Onondaga County
Chimney Flashing and Leak Diagnosis in Skaneateles
If a Skaneateles leak sits against a wide chimney, take a tape measure to the stack before you accept a repointing quote. 54.3 percent of the village was built before 1940 against 36.6 percent in the town around it, so the village core is where the big masonry chimneys are, and the code has a measurable test for whether one of them was ever roofed properly.
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What to measure on a Skaneateles chimney
Measure the chimney across the slope, not around it. New York requires a cricket or saddle on the ridge side of any chimney or penetration more than 30 inches wide measured perpendicular to the slope, built in sheet metal or in the same material as the roof covering, with unit skylights flashed to their maker's instructions excepted. A stack wider than 30 inches with no built-up slope above it is asking snow and water to sit behind masonry, and repointing the brick does not change the geometry one bit. The code names the other joints generally as well: wall and roof intersections, any change of slope or direction, around openings, and the point where an eave runs into a wall, with metal flashing not less than 0.019 inch thick, which is No. 26 galvanized sheet. Scope matters more here than almost anywhere on this site. Skaneateles village has 1,353 units with a median build year of 1938, 54.3 percent of them standing before 1940 and 9.8 percent in three and four unit buildings, while the Town of Skaneateles around it has 3,492 units with a 1956 median, 36.6 percent pre-1940 and 83.1 percent single-family detached. Village core and lake road are two housing stocks wearing one name, and a number from one is not evidence about the other.
Leak sitting against a wide chimney?
Send the address and the width of the stack across the slope. We will arrange a visit that tells you whether it needs a cricket or a repair.
Chimney, flashing and roof work we arrange in Skaneateles
Roof and Attic Leak Diagnosis
Find out where the water is actually getting in before anyone prices a covering, including whether it came through the roof at all.
Leak Diagnosis in Skaneateles →Flat and Low-Slope Roofing
Find out whether a nearly flat porch, addition or garage roof leaks because it has the wrong covering on it, and what may lawfully go up there instead.
Low-Slope Roofing in Skaneateles →Flashing, Chimney and Skylight Repair
Rebuild the joint the water is actually using, at a chimney, wall, valley, vent or skylight, without re-covering a roof that is still doing its job.
Flashing Repair in Skaneateles →Gutters, Downspouts and Roof Drainage
Get the water that leaves the roof away from the house properly, instead of over the gutter, behind the fascia or straight down the foundation wall.
Gutters and Drainage in Skaneateles →Attic Ventilation and Air Sealing
Stop indoor air reaching the cold roof deck, and get the vent area and the vent split right, so the attic stops making its own water.
Attic Ventilation in Skaneateles →Why the village and the town are two different jobs
Skaneateles village has 1,353 housing units, 73.0 percent single-family detached and 9.8 percent in three and four unit buildings, with 75.5 percent owner occupancy and a median build year of 1938. The Town of Skaneateles around it has 3,492 units with a median of 1956, 36.6 percent pre-1940 and 83.1 percent detached.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25034 year structure built, B25035 median year structure built, B25024 units in structure and B25003 tenure, accessed 2026-09-14
In Skaneateles village the median year of construction is 1938. Of 1,353 housing units, 54.3 percent were built in 1939 or earlier, 61.2 percent before 1950, 82.5 percent before 1980 and 17.5 percent in 1980 or later. 73.0 percent are single-family detached and 75.5 percent of occupied units are owner occupied.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25034 year structure built, B25035 median year structure built, B25024 units in structure and B25003 tenure, accessed 2026-09-14
Section R903.2.2 of the 2025 Residential Code of New York State requires a cricket or saddle on the ridge side of any chimney or penetration more than 30 inches wide, measured perpendicular to the slope, and requires it to be sheet metal or the same material as the roof covering. Unit skylights flashed to the manufacturer's instructions are excepted.
Source: 2025 Residential Code of New York State, via UpCodes, accessed 2026-09-14
Section R903.2.1 of the 2025 Residential Code of New York State requires flashings at wall and roof intersections, wherever there is a change in roof slope or direction, and around roof openings, and requires a flashing to divert water away from the point where the eave of a sloped roof meets a vertical sidewall. Where the flashing is metal it must be corrosion resistant and not less than 0.019 inch thick, which is No. 26 galvanized sheet.
Source: 2025 Residential Code of New York State, via UpCodes, accessed 2026-09-14
Several places on this site are villages inside towns of a different name, so their Census figures are not interchangeable. Liverpool village sits in the Town of Salina, Solvay village in the Town of Geddes, East Syracuse and DeWitt in the Town of DeWitt, Minoa and Fayetteville and Manlius village in the Town of Manlius, North Syracuse spans Cicero and Clay, Baldwinsville spans Lysander and Van Buren, Camillus village sits in the Town of Camillus, and Marcellus, Skaneateles, Elbridge, Jordan, Tully and Fabius each have a village inside a town of the same name.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25034 year structure built, B25035 median year structure built, B25024 units in structure and B25003 tenure, accessed 2026-09-14
Tell us which Skaneateles house we are looking at
Village core or lake road, and where the water shows. The two stocks behave differently and we will not give you one answer for both.