Chimney Repair in Apple Valley, MN
Golden Stones handles chimney repair on Apple Valley houses whose brick is dropping chips, letting water in or showing open mortar joints. Height is one of the factors that determine chimney prices, and Apple Valley has a sizable share of houses built two or more stories tall, along with thousands of split-entry, split-level, and multi-level houses.
10 Years
Workmanship warranty, in writing
Apple Valley at a Glance for Chimney Repair
According to Apple Valley's 2040 Comprehensive Plan, houses of two or more stories make up 32 percent of all housing units, and newer single-family houses are most commonly built as two-story designs. That share matters to the price, because each story a chimney rises past the first adds about 10 percent to its starting figure. Dakota County's property records add a second point: split-entry, multi-level and split-level houses account for 4,445 of the city's 10,888 detached houses, about 41 percent. In a split house, the front door sits between floors, so the exterior of the house does not indicate how many stories the stack counts as.
The Greenleaf additions show how mixed a single neighborhood can be. The county dates 1,371 detached houses in Greenleaf 1st through 12th to the years 1970 through 1978, among them 435 one-story, 401 split-entry, 302 multi-level, 130 two-story and 99 story-and-a-half. Within that one group of plats, the houses span every story count our lines cover, and the story-and-a-half houses fall between two of them. For those, and for the split houses, Sam decides which line applies after he has looked at the roof and the stack together, and the figure on your written estimate reflects that call before you agree to anything.
What the Repair Takes In
- Popped or cracked brick faces replaced unit by unit, with a straight answer when the damage has spread too far across the stack for a repair to last
- Repointing: worn mortar ground out to depth and new mortar packed in, then struck once it has firmed up
- Crown and raincap work: the concrete slab that closes the stack at its top and the metal cap that keeps rain and animals out of the flue
- Flashing at the roofline, where it is one of the places water gets in
- Leak tracing with a hose, starting low on the stack and moving up while someone watches from inside
How the Job Runs
1. Call during business hours, weekdays from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and a person answers.
2. Sam visits and inspects the masonry himself. The visit is free, and he checks the full height of the chimney both above and below the roof.
3. If water is coming in, Sam runs that hose test during the visit, so the leak is found before it is priced.
4. You receive the estimate in writing, with each option and its cost and Sam's view of how long each one is likely to hold.
5. Once you agree, the crew puts up staging and covers plants, roof and driveway, takes out the failed material, lays the new work and clears the site before leaving.
Published Starting Figures
Both dollar figures start from a one-story house, and the two-story share described above is where the per-story line comes in.
Before you call
Every figure on this page depends on square footage and on what we find when we look. They are rough guides to help you decide whether to call, not quotes. The exact number comes after the visit, and the visit is free.
Sweeping, creosote, flue liners, dampers, gas inserts and wood stoves go to a chimney sweep or installer.
Questions From Apple Valley Homeowners
We live in one of the Greenleaf additions. Will our chimney need a full rebuild?+
The address cannot tell you that. Sam decides between a repair and a rebuild from what he finds on the stack, and our chimney rebuild page sets out the rule he uses. This page carries no figure for a rebuild, which he prices once he has seen the chimney.
Should our chimney be sealed against water once the repair is done?+
A breathable water repellent can go on, but only over brick and joints that are already sound, because brick has to be able to dry out and a coating over open joints traps the water in. Sam tells you at the visit whether your stack is ready for it.
A roofer is booked for our house. Should the chimney be repaired first?+
Yes. Sam prefers to have the chimney finished before the roofer starts, so mention the roofing date when you call.
Somebody already fixed our Apple Valley chimney and it still leaks. Can Sam work out why?+
Yes. A repair that keeps leaking has usually dealt with what showed and missed where the water gets in. Water can enter at the crown, the raincap, open joints or the flashing, so Sam starts over and tests for the entry point.
What happens if something we paid for fails later?+
If a section we repointed or rebuilt later cracks or crumbles, the written 10-year workmanship warranty covers it, subject to its terms. Masonry we never touched is outside it, so tell Sam which section has failed and roughly when we did the work.
What Customers Say
What appears below is our live Google feed, not testimonials we picked out, so it shows whatever is genuinely on it.
Get Sam Out to Look
For active leaks, we work evenings and weekends, and urgent scheduling costs more, which we tell you before you agree. Exterior mortar work is scheduled for weather mild enough for it to cure.