Chimney Repair in Minnetonka, MN
Our chimney repair work in Minnetonka covers houses of every age, from prewar homes to the decades of construction that followed. More than half the city's homes are single-family detached houses, thousands of them dating from the late 1950s and the 1970s, and age bears on what Sam looks for when he goes over one.
10 Years
Workmanship warranty, in writing
Minnetonka at a Glance for Chimney Repair
Hennepin County's parcel record dates 2,067 Minnetonka houses to the 1970s, and 717 of them to 1977 and 1978 alone. The same record puts 503 houses in 1959, more than in any other single year, and 1,852 across 1957 to 1960. A chimney on either group has stood through decades of freeze and thaw. On a stack that age, the price turns on how far down the wear runs, which Sam reads in the brick and joints of the stack's body as well as at its crown.
The City's 2040 plan counts 13,308 single-family detached homes in Minnetonka, 56 percent of all housing units. Where one of those houses has a brick chimney, its flues may carry exhaust from the furnace or water heater as well as serving a fireplace. The brick, mortar, and crown are ours; the flue lining inside is a separate trade, as the price section notes.
What Our Chimney Repair Covers
How the Job Runs
1. You phone during business hours and a person answers. Sam then comes out to the house himself.
2. He inspects the whole stack, and where water is the complaint, he runs the hose test listed above during that same visit, before pricing anything.
3. You get his estimate in writing. Where both a repair and a rebuild are defensible, both are priced, along with the expected lifespan of each.
4. On work days, the crew first protects the roof, plantings, and driveway. Spalled brick and dead mortar are removed, new brick and joints are installed, the crown and cap are finished, and the job ends with cleanup.
Where a Minnetonka Chimney Price Starts
Our published lines are set against a single-story house with reasonable access to the roof, and they hold anywhere in Minnetonka.
Before you call
This page carries no figure for taking a stack down and rebuilding it; Sam prices that at the visit.
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.
Minnetonka Chimney Questions
The previous owner of our 1970s Minnetonka house ran caulk over the cracks in the crown. Will that hold?+
Caulk only buys time, and we take a lot of it back off. A cracked crown lets water straight into the brick below it, so Sam takes the caulk off and either seals the crown, if the concrete is sound with only hairline cracks, or pours a new one if it has broken up.
Nothing looks wrong with the chimney on our Minnetonka house, but the fireplace smells damp after rain. Should we call?+
Yes. Masonry holds water for a long time after the rain stops, and a smell that returns with each rain means water is getting in somewhere, even with nothing showing outside.
The raincap blew off our chimney. Can you fit a new one on its own?+
Yes. A raincap keeps rain out of the flue and animals out of the chimney, and installing one is a much smaller job than crown work. Sam prices it at the visit, and if the crown under it has cracked, he will tell you that as well.
Our fireplace was closed off with brick before we bought the house. Can you reopen it?+
Yes. Reopening a fireplace that was bricked over is masonry work Sam takes on, and he prices it once he has seen how the opening was filled. Whether the old flue above it is fit to carry a fire again is a question for a chimney sweep before anyone lights one.
Can you give us a chimney price over the phone?+
Sam does not price chimneys sight unseen, because a number given that way tends to move once the stack is looked at. The published lines above give you a starting point in the meantime. Photos you send before the visit still help him plan it.
What Customers Say
What appears below is our live Google feed rather than testimonials we picked out, so it shows whatever is genuinely on it.
Booking a Look at Your Minnetonka Chimney
A photo of the chimney taken from the yard, plus a closer shot of whatever made you call (brick chips on the shingles, a joint that has opened, a stain on the wall beside the fireplace), gives Sam a head start.
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.