Chimney Brick & Masonry Repair
When mortar turns sandy and bricks start flaking faces onto your roof, the chimney is telling you water got in. Masonry repair done now is measured in hundreds; the rebuild it prevents is measured in thousands.
The Fireplace Guys • DFW
Chimney & Fireplace Repair
Weather, animals, and age all work on a chimney — and a lack of maintenance does the most damage of all. We repair the root cause — the crown, the flashing, the liner — not just the symptom.
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- Licensed & Bonded Team
- 0% Interest Financing
- Satisfaction Guaranteed
What We Fix
From Brick to Burner, We Repair It
- Masonry, brick, and tuckpointing repairs
- Crown, cap, and chase repairs
- Damper and downdraft repairs
- Flashing, flue, and liner repairs
- Siding, framing, and smoke chamber repairs
- Brick waterproofing and efflorescence treatment
- Gas fireplace and gas valve repairs
- Electric fireplace and pellet stove repairs
- Fireplace panels and firebox masonry
Warning signs worth a call: cracks in the masonry head or bed joints, brick chips on your roof or ground, or water leakage in your firebox. Catch it now and it’s a repair; wait a season and it can become a rebuild.
The Details
Inside Our Chimney Repair Service
Every job under this roof has its own page — what it includes, what it costs to skip, and the questions everyone asks.
Chimney Tuckpointing
Mortar joints are the chimney’s weather seal, and they fail decades before good brick does. Tuckpointing renews them: the failing mortar comes out, fresh mortar goes in, and the chimney goes back to shedding water instead of drinking it.
Chimney Crown Repair
The crown is the concrete roof of your chimney — and when it cracks, every rain pours water into the masonry below it. Most of the brick and liner damage we repair traces back to a crown that failed years earlier.
Chimney Cap Repair
A cap that’s bent, loose, or rusted through is barely better than no cap: rain gets past it, screens tear open for birds, and a Texas storm can send it across the yard. Most cap problems are a fast, inexpensive repair — if they’re caught before the water damage starts.
Chimney Damper & Downdraft Repair
A damper that won’t open fills the room with smoke; one that won’t close pours your air conditioning up the flue all summer — in a Texas August, that’s real money. And when smoke pushes back into the room even with the damper wide open, the problem has a name: downdraft.
Chimney Flashing Repair
That brown stain on the ceiling next to the fireplace? Nine times out of ten it’s flashing — the metal joint where your chimney exits the roof. It’s the most common chimney leak there is, and the most commonly misdiagnosed as “a roof problem.”
Chimney Flue & Liner Repair
The flue is the one part of the chimney with a life-safety job: keeping 1,000-degree gases and carbon monoxide inside a sealed column until they clear your roof. A cracked tile or a gap between liner sections is the system failing at exactly that job.
Chimney Siding & Framing Repair
Framed chimney chases — the siding-clad towers on most newer DFW homes — rot from the top down. A failed chase cover or open siding seam lets water into the framing, and by the time the outside looks bad, the inside has usually been wet for years.
Chimney Waterproofing
Brick is a sponge: it drinks wind-driven Texas rain all storm season, then freeze-thaw and salt deposits tear it apart from the inside. Waterproofing breaks that cycle — if it’s done with the right chemistry.
Gas Fireplace Repair
A gas fireplace that clicks but won’t light, lights and dies, or burns lazy orange instead of crisp blue-tipped flames is telling you exactly what’s wrong — if the person listening works on them every week. We do.
Electric Fireplace Repair
Electric fireplaces fail in polite, fixable ways: the heater stops while the flames keep dancing, the flame effect dies while the heat works, or the remote loses its mind. Most repairs are one component — if someone bothers to diagnose instead of replace.
Pellet Stove Repair
Pellet stoves are half fireplace, half machine — auger feeds, igniters, two blowers, vacuum switches, and a control board running the show. When one link fails the stove gets cranky in very specific ways, and those symptoms point straight at the culprit.
Fireplace Panel & Firebox Repair
The firebox takes more heat than any other part of the system, and its walls — refractory panels in prefab units, firebrick in masonry fireplaces — are designed to be sacrificial. Cracked is normal eventually; ignored is how heat finds the framing behind.
Smoke Chamber Repair
The smoke chamber funnels fire into draft — and in thousands of older DFW homes it was built as rough corbelled brick steps that catch soot, leak at the joints, and slow the flue they feed. Parging repairs and smooths it in place.
How It Works
Our Chimney Repair Process
Honest Assessment
A certified technician finds what actually failed — and checks the surrounding structure while we’re at it.
Accurate Quote
A thorough inspection first, so the quote you get is the most accurate possible. No surprises mid-job.
Expert Repair
We fix the root cause, match the existing masonry, and clean up completely. Work is guaranteed to your satisfaction.
Quality Work, Done by Quality People
Certified Expertise
We invest in the education and training it takes to do this work professionally.
Reliable & On-Time
Specific appointment times — so you won’t wait around for us.
Licensed & Bonded
Fully insured, and we take full financial responsibility for our work.
Built on Referrals
Most of our business comes from referrals and word of mouth — the trust you earn one honest job at a time.
Our Work
Recent Chimney Repair Jobs
Real before & afters from our crews — this is the standard your home gets.
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Brick Replacement
Photo needed · before-after-flashing.jpgBefore and after of a chimney flashing repair at the roofline
Flashing Repair
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Crown Repair
Chimney Repair Questions
How do I know if my chimney needs repair?
Three reliable signs: cracks in the masonry head or bed joints, brick chips appearing on your roof or on the ground, and water leakage in your firebox. Any of these is worth an inspection before the next burn season.
Is a cracked chimney really dangerous?
Yes. A crumbling or cracked chimney stack is a structural hazard, and gaps in the flue or liner can let heat and gases reach the home’s framing. That’s why we treat cracks as a safety issue, not a cosmetic one.
Do you repair gas and electric fireplaces too?
Yes — gas valves, burners, panels, pilot assemblies, electric inserts, and pellet stoves. One licensed crew handles the masonry and the appliance.
Can I finance a bigger repair?
Yes — financing is available with 0% interest. Ask when you book and we’ll set it up with the quote.
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Ready When You Are
Specific appointment times, honest written quotes, and 0% financing on bigger jobs. One crew for your chimney and fireplace.