Custom Modern Chimney Cap Installation in Happy Valley Oregon

Most chimney caps are generic. They're stamped out in bulk, slapped on top, and that's that. They get the job done - barely - but they look like an afterthought. This home in Happy Valley, Oregon needed something different. Two chimneys, both visible from the street, and the homeowner wanted protection without sacrificing the look of the house.

We built both caps from scratch in our shop. That's the thing about custom fabrication - you're not working around what's available off a shelf. Every dimension is dialed in for a precise fit, and the design is built around the home's architecture, not the other way around. The result is a cap that looks like it was always meant to be there.

The horizontal slat detailing on these caps gives them a clean, modern profile that sits well against the natural stone masonry on one chimney and the more traditional siding-clad base on the other. Both caps share the same matte black finish and flat-top design, which ties the two chimneys together visually even though the chimneys themselves are different.

Function doesn't take a back seat here either. The wide overhanging top keeps rain and debris out, which is exactly what a chimney cap is supposed to do. Oregon weather is no joke, and water intrusion into a chimney is one of those slow, quiet problems that turns expensive fast. A properly fitted cap is cheap insurance against all of that.

Getting the fit right matters just as much as the design. A cap that doesn't seat correctly lets in water, shifts over time, and often ends up needing to be replaced sooner than it should. When we fabricate in-house, we control every part of that process - from the initial measurements to the final install.