The brick chimneys that came standard on Clemmons homes
Drive through almost any Clemmons subdivision built in the late 1990s through the mid-2000s — the developments off Lewisville-Clemmons Road, Stratford Road, and out toward Bermuda Run — and you’ll notice how many of these homes were built with a prominent brick chimney as a front-elevation feature. That was the look builders sold here. The problem is that the metal cap sitting on top of that chimney was almost never built to last as long as the brick.
What usually went up was a stamped, big-box chimney cap sized to a generic flue dimension and pinned down with sheet-metal screws or caulk. Twenty-plus years later — right as the original 20-25 year roofs across Clemmons are aging out together — those caps are rusting at the corners, rattling in storms, or already gone. If your roof is original to a 1998-2005 build, your chimney cap is on the same clock.
Why a stamped cap doesn’t fit a real Clemmons chimney
Real chimneys don’t measure in clean inches. The masonry flue on a typical Clemmons two-story has mortar buildup and dimensions that no stamped product covers properly. So the generic cap sits an inch high on one side, water finds its way past, and you eventually see staining run down the inside of the firebox or chimney chase.
We provide caps custom-built to the actual measurements we take at your house. A real cap is a system: a top plate that covers the entire crown (not just the flue), a spark screen that keeps embers in and the birds and squirrels out, a drip edge that overhangs the masonry on all sides so water runs off instead of down the brick, and standoff legs set at proper draft clearance. Many Clemmons chimneys are multi-flue — a fireplace flue plus a furnace flue — and we build a single cap that covers both with correct clearance to each. Stamped caps can’t do that.
Copper and stainless — matched to the home
Clemmons has a higher concentration of larger custom homes (3,500 sq ft and up) than most of Forsyth County, particularly off Peace Haven and toward the village core. On those homes a copper cap is the right call — it develops a patina over the years, reads as an architectural element from the curb, and outlasts the roof and the house. The same scale that makes Owens Corning Berkshire designer shingles and standing-seam metal accents look appropriate here makes copper the natural finish for a visible chimney.
For the bulk of the subdivision housing stock, stainless steel is the smart choice: 30-50+ years of life, stays bright, no patina, and roughly 40% of the cost of copper. Either way, you get a cap that won’t be the thing that fails first.
Coordinated with the roof you may already be due for
Because so much of Clemmons is reaching roof-replacement age in the same window, we’re frequently on these roofs anyway. The smart move is to replace an aging or marginal chimney cap while the crew is already up there for a roof replacement or repair. We’ll also assess the whole chimney — if the leak is actually a cracked concrete crown, failing step and counter flashing, or open mortar joints rather than the cap, we tell you that straight. We don’t sell you a cap you don’t need.
Why Clemmons homeowners choose Mid Atlantic
- 10-15 minutes away on Reynolda Road, not a regional chain or a storm-chasing door-knocker
- custom-built to your chimney’s exact measurements — copper and stainless, the materials that last
- Owens Corning Platinum Preferred and HOA-familiar for most Clemmons developments
- In-house W-2 crews — same people on every job, no subcontractors
- A+ BBB, 4.8 stars on Google and Facebook, and a 3-year workmanship warranty
Schedule a Clemmons chimney cap measurement
Call (336) 671-5208 or request an estimate online. We take measurements at your house, install, and install on a follow-up visit — most Clemmons inspections scheduled within 48 hours.