Masonry repair
Sweep & inspection
Caps & crowns
Flue relining
Gas fireplace serviceLevel 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
Trusted Chimney Repair for San Antonio Homeowners
When a chimney stops working the way it should, the problem is rarely subtle. Water stains on the ceiling near the flue, a firebox that smokes into the living room, chunks of mortar on the roof after a storm, or a rusted cap that no longer keeps rain and birds out. Those are the calls we get most often at Hadley Chimney San Antonio. We’ve been doing Chimney Repair in San Antonio and the surrounding communities since 2003, and the trade hasn’t changed much: most of the damage happens out of sight, and most of the fixes are straightforward once someone actually looks. We show up in a tracked window, inspect what’s actually failing, hand you a written price before any work starts, and take photos the whole way. No vague verbal quotes, no surprise charges at the door. If your chimney is leaking, smoking, or shedding brick around the Alamo Heights or Terrell Hills area, call (254) 276-4116 and you’ll get a live person, 24/7.
Chimney Cap Installation
Chimney Cap Installation is the single most effective way to keep rain, animals, and debris out of a flue that doesn’t have one. The cap sits at the top of the chimney, usually stainless steel or copper, and covers the flue opening while still allowing smoke and gas to escape. In San Antonio’s storm season, an uncapped flue is also an open pipe for wind-driven rain, which wicks into the brick and accelerates spalling. We install caps on nearly every repair call we make, because the flue tile below is often the first thing a missing cap has destroyed. A typical cap installation in the San Antonio area runs $185 to $485 depending on the flue size and the material you choose. The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to cap installs the same as any other repair: a written guarantee on every job, and a free second visit if anything isn’t right.
Custom Flue Measurements
We template every flue on-site, because guessing at the opening size is how you end up with a cap that rattles in the wind or blocks draft. The measurement determines whether you need a standard single-flue cap or a custom-fabricated one for an odd-sized clay tile. You’ll see a photo of the template on the flue before anything is ordered or installed.
Material Options for Texas Weather
Stainless steel handles San Antonio’s UV and humidity well, while copper costs more up front but develops a patina that many homeowners in Scenic Oaks and Leon Valley prefer. We stock both styles, and we’ll show you the price difference in writing before work begins. No upselling at the door, just the facts.
Styles & brands we work with
Chimney Cap Replacement
Chimney Cap Replacement is the job we do when an old cap has failed, rusted through, or blown loose during a storm. A cap that’s rusted to the point of pitting no longer seals against the crown, and a cap that’s shifted lets rain run directly down the flue wall. We see both conditions regularly on chimneys throughout San Antonio, especially on homes built in the 70s and 80s where the original cap was galvanized steel rather than stainless. Replacement in the San Antonio market typically runs $165 to $450, depending on whether the mounting hardware and crown area are still intact. We’ll never recommend a replacement if the existing cap can be resealed and secured, and you’ll see photographic proof of why it can’t.
Signs the Old Cap Is Done
Rust tracks down the crown, a cap that’s visibly tilted or missing its mesh sides, and water staining inside the firebox are the three tells we look for. If the mesh is torn, you’ll also start seeing nesting material or having birds come down the flue. Any one of those means the cap isn’t doing its job anymore.
Same-Visit Replacement
Because we carry common cap sizes and mounting hardware on the truck, most replacements happen on the first appointment, not as a follow-up. That means one booking, one written price, one visit that solves the problem. If your flue is a custom size, we template it, order the right cap, and schedule the return visit in the tracked window you choose.
Chimney Liner Installation
Chimney Liner Installation is the repair that brings a firebox and flue back to safe operating condition when the original clay tile liner has cracked, separated, or deteriorated past the point of safe use. The liner is the passageway that carries combustion gases up and out, and when it fails, those gases can leak into the wall cavity or living space. In San Antonio’s older neighborhoods like Alamo Heights and Castle Hills, we regularly see original clay liners with gaps at the mortar joints from decades of thermal cycling. We install DuraFlex flexible stainless liner systems, which carry a strong reputation among chimney professionals. In the San Antonio market, a full liner installation usually runs $2,200 to $4,800, depending on the height of the chimney, the flue diameter, and whether the old heat source is staying the same or converting from wood to gas.
