Chimney Guides
Plain answers to the questions people actually ask before they call anyone — what it costs, what causes it, and whether it can wait a season.
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Why Your Chimney Is Pulling Away From the House
This is the most common chimney complaint in Texas and the one most often treated as a chimney problem when it is a ground problem.
Chase Covers: The Most Common Texas Chimney Repair
If you live in a Texas house built since about 1980, what you have on the roof is probably not a chimney in the masonry sense at all.
Gas Log Sets: The Appliance Nobody Services
Most Texas fireplaces are gas, and most Texas gas fireplaces have never been touched since the day they were installed.
The Damper Clamped Open for Gas Logs
There is a small metal clamp on your damper that somebody fitted years ago, and it is both necessary and expensive.
Cracked Refractory Panels: Why You Cannot Patch Them
Most Texas fireplaces built since 1980 are not masonry. They are manufactured appliances that look like masonry, and that changes every repair.
After a Hail Claim, Check the Chimney Flashing
Texas replaces more roofs after hail than almost anywhere, and the chimney is a small part of a big job done at speed.
Buying in Texas? What the Chimney Inspection Should Answer
The chimney questions that matter in Texas are not the ones that matter in New England, and a generic inspection checklist misses most of them.
Wood Burning in East Texas: Creosote Is Real Here
Most of Texas has a decorative gas fireplace. East Texas has timber everywhere and households that actually burn it, which is a different trade entirely.
How Often Does a Texas Chimney Need Attention?
In a state where most fireplaces are gas and most gas fireplaces have never been serviced, the question people ask and the question they need answered are different.
Salt, Humidity and Storms: Chimneys on the Texas Gulf Coast
On the Gulf coast the two things working on your chimney never stop: salt in the air and humidity that keeps it there.
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