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- 2022 Gray Fox Creek, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
Mission era homes were built to last, but their chimneys were never meant to go a century without attention. We restore original brick, fieldstone and mortar so the fireplace works safely again without erasing the character that made you buy the house.
Our neighborhood association had questions about the exterior changes before we even started, and the crew handled all of it with patience.
They explained the materials, kept the look consistent with the block, and we never had to chase anyone for answers.
It has been about four months since they finished, and the fireplace still draws perfectly with no smoke in the room.
The repointed joints have held through every rainstorm since, which is more than I can say for the patch job that was there before.
My mother is in her eighties and still lives in the house, so I needed a crew that would not leave a mess or trip hazards around.
They tarped everything, kept the dog out of the work zone, and walked her through the finished firebox before they left.
We had a cheaper bid that wanted to parge over the whole stack and call it done.
These guys instead matched the original brick and fixed the flashing properly, and you cannot tell where the repair starts.
Worth every bit of the difference.
Restoring an older chimney is a sequence, not a single visit.
Each stage tells us what the next one should be.
Cracked brick, spalling faces and crumbling fieldstone get repaired with matched material so the stack stays structurally sound.
We work around the original construction instead of replacing it.
Roof leaks at the chimney are one of the most common calls we get on older homes, and they are the reason homeowners seek certified sweeps who can also address related issues like roof leaks around the chimney.
We repair or replace the flashing so water stops entering at the roofline.
Old mortar erodes long before the brick does.
Repointing with a compatible mix protects the masonry and keeps the wall breathing the way it was designed to.
Restoring a historic chimney takes patience and a feel for materials that only comes from years on real jobs.
We bring that experience to every project, whether it is a single repoint or a full firebox rebuild.
You get a clear explanation of what we found, what we recommend, and why, so you can make the call with confidence.
Old chimneys fail differently than new ones, and treating them like modern construction is how character gets lost.
Roughly 61% of the housing units here (361,205 of 594,026) went up before 1980, which means a large share of local homes were built in the era when asbestos-containing materials and lead paint were still in use.
That single fact changes how a restoration should be handled from the first swing of a hammer.
Owners of historic homes often describe worrying about aging brick and the risk of sparks reaching a wood roof, which is why the work starts with understanding what is original and what was added later.
We repair flashing, tuckpoint mortar joints, and rebuild fireboxes on period structures instead of pushing a tear-out.
If your chimney is beyond saving, see how we handle full chimney rebuilds so the replacement still matches the house.
Every job ends with a clean site, because a restoration that leaves grit in a living room is not finished work.
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Keep flammable items at least 5 feet from the fireplace and avoid oversized fires to prevent chimney fires during winter months.
Our crews work across these 30 ZIP codes.