The Hearthside Inspection
Before we recommend a liner, we put a camera down the flue and show you exactly what the interior looks like, crack by crack. There is no way to make an honest recommendation about a liner without looking at the full length of the flue, and you deserve to see the same footage we see. If the old liner is only lightly damaged, we’ll tell you that too.
DuraFlex Stainless Steel
We trust DuraFlex for liner work because the material is built for the corrosive byproducts of both wood and gas combustion. It’s insulated where needed and sized to the exact flue diameter of the appliance it serves. The liner comes with our written guarantee, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise means a free second visit if anything goes wrong after the install.
Chimney Flashing Repair
Chimney Flashing Repair addresses the metal work where the chimney meets the roofline, and it’s the source of more ceiling leaks than most homeowners realize. Flashing is the layered metal that steps up the chimney’s sides and channels water away from the joint; when a section lifts, tears, or bakes out of place under the Texas sun, water gets behind it. Our techs find flashing failures all over San Antonio, from Windcrest to Lackland AFB, and they don’t just reseal the obvious gap. They inspect the entire perimeter, because a leak that shows up on one side of the chimney often has a second entry point on another. A flashing repair in the San Antonio market runs $350 to $900 on average, depending on how much of the existing metal can be reused and whether the roofline needs fresh sealant work.
The Truth About Sealant-Only Fixes
Caulk and roofing cement are temporary, period. In the heat of a San Antonio summer, those products crack and pull away from the masonry within a season or two. Unless you’re only dealing with a pinhole gap, a proper flashing repair means resetting or replacing the metal, and we’ll show you photos of what we found and what we fixed.
Roofline and Step Flashing
We check the step flashing, counter flashing, and the reglet cut into the masonry all the way around the chimney. If one section has failed but the rest is intact, we’ll patch that section and tell you how much life is left in the rest. The written price covers the full scope of what we find before any work starts.
Chimney Crown Repair
Chimney Crown Repair is the fix for the concrete or mortar slab that caps the top of the chimney and sheds water away from the flue. When a crown develops hairline cracks or starts to crumble, water seeps through and into the brick below, which causes the spalling and staining we see on chimneys across San Antonio. The crown is the highest point of the weather envelope, and it takes the brunt of every storm. A minor crown repair in the San Antonio area runs $300 to $700, while a full crown recast or re-crowned chimney might run $900 to $1,600, depending on the size of the chimney and how much of the old crown can be salvaged. We’ll always measure and inspect the crown during the home evaluation and show you exactly what we’re seeing up there.
What a Healthy Crown Should Look Like
A crown should overhang the brick by at least two inches, slope away from the flue on all sides, and have no visible cracks or pits. If yours doesn’t, water is already finding its way in somewhere. In neighborhoods like Kirby and Floresville where drainage is a concern around the foundation, you don’t want the chimney adding to the moisture problem.
Recrown vs. Patch
We won’t resurface a crown that’s structurally broken underneath, and we won’t push a full recast when only a small crack needs sealing. The question is whether the existing crown is sound enough to hold a new surface. You’ll see the before-and-after photos either way, and the written guarantee covers whatever we do.
Chimney Repair Companies
Chimney Repair - San Antonio companies range from one-person truck operations to full-service shops with multiple crews, and the difference comes down to what happens when the estimate is over and the work begins. We founded Hadley Chimney San Antonio in 2003 because the trade was running on vague four-hour windows, verbal quotes, and repairs homeowners couldn’t verify. The Relay Visibility Guarantee is our answer to that: live arrival tracking, before-and-after photo documentation, and a written price before work begins, every single job, not just the big ones. That’s what we’d want if we were hiring a chimney repair company ourselves. If you’re comparing options in San Antonio, Timberwood Park, or Selma, ask each one whether the quote comes in writing and whether you’ll see photos of the repair. The answers will tell you a lot.
