For nearly 80 years, HY-C has been a trusted chimney cap manufacturer in the USA. What started with hand-made aluminum chimney covers in a St. Louis garage is still at the core of what we do today: Protecting homes from weather, wildlife, and everything in between.
If you’re a distributor, here’s what you need to know about stocking and selling our chimney caps — and why they’re a smart addition to your lineup.
TL;DR: HY-C chimney caps cover 90-95% of installs with standard sizes, come in multiple materials and styles for every price point, and include custom options to capture hard-to-fit jobs, making them an easy, high-margin product for distributors to stock and sell.
Chimney caps are essential for home protection. They help:
Generally, this is a high-need, repeat-demand product category with built-in urgency for homeowners and contractors alike.
About 90-95% of chimneys fit standard chimney cap sizes. Because of this, there are:
Most chimneys can be covered by just four standard chimney cap sizes: 9"x9", 9"x13", 13"x13", and 13"x18". However, the right fit still depends on a few key factors:
A small range of sizes covers most needs, but proper selection ensures the best fit and performance. And custom caps fill the remaining gap, allowing for every customer to be served.
HY-C offers two established brands to support reaching different buyers.
These easily segment your offerings without brand overlap, expanding your customer base in the process.
Custom caps aside, we manufacture four major chimney cap variations:
With these options, we cover both basic installs and premium upgrades while also creating natural upsell opportunities with multi-flue caps.
We offer chimney caps in five materials:
These chimney cap materials make it possible to build a good-better-best product mix to match any customer or project.
Not every chimney fits standard sizes. That’s where custom caps come in.
Acquiring a custom cap is a relatively simple process, too. When a customer needs a non-standard size, remember:
With our custom caps, you can capture sales competitors can’t fulfill, offer higher-ticket solutions, and strengthen relationships with contractors all at once.
Our chimney caps are available in:
This gives customers the power of aesthetic choice, which may secure more sales.
Our caps are built for real-world installs.
And more often than not, fewer complaints mean happier contractors and repeat business.
This allows distributors to confidently recommend the right product for code and performance.
Many of our stainless steel chimney caps come with limited lifetime warranties. This, in turn:
We don’t sell direct, we support distributors. With HY-C, you can expect:
To recap, we:
We also advise on the best time of year to buy chimney caps and typical costs, among other frequently asked questions.
Become an HY-C distributor and offer chimney caps your customers can trust. Reach out to a HY-C salesperson today.