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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.
Fast, Reliable Chimney Repair Across Kennesaw
Chimney repair in Kennesaw, GA typically costs between $450 and $2,800 depending on what’s failing, with flashing repair at the lower end and full rebuilds or liner replacement at the top. Most repairs we handle here are on factory-built metal chimneys from the 1980s and 1990s, and the work usually takes half a day once we’re on site. If you’re seeing water stains, rust streaks, or smelling smoke inside after a storm, call us at (762) 249-4619 and we’ll send a technician who can show you photos of exactly what’s wrong before any repair is booked.
Key takeaways:
- Flashing repair in Kennesaw: $450 – $900 on most homes; chase cover replacement runs $350 – $700.
- Chimney liner installation: $1,800 – $2,800 depending on length and access through the chase.
- Kennesaw’s attached homes in Legacy Park and Summerhour often share chases, which means your neighbor’s flue problem can become yours.
- Every repair includes a written guarantee, a free second visit if it fails, and photo documentation before and after.
Why Hadley Chimney Marietta Is Kennesaw’s Preferred Chimney Repair Company
Hadley Chimney Marietta has been repairing chimneys since 2003, and the crews who work in Kennesaw know this city’s housing stock well. We’re not learning your neighborhood from a map. When a technician pulls up to a 1990s home in Legacy Park, they already know it’s likely a factory-built fireplace with a metal chase, and they’re checking for rust at the chase top before they even ring the bell. That’s the difference experience makes.
Our Kennesaw customers value one thing more than anything else: not being left guessing. Every repair starts with a written price before work begins, and you get before-and-after photos so you can see the condition of the flashing, liner, or firebox for yourself. Cory Mitchell, who leads our repair team, holds every technician to The Relay Standard. That means live arrival tracking, digital invoicing, and a real person answering the phone 24 hours a day. No voicemail loops, no four-hour arrival windows, no vague “we’ll call you back.”
We also back what we do. The 365-Day Done Right Promise means every repair carries a written guarantee, and if a repair fails within a year, the second visit is free. Not a prorated credit. A free visit to make it right. That’s how we handle chimney work in Kennesaw.
Styles & brands we work with
Chimney Liner Installation in Kennesaw
Chimney liner installation in Kennesaw is often the right call when a 20- to 30-year-old factory-built fireplace has a cracked flue tile or a stainless liner that’s begun to pit from acid condensation. On homes in subdivisions like Legacy Park and Summerhour, this work typically runs $1,800 to $2,800, depending on how many stories the chase extends and whether we’re pulling the old liner through the top or working from the firebox.
What the job involves in Kennesaw: we inspect the existing liner with a camera, measure the flue, then install the correct diameter liner, usually a DuraFlex or Olympia Chimney product. We seal the termination at the top and verify the connection at the appliance. If the old flue tile is cracked but the metal chase is sound, we can often run a new insulated liner down the existing opening without tearing into walls. If the firebox panels are also failed, we’ll tell you that plainly and give you a separate written price for the panel replacement.
When Your Kennesaw Home Needs a New Liner
Cracked flue tiles in metal chases are not always visible until heat escapes into the chase enclosure. The signs are usually indirect: a persistent smoky smell in the room even when the damper is open, black staining at the top cap, or chunks of flue tile that show up during a sweep. In attached Kennesaw homes, a cracked liner in your flue can also pull air from a shared chase, which means a neighbor’s gas appliance exhaust can end up backdrafting into your firebox. That’s a carbon monoxide concern, and it’s a reason we recommend camera inspection any time a liner is suspect.
What a Kennesaw Liner Install Costs and Includes
The $1,800 – $2,800 range for chimney liner installation in Kennesaw covers the liner itself, removal of the old flue tile where needed, sealing the chase top penetration, and photo documentation of the finished work. If your chase cover also needs replacing, that’s typically an additional $350 – $700. You’ll see the line item price in writing before any work starts, so there’s no mystery at the door.
