Newton Roof Pros provides professional chimney flashing in Newton, MA for residential and commercial properties across Middlesex County and the inner-western suburbs. Chimneys are the leak source in this city. Newton has an enormous stock of brick chimneys built between 1890 and 1930, most with soft lime mortar, many with two or three flues, and nearly all flashed at some point by someone with a caulk gun.
The correct assembly has three separate pieces. Step flashing set course by course on both cheeks, a base or apron at the front, a cricket at the back on any chimney wider than thirty inches, and counterflashing let into a cut mortar joint over the top of all of it. Face-nailing a single L-shaped piece of aluminum to the brick and sealing the top with roof cement buys about two winters and nothing more.
We cut a reglet into the mortar joint rather than surface-mounting, and on the older soft-mortar chimneys we set the counterflashing in with lead wedges and repoint over it. Copper on any chimney that already has copper or slate on the roof. Stainless fasteners so nothing sacrifices itself in a wet joint. We repoint the cut joint the same day rather than leaving it open to weather.
Now the boundary. Flashing is roof covering and sits squarely in our scope. Rebuilding a spalled chimney above the roof line, casting a new crown, repointing the stack or relining a flue is masonry, and Massachusetts issues a separate Masonry Construction Supervisor License for it. A roofer who offers to rebuild your crown while he is up there is contracting beyond his registration scope, which is a prohibited act under section 17.
So on a chimney that needs both, we tell you plainly that it is two trades. We will flash it, we will coordinate the sequence so the mason works before the roofer, and we will not quote you masonry work under a roofing license. That sometimes costs us the job to somebody who will quote it all in one number. We would rather it did.
The cricket is the detail worth spending on. Any chimney on a Newton roof more than thirty inches across the slope needs a saddle behind it, framed and covered, so snow and debris do not sit against the back face all winter. We build them in framing and cover them in copper or membrane rather than trying to shape one out of shingles.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — 1x6 plank sheathing with open board gaps, half-inch CDX re-sheathing overlay, ice barrier carried two feet inside the warm wall, unfading Vermont slate on copper slate hooks, 16-ounce copper open valleys, lead-wedged counterflashing in soft lime mortar — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Newton and nearby communities including Waltham, Watertown, Brookline, Needham.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Newton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Newton, MA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Newton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do chimney flashing
The difference between chimney flashing that lasts and chimney flashing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with 1x6 plank sheathing with open board gaps, half-inch CDX re-sheathing overlay, ice barrier carried two feet inside the warm wall, unfading Vermont slate on copper slate hooks, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Newton job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Middlesex County and the inner-western suburbs means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do chimney flashing outside Newton
Newton Roof Pros covers Newton and the surrounding communities of Middlesex County and the inner-western suburbs. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Chimney Flashing in Waltham, MA — Middlesex County, population 65,218
- Chimney Flashing in Watertown, MA — Middlesex County, population 35,329
- Chimney Flashing in Brookline, MA — Norfolk County, population 63,191
- Chimney Flashing in Needham, MA — Norfolk County, population 32,091
- Chimney Flashing in Wellesley, MA — Norfolk County, population 29,550
- Chimney Flashing in Weston, MA — Middlesex County, population 11,851
Start on the Newton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Newton Chooses Newton Roof Pros
- ✓We check the deck before quoting, because a roof covering license covers only a quarter of the sheathing and Newton's pre-1930 stock regularly exceeds it.
- ✓Every estimate is already a Chapter 142A contract: materials, dates, capped deposit and cancellation rights on the same page you sign.
- ✓We file the building permit under our own license, which is what keeps your Guaranty Fund eligibility intact if anything ever goes wrong.
- ✓Photographs by roof plane, layer counts at the rake, and deck probes at eaves and valleys, given to you whether or not you hire us.
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Newton follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every chimney flashing project in Newton gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free chimney flashing free estimate in Newton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.