Edina's chimneys were laid when craftsmanship was the default — Tudors from the twenties, ramblers from the fifties, and a hundred winters of freeze between them. We service them the way they were built: precisely, tidily, and with the paperwork to prove what we found.
From a Country Club Tudor to a Cahill rambler — the standard doesn't change, only the brick.
Drop cloths first, shoe covers always, and a sealed vacuum running before a single bristle turns. The soot leaves with us — that's the entire point of hiring it out.
Every flue in the stack examined and photographed, with the verdict explained on the spot — free, no theater. The written report a buyer or insurer can hold runs $149, on request.
Century-old joints want mortar that moves like the original, not modern cement that cracks the brick around it. We blend to the period — color, hardness and profile.
When frost has had the final word, we take the stack down to sound courses and lay it back true — sized and terminated so the fireplace actually draws.
Tall trees and taller rooflines make Edina a downdraft town. The right cap, a top-sealing damper and a corrected termination turn a moody fireplace reliable.
Every stained ceiling starts as one hairline path through crown, flashing or brick face. We trace the route water actually takes and close it — permanently, and provably.
Keep the original surround, retire the ash shovel. We ready the flue, set the liner and damper for a vented log set or insert, and leave the paperwork inspectors like.
Interior masonry is furniture-grade work. Fireboxes relaid in firebrick, surrounds refaced in brick or stone, hearth extensions brought quietly up to code.
Older masonry rarely fails loudly. It leaves notes — and the earlier they're read, the smaller the invoice.
Selling or buying in the southwest metro? Order the report before the buyer's inspector finds the surprise for you — the look is free, and the timing considerably better.
The same courtesy whether it's one flue or a full rebuild.
Describe the house and the symptom. The person answering has serviced streets like yours for years.
Every flue, the crown, the flashing and the brick — photographed as found, nothing dramatized.
The verdict is spoken free on the spot; the $149 written report documents it when you need paper. Repair pricing follows separately, itemized and free.
Materials matched, floors guarded, debris gone. The only trace of us is the improvement.
One call, one visit, one photographed report — and a winter of fires you don't have to think twice about. Weekdays, seven to seven.
(612) 466-4488Cleanings, crowns, courses and the occasional blizzard's aftermath.
Working out of West 74th Street, with the Crosstown and 100 putting everything close.
Just outside the ring? Phone (612) 466-4488 — we make house calls beyond it.
It is. A certified technician spends the hour on your chimney and hands over his judgment on the spot — no charge, no strings, not a marketing visit priced to be earned back in the repair bill. Want it in writing with the photographs? The documented condition report is $149, prepared only on request.
That's the work we like best. The twenties builders used brick sizes, bonds and mortar tones that today's yard stock doesn't carry. We source compatible brick, blend the mortar to the original color and hardness, and point in the period profile — so the repair reads as upkeep, not surgery.
Once per face cord burned, or yearly for a fireplace in steady rotation. Many houses in this part of the metro run two or three flues up a single stack — the furnace's included — and each keeps its own schedule. The free visit sorts all of them at once.
Mature trees, steep rooflines and heavy winter air can push a marginal flue backwards. It's an equation, not a mystery — flue height, diameter and termination each have a fix, and one of them will hold the answer for your fireplace.
Usually, and elegantly. We confirm the flue's condition, set the right liner and damper arrangement, and prepare the surround — the original mantel stays exactly where the twenties left it.
Efflorescence — mineral salts escorted to the surface by water moving through the wall. Wiping it off treats the symptom; closing the moisture path that carried it is the actual repair, and finding that path is inspection work.
Yes — fireboxes relaid in firebrick, surrounds refaced in brick or stone, hearth extensions brought to clearance code, mantels reset level. Interior masonry is finish carpentry's cousin, and we behave accordingly indoors.
Weekdays from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening. Weekends are for our own hearths.
You'll speak with someone who knows the difference between a Morningside flue and a Parkwood Knolls one.
No intake script, no callback roulette — the voice on the line has pointed more joints than most masons see in a career.
(612) 466-4488 Begin With A CallMonday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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