Chimney Flashing Repair in Kennesaw
Chimney flashing repair in Kennesaw is the most common repair we handle on older brick ranch and Craftsman homes near downtown, and it’s also a prime failure point on factory-built metal chases in newer subdivisions. Flashing is the metal strip where the chimney meets the roofline. On Kennesaw homes, galvanized flashing from the 1990s corrodes at the corners after 20-plus years of Piedmont rain and freeze-thaw cycles, and water gets into the roof deck. Flashing repair here typically runs $450 to $900.
What the repair involves in Kennesaw: we remove the old flashing, inspect the roof sheathing underneath, install step and counter flashing with proper overlap, and seal the corners with high-grade polyurethane sealant. We photograph the old flashing before removal and the new flashing after installation so you can see what you paid for. If the chase cover above the flashing is rusted through (common on factory chimneys), we’ll quote that separately so you’re not surprised later.
Shared Chase Leaks in Legacy Park and Summerhour
In attached homes, two metal chases often sit side by side in the same exterior enclosure. When the thin galvanized chase top on one unit rusts through, rainwater runs down the inside of the common chase and finds the flashing of the neighboring flue. That’s why one homeowner’s leak can suddenly appear in the other unit after a heavy spring thunderstorm. Sealing the common chase partition with a high-temp board and installing a Copperfield chase cover stops the cross-unit leak at its source.
Rust Streaks Without Leaks
If you see rust streaks at the flashing but no water inside yet, the metal is failing and the leak is coming. Rust means the galvanized layer is gone, and water is working its way through pinholes at the corners. Waiting until the ceiling stain appears usually means the roof deck is already wet. Flashing repair is far cheaper than replacing a section of roof sheathing, especially here where hard acidic Kennesaw clay splashes onto lower flashing during heavy downpours.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kennesaw
We install and repair components from DuraFlex, Copperfield, HeatShield, and Famco, and we carry a working stock of chase covers, flashings, and liner parts sized for the factory-built units that dominate Kennesaw’s 1980s and 1990s subdivisions. That matters when a rusted chase top needs replacement and you don’t want to wait a week for a part. On most Kennesaw repairs, we have what the job needs on the truck or in our local parts inventory. Your chimney doesn’t get whatever is cheapest. It gets the right part for the unit you actually have.
Common Chimney Repair Problems We See in Kennesaw Homes
- Rusted chase covers on 1990s factory chimneys. The original galvanized caps on homes in Legacy Park, Summerhour, and other Kennesaw subdivisions built between 1985 and 2000 corrode from acidic Piedmont rain, and by year 20, water is getting into the chase. This shows up as ceiling stains after heavy spring downpours.
- Spalling brick on older downtown ranch homes. Homes near Adams Park and along Cherokee Street with masonry chimneys absorb moisture that freezes and pops the brick face during Kennesaw’s winter freeze-thaw cycles. The mortar between bricks crumbles first, then the brick itself starts to flake.
- Failed flue tiles in factory fireplaces. Cracks in refractory panels and flue tiles are common in zero-clearance units that haven’t been inspected in a decade. The first cold snap after a panel fails pushes heat into the chase framing, which is a fire hazard.
- Cross-unit contamination in shared chases. In attached Kennesaw homes, a neighbor’s gas water heater venting into the same chase can send condensation dripping onto your wood-burning flue, accelerating rust and spalling inside a space you never see. It’s a repair a generic chimney company misses entirely.
