doesn’t guess. Neither do we.

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