Nashville Premium Roofing provides professional chimney flashing in Nashville, TN for residential and commercial properties across Middle Tennessee. A chimney is the largest obstruction on most Nashville roofs, and on a canopied lot it works as a leaf trap. The uphill face has no wash across it, so every leaf coming down that slope stops there. That pile is where most chimney leaks here start.
Once debris packs against the uphill face, water has nowhere to go but up and sideways. It rides over the top of the step flashing and gets in behind the counterflashing, and it does this in a rain that would never trouble a clean chimney. The homeowner sees a stain on the ceiling beside the firebox and assumes the crown or the cap has failed, which is often not the case at all.
The permanent fix is a cricket. A framed saddle behind the chimney, sheathed and flashed and roofed like a small roof of its own, splits water and debris around both sides instead of letting either accumulate. Code calls for one above thirty inches of chimney width, and we build them well below that on any chimney under a tree, because here the debris load drives it rather than the width.
Flashing itself is layered, never sealed. Step flashing goes in shingle by shingle up both sides, each piece lapped over the one below. Counterflashing gets cut into a reglet in the mortar joint, folded and mechanically held, not smeared into place with caulk. A bead of sealant across a masonry joint is a two-year fix, and we get called back to undo those constantly.
Older Nashville houses add a masonry wrinkle. Soft historic mortar in East Nashville and Germantown does not always take a saw-cut reglet cleanly, so on those we use surface-mounted counterflashing with a proper termination bar and sealant joint, or we repoint first. Either way the mechanical hold comes before the sealant rather than instead of it.
The cheapest thing you can do for a chimney under trees is keep its uphill side clear. That is two visits a year with a blower and a hand, and it is the least expensive maintenance on the whole building. Owners who do it get flashing that lasts as long as the roof. Owners who do not get a leak, and then a rebuilt firebox surround, for want of a ten minute job.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — SBS-modified asphalt shingles with a reinforced fibreglass mat, open valley metal in 26-gauge painted steel with a hemmed edge and centre rib, hidden gutter hangers screwed on 24-inch centres into solid fascia backing, 6-inch K-style gutter with 3x4 downspout outlets, ice-and-water membrane carried past the interior wall line at eaves and valleys, synthetic underlayment rated for 180-day UV exposure — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Nashville and nearby communities including Franklin, Brentwood, Hendersonville, Murfreesboro.
What We Handle
Everything our chimney flashing in Nashville covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of chimney flashing work in Nashville, TN. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- chimney leak repair nashville tn
- step flashing replacement
- chimney cricket installation nashville
- counterflashing repair nashville tn
- masonry chimney flashing middle tennessee
- chimney saddle roofing
- reglet counterflashing nashville
- chimney flashing replacement nashville
- leaking chimney roof nashville tn
- chimney chase flashing
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Nashville 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 SBS-modified asphalt shingles with a reinforced fibreglass mat, open valley metal in 26-gauge painted steel with a hemmed edge and centre rib, hidden gutter hangers screwed on 24-inch centres into solid fascia backing, 6-inch K-style gutter with 3x4 downspout outlets, 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 Nashville 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 Middle Tennessee 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 Nashville
Nashville Premium Roofing covers Nashville and the surrounding communities of Middle Tennessee. 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 Franklin, TN — Williamson County, population 83,454
- Chimney Flashing in Brentwood, TN — Williamson County, population 45,373
- Chimney Flashing in Hendersonville, TN — Sumner County, population 61,753
- Chimney Flashing in Murfreesboro, TN — Rutherford County, population 152,769
- Chimney Flashing in Smyrna, TN — Rutherford County, population 53,070
- Chimney Flashing in Spring Hill, TN — Maury and Williamson Counties, population 50,005
Start on the Nashville Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Nashville Chooses Nashville Premium Roofing
- ✓We measure the canopy before we measure the roof, and every proposal states how much clear air each plane has and how much it needs
- ✓Open valley metal instead of a closed cut on any slope under mature hardwood, because a packed cut valley dams water sideways beneath the shingles
- ✓Gutters priced as roofing components: hidden hangers on 24-inch centres into solid backing, with 3x4 outlets sized for real hardwood leaf volume
- ✓Hand-sealed starter and first courses on shaded north slopes, where factory sealant strips get too little heat to bond on their own
The standards behind chimney flashing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The chimney flashing work we do in Nashville 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 Nashville 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 Nashville, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.