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AfterPricing for Chimney Repair in Kennesaw, GA
Here’s what you can expect to pay for chimney repair in Kennesaw, GA, based on the jobs we’ve completed across the city’s neighborhoods:
- Flashing repair: $450 – $900
- Chase cover replacement: $350 – $700
- Chimney liner installation: $1,800 – $2,800
- Mortar repointing and tuckpointing: $35 – $60 per square foot
- Spalling brick repair: $500 – $1,400 depending on how many bricks need replacing
- Partial chimney rebuild: $1,500 – $3,500
- Full chimney rebuild: $4,000 – $8,000
What moves the price most in Kennesaw is access. A two-story vinyl-sided home with the chase on the back elevation takes longer than a single-story ranch with a walkable roof. We quote a written price before we start, and that price doesn’t change at the door. Estimates are free. Call (762) 249-4619 to book a repair assessment.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kennesaw
Our Chimney Repair crews serve Kennesaw and the surrounding metro, including Acworth, Marietta, Woodstock, and Powder Springs. If you’re in any of those cities and looking for Chimney Repair in Kennesaw level attention and documentation, we’ll bring the same camera, written quote, and live tracking that Kennesaw homeowners get. One phone number covers it all: (762) 249-4619.
Serving Kennesaw, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kennesaw area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Chimney Repair in Kennesaw
Yes, it can. In legacy attached-home designs where two factory-built chimneys share a common chase, a gas appliance vent change on one side can alter pressure and push condensation or exhaust across the partition. If your neighbor’s new water heater vents into the same enclosure, the gap between chases may not be sealed, and the moisture from their flue can drip onto your wood flue tile. The first step is a camera inspection of your chase from the top. We can see the partition condition, check for creosote glaze, and then seal it properly. Call (762) 249-4619 and we’ll inspect it without doing any work until you see the photos and approve a written quote.
The most common reason on a Summerhour home of that vintage is a rusted-through chase top above a factory-built metal chimney. The original galvanized cap lasted about 20 years, and once it fails, rain hits the insulation inside the chase and wicks downward, where it soaks into the galvanized flashing and shows up as a ceiling stain. We’ve also seen the shared-chase version of this: the partition between two flues rotted first, and the storm drove water sideways into the neighboring enclosure. Either way, the fix starts with a top-down camera look at the chase. From there we’ll tell you if it’s a chase cover, flashing, or both, with a written price.
Not automatically, no. Brick chimneys in older downtown Kennesaw ranch homes often have unlined flues, which makes them a damage risk if the brick absorbs moisture. The hard acidic clay around foundations holds water at the base, spalling the mortar and bricks before any roof flashing gives out. Factory-built metal chases have their own failure mode: rust at the top and cracked refractory panels. Neither is inherently safer. Both need inspection. Our repair crews use a camera and take photos, because trusting the material without checking it is how problems go unnoticed.
No, don’t wait. Rust streaks mean the galvanized layer on the flashing is gone, and water is already etching into the metal at the corners. By the time water shows up inside the house, the roof deck is wet. Kennesaw’s humid subtropical summers and frequent afternoon thunderstorms speed this up. The repair is straightforward and usually costs $450 to $900, depending on the chase size and roof pitch. If you wait for a ceiling stain, you might be adding roof repair to the bill. Call us at (762) 249-4619 and we’ll photograph what we find, then hand you a written quote.
In most cases, a cracked flue tile in a factory-built fireplace can be repaired by installing a new stainless steel liner down the existing flue opening. You don’t have to tear out the whole chimney. The process is: camera the flue, measure the diameter, pull a liner sized to the manufacturer’s spec (we generally use DuraFlex or Olympia Chimney products), insulate where needed, and seal the top. Total cost in Kennesaw runs $1,800 to $2,800, depending on the length of your flue and access to the chase. If the firebox refractory panels are also cracked, that’s a separate repair we’ll quote clearly. The chimney stays in place. The liner does the work.
Contact Hadley Chimney Marietta for Chimney Repair in Kennesaw
If your chimney is rusting, leaking, or hasn’t been inspected in a decade, call Hadley Chimney Marietta at (762) 249-4619. We serve Kennesaw neighborhoods including Legacy Park, Summerhour, and downtown, and we show up with a live arrival window, a camera, and a written price before any repair begins. You’ll see photos of what’s actually wrong, not just a verbal description. Cory Mitchell and our repair team have been doing this work since 2003, and every repair carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call us today for a free estimate. A real person answers, 24 hours a day.
Written by Cory Mitchell, Owner at Hadley Chimney Marietta, serving Kennesaw since 2003.