Background Checks and Uniforms
Anyone who shows up at your home should be someone you can identify and verify. Our techs are background-checked, uniformed, and arrive in a tracked window, not a four-hour guess. You’ll know who is coming and when, and you’ll never be left wondering if you missed the truck.
A Real Person, Anytime
Our phone line is answered by a live person 24/7. If your chimney starts smoking at 11 p.m. and you’re not sure whether it’s an emergency, you won’t reach a voicemail loop or a callback queue. You’ll reach a human who can walk you through what’s happening and book a visit if you need one.
Chimney Masonry Repair
Chimney Masonry Repair covers the brick, mortar, and block work that make up the chimney structure itself. Over time, the freeze-thaw cycle, rain, and the intense San Antonio sun break down the mortar joints, a condition called spalling when the brick face begins to pop off. We see it most often on south-facing and west-facing elevations, where the afternoon sun bakes the brick. Masonry repair in the San Antonio market runs $450 to $1,800 depending on how much brick needs to be reset, how many joints need mortar repointing, and how much of the structure can be saved. The work is done with a mortar mix matched to the house, so the repair doesn’t look like a patch, and every repair is backed by our written guarantee.
Matching the Existing Mortar
Mortar color changes with age, exposure, and the sand source used when the house was built. We test-match on a small area before repointing the full chimney, so the repair blends with the rest of the masonry. On historic homes in areas like Terrell Hills, this makes a real difference in the final appearance.
When Brick Needs Replacing
A brick that’s cracked through or spalled past the point of holding its face can’t be patched. We’re careful about what we remove and what we save, because the goal is a structurally sound chimney that still looks like your house. You’ll see photos of the damaged brick before it comes out, not after.
Brands We Service
We’ve worked with Copperfield chimney caps and accessories for years, and we know the product line well enough to match replacement parts on the truck rather than special-ordering them. Famco caps, dampers, and chimney hardware are another brand we regularly install and service, and their stainless components hold up well in the San Antonio climate.
DuraFlex flexible liner systems are our first choice for liner work, because the material is built for the specific corrosion challenges of wood and gas combustion. HeatShield ceramic repair compound is our answer for liners that are damaged but not destroyed, letting us restore flue integrity without a full liner replacement in the right situations. Whether you have one of these brands on your chimney or any other make, we can service it and source the right parts.
See the difference
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AfterSigns You Need a Pro Right Now
- Water where it shouldn’t be. Stains on the ceiling or walls near the chimney usually mean a flashing or crown failure is letting rain in. The longer it sits, the more the surrounding wood and drywall absorb, and the bigger the fix becomes.
- Smoke coming back into the room. A firebox that smokes instead of drafting is often a sign of a blocked flue, a liner that’s failed, or a damper that isn’t opening fully. You should not smell yesterday’s fire in the living room today.
- Mortar or brick on the ground. Crumbling mortar joints and fallen brick chips mean the chimney is actively deteriorating from the outside in. Left alone, the damage works its way down the structure until the chimney becomes a safety concern.
- A chimney cap that’s missing or damaged. No cap means rain, birds, and squirrels have a direct path into your flue. A damaged cap is almost as bad, because it’s no longer sealing out the weather it was designed to stop.
- A strong odor from the fireplace. A sour or smoky smell on a humid San Antonio day is often creosote (the flammable tar buildup that makes chimneys a fire risk) breaking down inside the flue. It can also mean an animal has died in the chimney, which is a problem in itself.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Call or book online. You’ll get a live person 24/7, not a voicemail box. We’ll ask what you’re seeing, schedule a visit in a tracked window that works for you, and confirm the details before we hang up.
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The tech arrives in your window. You’ll see the arrival time live, the same way you’d track a rideshare driver. The tech is uniformed and background-checked, and they’ll introduce themselves before doing anything else.
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Honest diagnosis with a camera. We run a camera down your flue, check the cap, crown, flashing, and firebox, and show you photos of every problem we find. You’ll see exactly what we see, nothing hidden and nothing exaggerated.
