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Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap Installation: The Easton Owner’s Guide

Olympia Chimney chimney cap installation in Easton typically runs $280-$520 for most single-flue setups, including the cap, flashing collar, and labor. We stock Olympia Chimney-compatible caps on our trucks and can usually match your flue size and model series without a second trip. If you’re seeing rust streaks down the brick or hearing animals in the flue, the cap has likely failed.

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Most Easton homeowners figure it out after a storm. Water on the firebox floor. A squirrel staring down from the flue. Or the neighbor mentioning they just replaced theirs after the same winter that beat up yours. The Delaware Valley’s freeze-thaw cycles work hard on sheet metal, and Olympia Chimney caps, while well-built, still take that abuse head-on.

Which Olympia Chimney Models This Applies To

Olympia Chimney manufactures caps across several series, and the right match depends on your flue type, not just the fireplace brand below it. Their standard galvanized and stainless caps fit round, square, and rectangular flues from 8″ to 13″ in diameter or width. The 304 stainless models carry a lifetime warranty against corrosion; the galvanized carry five years. In Easton’s climate, we see the galvanized fail at year seven or eight, right when the warranty expires.

Check the stamp on your existing cap’s collar, or measure the flue opening directly. Olympia Chimney caps use a slip-over design with set screws or a top-mount base plate. The critical gotcha: their 8″ round cap fits an 8″ inner flue, but some Easton homes built in the 1970s and 80s have 8″ outer-diameter flue liners with 6.5″ interiors. Measure inside-to-inside, not outside. We carry both OEM Olympia Chimney caps and equivalent-grade aftermarket from Gelco and Famco. Hearthstone Chimney Co. is an independent service provider, not affiliated with Olympia Chimney.

Signs Your Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap Installation Is Failing

• Rust stains on the chimney breast or fireplace face. Olympia Chimney galvanized caps start at the seam. Water wicks through, freezes, and pushes rust down the flue. By the time you see it inside, the cap’s been leaking for two seasons.
• Animal intrusion, especially starlings and squirrels. A cap with a bent or missing screen lets them in. Easton’s tree canopy along the Bushkill Creek corridor gives squirrels a highway to your roof. Once inside, they compact nesting material that blocks the flue.
• Water pooling in the firebox after heavy rain. The cap’s crown seal has separated, or the base plate has warped. Olympia Chimney caps use a silicone gasket that hardens in Pennsylvania temperature swings. We replace it with a fresh gasket and exterior sealant.
• The cap is visibly tilted or missing entirely. Wind gusts off the Lehigh Valley can lift a cap with corroded set screws. We’ve retrieved them from gutters, shrubs, and once from a neighbor’s driveway in College Hill.
• Downdraft smoke even with the damper open. The cap’s wind-directional design has bent or the screen is clogged with creosote. Olympia Chimney’s standard caps include a wind band that helps, but it only works if it’s intact.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

What moves the number: flue height above the crown (taller = more ladder time), whether the crown itself needs patching before the new cap seats flat, and if we’re matching an unusual flue shape. We photograph the crown condition before quoting. The price we give is the price on the invoice. Every cap installation carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it leaks, shifts, or doesn’t fit, we come back. No paperwork, no arguing.

DIY or Call Us?

Here’s what you can safely check yourself: measure your flue opening, look for the cap stamp or part number, and eyeball the crown for cracks. That’s it. Everything else belongs on a ladder or roof.

Chimney cap installation involves working at height on a pitched surface, often with a masonry crown that’s already compromised. A dropped cap damages the roof or gutters. A poorly seated cap channels water into the flue instead of away from it. And without a camera inspection, you won’t know if the leak has already damaged the flue liner or mortar joints below. We’ve found hidden spalling in Easton’s older brick chimneys that a cap replacement alone would have masked.

Our technicians carry Olympia Chimney-compatible caps, base plates, and sealant on every truck. Most Easton installations finish in one visit. Call (610) 756-1504 and we’ll confirm your flue size over the phone.

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