Ready to place a trade order? Browse our custom chimney caps → — custom fabricated to cover your entire chimney top. Ships anywhere in the USA.
If you've been doing chimney sweeps or masonry work for any length of time, you already know what a store-bought cap looks like after a few winters. The mesh rusts out. The fit is never quite right. The client calls you back the following year because water is still getting in.
Custom fabricated caps — whether your clients call them chimney caps, chimney toppers, chimney rain caps, or chimney covers — don't have those problems. Here's why more trade professionals are ordering direct from fabricators — and what to expect when you work with us.
What Store-Bought Caps Get Wrong
Store-bought single-flue caps are designed to fit a range of flue sizes — which means they fit none of them perfectly. They sit on the clay flue tile and leave the chimney crown completely exposed to weather. The mesh is thin stamped steel that corrodes. The fit is approximate at best.
For a homeowner who doesn't know better, it looks like a cap. For a chimney professional who knows what a cap is supposed to do, it's a temporary fix waiting to fail.
The crown is what fails on masonry chimneys. The crown is what lets water in. A cap that doesn't cover the crown isn't solving the problem — it's just delaying the callback.
What a Custom Fabricated Cap Does Differently
A custom cap from Archaic Metal is built to the exact outside dimensions of the chimney crown. It covers the entire chimney top — crown included — and acts as a standing-seam metal roof for the chimney.
- Stainless steel spark screen standard on every cap
- Copper mesh available on request
- Side mount or top mount configuration
- Copper, Kynar aluminum, Galvalume, or stainless steel
- Any size, any configuration, multi-flue included
- Ships in a custom wooden crate via insured LTL freight
When you install one of these on a client's chimney, it looks like it was always supposed to be there. Because it was built specifically for that chimney.
How Trade Professionals Work With Us
We work with chimney sweeps, masonry contractors, roofing companies, and general contractors regularly. The process is straightforward:
- Measure the chimney crown — outside length and width, flue tile dimensions and height above crown. Not sure how? Check our measuring guide →
- Contact us with the dimensions and your material preference
- We confirm the configuration and provide a quote
- Lead time is 3–4 weeks from order to delivery
- Cap ships anywhere in the USA in a custom wooden crate
For contractors who order regularly, we're easy to work with and we build to spec every time. No minimums, no complicated ordering process.
Why It Makes You Look Good
A custom fabricated cap is a visible upgrade. Copper caps patina beautifully over time. Kynar aluminum caps come in colors that match the roof or trim. Either way, the client sees a finished, professional installation that looks intentional — not a hardware store cap that wobbles on the flue tile.
It's also a conversation starter. Homeowners notice when something looks right. A well-fitted custom cap on a clean chimney is the kind of detail that gets you referrals.
Get in Touch
Call or text Sean directly at (609)352-9840 or use the contact form on our website. We're happy to answer questions about configurations, lead times, or pricing before you commit to anything.
Browse our custom chimney caps → — custom fabricated to cover your entire chimney top. Ships anywhere in the USA.
Sean has 32 years of experience fabricating and installing sheet metal components, copper roofing, and custom architectural metalwork — including historic preservation projects on schools, churches, and government buildings. Every cap that ships from Archaic Metal is built by hand in New Jersey.