The family chimney company for Grapeland Heights

A fireplace that sends smoke into the room is one of the problems our family team sorts out for homes in Grapeland Heights. We are locally owned, and we handle the whole path the smoke takes: the firebox, the damper, the smoke chamber, the flue and the cap. Because we also repair masonry and service gas and electric units, the fix does not stop at the part that happens to be easiest to reach.

Smoke spillage has several possible causes, and they call for different work. A damper that opens only part way can push smoke back. So can a cap clogged with debris, a flue too small for the opening or a house under suction from exhaust fans. A rough, stepped smoke chamber is another cause. That chamber is the sloped space above the damper that gathers smoke into the flue.

The building code's fireplace section calls for its inside walls to be smooth where the masonry steps inward, because ledges slow the smoke and collect deposits. Tell us when the smoke appears. Note whether it happens as the fire starts or later, whether a window or door changes it, and whether kitchen or bathroom fans were running.

Those details point to the cause faster than any single test. The free inspection looks at each part of the path we can reach safely, and the written estimate costs nothing. It sets out the smoke chamber, damper and flue items separately with upfront pricing, so you can see which one does what. 10% comes off the price of any service you approve in the 72 hours after your free inspection.

We protect the room while we work, cover the chimney when work stops for the day and take the debris away. Our workmanship warranty applies to the repair, and the job is documented in a written record of the work.