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.
Fast, Reliable Chimney Repair Across Marietta
Chimney repair in Marietta typically runs $350 – $2,400 depending on whether you’re dealing with cracked brick crowns, failed flashing, a leaking chase top on a prefab chimney, or a full flue liner replacement. Most repairs are completed in a single visit, though masonry work like rebuilding a spalled crown needs 24 – 48 hours of cure time before rain exposure. If you’re seeing water stains on the ceiling near a fireplace, hearing dripping inside the flue, or noticing white chalky residue on brick, call Hadley Chimney Marietta at (762) 249-4619 for a written estimate before any work begins. We serve the entire Marietta area, from historic streets off Whitlock Avenue to subdivisions east of I-75 and west toward Powder Springs Road.
Key Takeaways:
- Typical chimney repair in Marietta runs $350 – $2,400, with flue liner replacement at the higher end.
- Every repair includes a written 365-Day Done Right Promise and a free second visit if the repair fails.
- We repair both masonry chimneys (brick, mortar, crown) and prefab metal chases (common in 1980s – 90s Marietta subdivisions).
- Before-and-after photos and a written price are provided before any work starts, not after.
Why Hadley Chimney Marietta Is Marietta’s Preferred Chimney Repair Company
Hadley Chimney Sweep has carried a chimney brush and a trowel in the Atlanta metro since 2003, and the calls we take from Marietta homeowners follow a pattern. The historic district gives us cracked clay-tile flues and spalled brick. The newer subdivisions give us failed chase tops and warped prefab liners. Same city, two completely different toolkits. That’s why our Chimney Repair crews arrive with both masonry tools and the specific parts prefab chases need, from DuraFlex liner kits to Copperfield chase covers.
Every technician who comes to your Marietta home is background-checked, uniformed, and tracked. You’ll get live arrival times, not a four-hour guessing game. The written price comes before any work begins. And every single repair, from a small patch of flashing to a full flue sleeve, carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the repair fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no cost. That’s not promotional language. That’s the guarantee we’ve operated under since 2003, and it’s the standard Cory Mitchell holds every Hadley job to across Marietta.
Styles & brands we work with
Chimney Masonry Repair in Marietta
Chimney masonry repair in Marietta usually means one of three things: mortar joints have eroded between bricks, individual bricks have spalled (the face pops off from trapped moisture), or the crown, the concrete cap at the top of the stack, has cracked and is letting water straight into the flue. A regular Chimney Sweep in Marietta can catch these issues early before they require major repair. Homes along Whitlock Avenue and the surrounding 1920s-era streets deal with this constantly, because Marietta’s humid summers followed by intermittent winter freezes squeeze moisture deep into old brick and pop faces when that water expands as ice.
Costs in this market run $350 – $1,100 for typical repointing or partial brick replacement, with a full crown rebuild landing around $800 – $1,400 depending on access and how far the original crown has crumbled.
Mortar Repointing
Repointing means cutting out the weathered, powdery mortar between bricks and replacing it with fresh mortar compressed into the joint. In Marietta’s older brick chimneys, the original lime mortar breaks down over decades, and once water gets into those softened joints, the freeze-thaw cycle works fast. We match the new mortar to the old in color, strength, and texture so the repair doesn’t scream “patch job” from the street.
Spalled Brick and Crown Damage
Spalling is the term when brick faces flake off, leaving the softer, porous inner clay exposed. On a 1920s chimney with original brick, one season of heavy rain followed by a hard freeze can turn healthy brick into rubble. If the damage is limited to a few bricks, we cut them out and set replacement bricks. If the crown is cracked through, we chip out the old concrete, form it, and pour a new crown with proper overhang and a drip edge so water sheds away from the flue instead of running down the brick.
Chimney Cap Installation in Marietta
Chimney cap installation in Marietta is one of the smallest jobs we do with the biggest return. A proper stainless steel or copper cap, set with a screen mesh, keeps out rain, pine needles, oak leaves, squirrels, and raccoons. And Marietta’s dense tree canopy over older neighborhoods means uncapped flues here fill with debris fast. We install caps on masonry flues and on prefab chase tops, and a typical installation runs $280 – $550 depending on the flue size and cap material.
If you have an older home near the Square with a converted coal-burning fireplace, the original flue opening is often an odd size. Off-the-shelf caps don’t fit. We measure and order a custom cap so the chimney stays protected without blocking the draft.
Prefab Chase Covers
Homes built in the 1980s and 90s, especially in subdivisions east of I-75 and west around Macland Road, often have a wood-framed chase wrapped in siding with a metal top. That chase top rusts, usually at the corners or around the flue penetration. When it fails, water leaks down between the siding and the drywall, and the first sign is a water stain on a bedroom ceiling that has nothing to do with the roof. We replace rusted chase tops with galvanized or stainless steel, sealed at every seam.
Animal Entry Points
A cap with proper mesh also stops animals. Squirrels find an uncapped flue in an afternoon. Raccoons will nest and raise young in a chimney, and the smell plus the weight of nesting material is something no Marietta homeowner wants to deal with in spring. If animals are already in the flue, we deal with the nest and entry point, then get the cap on so it doesn’t happen again.