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A written price, every time. Before any work starts, you get a written price that covers the full scope. If the scope changes once we’re into the work, the price changes only with your written approval. No surprises at the door.
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Repair, photos, and the guarantee. When the job is done, you’ll have before-and-after photos, a digital invoice you can pay from your phone, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every repair. If anything isn’t right, we come back free.
How Much Does Chimney Repair Cost in San Antonio?
A typical Chimney Repair in Selma or San Antonio runs anywhere from $185 for a simple cap install to $4,800 for a full chimney liner replacement. Minor crown repair sits around $300 to $700, flashing repair usually falls between $350 and $900, and masonry repair ranges from $450 to $1,800 depending on the extent of the brick work. The biggest factors are the height and accessibility of the chimney, the type of liner material, and how much of the existing structure can be saved.
To avoid overpaying, get a written price before any work starts and don’t accept a verbal quote that can shift once the tech is on the roof. A good chimney company will also show you photos of the damage, so you can see for yourself that the repair is real. Our free estimates in Chimney Repair in Timberwood Park, San Antonio, and the surrounding area include a camera inspection, a written price, and a clear explanation of what can wait and what can’t. No pressure, no upsells, just the facts with the documentation to back them up.
Our Service Area Near San Antonio
Hadley Chimney San Antonio works throughout Bexar County and the surrounding communities, including Chimney Repair in San Antonio, Selma, Timberwood Park, Kirby, Floresville, Terrell Hills, Leon Valley, Scenic Oaks, Alamo Heights, Castle Hills, Lackland AFB, and Windcrest. Most calls are scheduled within a few days, and the tracked window means you aren’t waiting around for a four-hour guess. If you’re anywhere in the San Antonio metro, we can get a tech to your chimney.
Serving San Antonio, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Antonio area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About Chimney Repair in San Antonio
Chimney repair is any work that restores a chimney to safe, functional condition, including cap replacement, liner installation, flashing repair, crown repair, and masonry work. It’s usually needed when water intrusion, age, or heat damage has compromised the structure. The goal is to stop the damage at its source, not just patch the symptom.
Most chimney repairs in San Antonio are completed the same day, including cap replacement, flashing work, and minor crown resurfacing. A full liner installation or significant masonry rebuild may require a second visit. We’ll give you a realistic timeline before any work starts.
In the San Antonio market, chimney repair costs run from $185 for a simple cap install up to $4,800 for a full liner system. The average job falls somewhere between $350 and $1,200 depending on the repair type and the condition of the chimney. We provide a written price before any work, so you know exactly what you’re spending.
Yes, we work with DuraFlex, Copperfield, Famco, and HeatShield products, among others. If you have a different brand, we can diagnose and repair it the same way. Our techs are trained on the materials and know how to source the right parts for the job.
If you have smoke backing into the house, water pouring through the ceiling, or a structural concern, call us any time and a live person will answer. We’ll help you triage the situation and book an appointment as quickly as possible. The 24/7 line is there for exactly that reason.
Every repair comes with the 365-Day Done Right Promise: a written guarantee on the work, and a free second visit if the repair fails within that window. It’s included on every job, not an upsell. You’ll see the terms in writing before you pay a dollar.
Clear any decor or furniture from the area directly in front of the fireplace, and let us know if there are pets or access concerns around the roof line. That’s really all you need. Our techs handle everything else, from setup to cleanup to the photo documentation.
Schedule Your Chimney Repair Service in San Antonio Today
If your chimney needs attention, don’t let it wait. Call (254) 276-4116 and you’ll speak with a real person, 24/7, who can book your repair and answer any questions about pricing, the process, or the 365-Day Done Right Promise. We’ll give you a written price before any work starts, document everything with photos, and stand behind the repair with a written guarantee. That’s how chimney repair should work in San Antonio.
Written by Cory Mitchell, Owner at Hadley Chimney San Antonio, serving San Antonio and surrounding communities since 2003.