Questions about your chimney? Call our receptionist, Kari, at 320.414.0191. She picks up weekdays, 9 to 5.
If the house you're buying has a fireplace or a wood stove, get the chimney looked at before you close. A general home inspection usually looks at the chimney from the ground, and the things that cost real money, a cracked liner, a crown that's failing or brick that's coming apart, are on top of the roof or inside the flue.
What we look at
The same things we look at on every inspection: the cap, the crown, the brick and mortar joints, the flashing, the liner from top to bottom, the damper, the firebox and the hearth. You get pictures of each one and a written report.
Why before you close
Because once it's yours, so is the chimney. If we find something, the report and the pictures give you something real to take back to the seller, and you go into the house knowing whether the fireplace is safe to use the first cold night.
If any of this sounds like your chimney, call 320.414.0191. We'll come out, climb up, take pictures of what we find and show you before we quote anything.
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