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Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown in Fairfax: What to Know First

We replace and repair Olympia Chimney caps and crowns throughout Fairfax, usually in a single visit once we have eyes on the chase and the existing crown. An independent Olympia Chimney service provider, we quote the job before we start, and the number on the estimate is the number on the invoice. If it does not need doing, we will tell you that too.

Call (571) 624-2385

If you own a home in Fairfax with an Olympia Chimney system and you have water staining near the flue, a rusted cap, or a cracked crown, this page is for you. Wendell Pike and our crew have worked on Olympia caps and crowns from Mantua to Fair Oaks to the neighborhoods over near the Government Center since 1999. Call (571) 624-2385 and a live person answers, any hour.

Key Takeaways

• Olympia Chimney crowns fail in Fairfax mostly from freeze-thaw cycles, and the OEM installation detail is often the reason, not the material.
• Caps on Olympia systems rust at the mounting collar long before the hood gives out, because the original hardware was not stainless.
• OEM Olympia caps are fine. Quality aftermarket stainless replacements often outlast them here, and we stock both.
• Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. One call brings us back.
• Free estimates. No trip charge inside the county. $40 off any repair over $200. Seniors and veterans always save 10%.

How Olympia Chimney Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Cast-in-place crowns on Olympia masonry chases crack at the flue tile joint. We see this on homes across Fairfax, especially older colonials where the crown was poured tight to the tile with no expansion joint. The clay tile expands at a different rate than the cement, and the crown splits. We saw it on a home off Chain Bridge Road just this season. The fix is a proper bond break and a flexible sealant, or a full recast if the crack runs through.
• Olympia’s bolt-on caps chew through their own hardware. The cap hood itself may look fine, but the zinc-plated bolts and the mild steel collar holding the cap to the flue tile rust out in three to five Fairfax winters. That is where the wobble comes from, and eventually the cap lifts in a good nor’easter. We replace the whole cap with a stainless unit using stainless hardware, torqued to spec, and we check the mortar bed while we are up there.
• Multi-flue Olympia caps on wide chimneys sag at the center brace. This one is specific to the larger multi-flue caps, which Fairfax has plenty of on the bigger colonials in the city proper. The center support brace was not rated for the snow load we get in a heavy February. Over years, the hood bows and water pools. We see the same sag on Olympic-brand and Olympia Chimney caps. The fix is a reinforced aftermarket cap or a custom stainless unit built slightly steeper to shed water.
• Olympia’s stainless caps from the late 2010s pit at the weld seams. The mesh screen and the hood were 430-grade stainless, not 316 marine-grade. Along the welds, chlorides from rain and the creosote vapor do their work. You will see rust stains running down the flue tile before the screen lets go. On Olympia systems in Fairfax near the beltway, where road salt aerosol is real, we see it inside eight years. We replace with 316 stainless and the problem does not come back.
• Crowns on Olympia factory-built chases fail where the chase pan meets the cap. This is not a crown in the masonry sense, but the principle is the same. The chase pan on Olympia factory systems is a thin galvanized pan, and it rusts at the turned-up edge where water sits. The cap gets blamed. The pan is the actual leak. We pull the cap, replace the pan with a custom-bent stainless one, and re-bed the cap on fresh sealant. That is a one-day job for us and we have done dozens across Fairfax.

Our Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown Process

Here is what actually happens when you call us about an Olympia cap or crown in Fairfax.

1. 1
   The phone call. A live person answers, and it may well be Wendell himself. You tell us what you are seeing: water in the firebox, rust streaks, a cap that rattles in the wind. We book a window that respects your time.
2. 2
   We get on the roof. We do not quote chimney work from the ground. We inspect the cap, the crown, the flue tile, the mortar bed, and the chase pan if it is a factory system. Photos go in the job file.
3. 3
   You get a straight answer. If the crown can be patched and sealed for a fraction of a recast, we say so. If the cap just needs new stainless hardware, we do not sell you a full replacement. If it needs replacing, we talk OEM versus aftermarket and let you decide with real numbers in front of you.
4. 4
   The work. We pull the old unit, prep the surface, install the new cap or recast the crown with proper expansion joints and a slope that sheds water. Stainless hardware every time. We do not reuse old bolts on a chimney. That is how you get callbacks.
5. 5
   The test. We water-test the crown and check that the cap is seated and level. If it is a multi-flue cap, we check the center brace. Then we show you photos of what we found and what we did.
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   The guarantee. Every job gets our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something is not right, one call brings us back at no charge. And our invoice shows the same number you were quoted before we started.

What Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown Costs in Fairfax

Here is what we charge to work on Olympia Chimney caps and crowns in Fairfax, and I will be straight about what moves the number.

• Stainless cap replacement (single flue): $185 to $340 installed, depending on flue size and roof access.
• Multi-flue cap replacement: $390 to $620 for an Olympia-wide chimney with a standard chase width.
• Crown crack repair with flexible sealant and bond break: $160 to $275, assuming the crown is structurally sound.
• Full crown recast (masonry chimney): $740 to $1,100, including old crown removal, expansion joint material, and a proper pour with a drip edge.
• Custom stainless crown or chase pan for factory-built systems: $450 to $800, bent and seam-sealed for your exact flue configuration.

The honest variables are roof pitch, chimney height, how many flues, and whether we need to set up a lift or can work off ladders. The price we quote is the price you pay. Call (571) 624-2385 for a free estimate, and if you have a written quote from another Fairfax company, bring it. We will give you a free second opinion and tell you if you are being overcharged.

Why Fairfax Homeowners Call Top Hat Chimney for Olympia Chimney Work

We have been doing this in Fairfax since 1999, which is longer than a lot of the national outfits have even had a Maryland office. Wendell Pike puts his name on every job, and his license number is published. You will run into him at the hardware store on Saturday. Try that with a franchise.

We know Olympia Chimney products well enough to know when the OEM part is the right call and when a quality aftermarket stainless cap will actually hold up better in a Fairfax winter. And if your system also has a liner or chase issue, we work with DuraFlex, HeatShield, and Gelco so you are not juggling three contractors. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every single job, not buried in fine print. And the phone never goes to a voicemail tree, it rings to a person. Usually one of us.

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