Chimney and fireplace service for homes in Golden Heights

Chimneys fail for three broad reasons, and a local team that starts with the reason saves you from paying twice. Our family-owned company in Golden Heights begins every chimney repair with a diagnosis, because water, heat and movement each damage a chimney in a different way. Water is the usual one. It enters at the crown, the cap, the flashing or open joints, soaks the masonry and slowly breaks it down.

Heat works from the inside, cracking flue tiles, firebrick and the mortar between them. Movement comes from settling, from wind loads on a tall stack or from the house and the chimney shifting at different rates. Masonry guidance is clear that repairing the visible damage without addressing its cause tends to fail again. The chimney chapter of the Florida Building Code describes how each part should be built, which gives the repair a standard to aim at.

Being locally owned lets us take the time to show you which of the three causes is at work before quoting. Tell us what you have noticed, where and for how long, and whether the fireplace is still in use. Sometimes more than one cause is at work. A crown cracked by water and a flue cracked by heat can sit in the same chimney, and each needs its own fix.

The estimate then keeps them apart, so you can decide the order. The free inspection covers the chimney from the firebox to the top and names the parts we cannot see. Once you have the findings from the free inspection, approving any service within 72 hours brings a 10% discount. The free written estimate lists the cause and the repair as separate items, with upfront pricing.

We cover an open chimney at night during longer jobs and haul away what we remove. Once finished, the repair is described in a written record and backed by our workmanship warranty.