Trusted Brands We Service in Marietta
We don’t stock cheap parts off a truck. Our Marietta jobs use Heatshield in Marietta ceramic repair compound for restoring flues, Gelco for masonry waterproofing and crown sealer, Olympia Chimney for caps and flashings, and Famco for fan and vent parts on gas appliances. We keep common sizes for these brands on hand so a repair that would normally wait a week for a part gets done in one visit. If your chimney has an older liner or an uncommon cap size, we’ll source the right part and get it scheduled. We also service and repair, rather than replace, where it’s safe to do so. Not every cracked crown means a new chimney.
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AfterCommon Chimney Repair Problems We See in Marietta Homes
- Cracked clay-tile flues in 1920s bungalows and Craftsman homes. Summer thunderstorms soak the brick, winter freezes split the tile liner, and flue gas leaks into wall cavities. The fix is usually a DuraFlex stainless liner sleeved down the existing flue.
- Rusted chase tops on 1980s – 90s prefab chimneys. The metal cap on top of the wood chase fails quietly, behind drywall, until a ceiling stain appears. We replace the chase top and re-flash the penetration so water can’t find a path back in.
- Uncapped flues filling with pine needles and oak leaves. Marietta’s tree cover means uncapped chimneys collect debris fast, and once that debris blocks the draft, you get smoke and carbon monoxide pushing back into the house. We clear it, inspect what’s behind it, and cap the flue.
- Third-degree creosote glaze inside the smoke chamber. Older homes with wood-burning fireplaces that got used hard and cleaned rarely build up a hard, tar-like creosote layer. It’s flammable, it blocks airflow, and it requires mechanical removal, not just a brush. We scrape the chamber back to masonry and then address what caused the buildup in the first place.
Pricing for Chimney Repair in Marietta, GA
Here are the ranges we quote for most Marietta jobs:
| Repair Type | Marietta Price Range |
|---|---|
| Mortar repointing (small area) | $350 – $700 |
| Spalled brick replacement (3 – 8 bricks) | $500 – $1,100 |
| Crown rebuild | $800 – $1,400 |
| Chimney cap installation | $280 – $550 |
| Chase top replacement (prefab) | $650 – $1,200 |
| Stainless flue liner (DuraFlex) | $1,600 – $2,400 |
| Flashing repair | $300 – $800 |
What moves the number is access. A chimney on a steep roof off a ladder costs more than a one-story walk-up. A flue with a winding coal-burning path takes more liner footage and more time to fish through. You’ll know the price before we start, in writing, every time. Call (762) 249-4619 for a free estimate. A crew backed by the Relay Visibility Guarantee means you get photos of the actual damage, a line-item written quote, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone.
We Also Serve Cities Near Marietta
Hadley Chimney Marietta covers the city and the surrounding area. We regularly work in Chimney Repair in Marietta and nearby Smyrna, Kennesaw, Powder Springs, and Mableton. Scheduling is coordinated through our Atlanta office, and crews dispatch to Marietta with the right parts for your chimney’s age and type before they leave the shop.
Serving Marietta, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Marietta 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 Marietta
Many of the older homes around Whitlock Avenue were built for coal-burning fireplaces, and their flues were constructed with tight, winding clay-tile paths that a standard round brush physically cannot pass through. We use a flexible whip system with spun poly heads that conforms to the turns in the flue and scrubs the walls without forcing a brush past a bend and cracking the tile. If we find a flue this narrow on a Level 2 inspection, we’ll show you the camera footage and explain whether a liner sleeve is the better long-term fix.
Look for three clues: a musty smell near the fireplace or in the room directly below the chase, uneven water marks on the siding around the chimney chase, and rust streaks on the metal firebox or flue pipe. The chase top is the metal cap on top of the wood frame, and it fails at the corners and around the flue penetration. We can remove and replace it before the drywall goes. Once you see the ceiling stain, you’re also repairing drywall and paint, not just the chimney. Call (762) 249-4619 if you suspect a leak. We’ll inspect it and show you photos.
Yes, and not just because we sell liners. An unlined brick flue from the 1920s has mortar joints that have been soaking up decades of heat, moisture, and acidic flue gas. Those joints degrade, and once there’s a gap, flue gas- including carbon monoxide- can leak through the masonry into wall cavities and living space. We install a DuraFlex stainless liner sized to the existing flue, insulated where code requires, and sealed at the top and bottom. The liner is the repair, and it’s the part that makes the old fireplace safe to use.
Do a Level 2 chimney inspection before the buyer’s inspector shows up. We send a camera down the flue, photograph everything, and hand you a written report. That report either says the chimney is sound, which you can pass along to the buyer, or it shows exactly what needs fixing, which lets you either repair it or price the home accordingly. Waiting until the buyer’s inspector flags a cracked flue or a rusted chase top means negotiating from a weak position. Getting ahead of it costs a few hundred dollars for the inspection and puts you in control.
If the spalled brick is limited to the upper courses and the crown, yes. We cut out the damaged brick, set new matching brick, and rebuild the crown with proper slope and a drip edge. If the spalling extends down into the body of the chimney and the mortar joints are failing throughout, a partial or full teardown above the roofline makes more sense than patching brick that will spall again in two years. We’ll show you the camera footage and take the repair only as far as the chimney actually needs. Our repair comes with a 365-Day Done Right Promise, so if the brick we set fails in the first year, we return and fix it at no charge.
Written by Cory Mitchell, Owner at Hadley Chimney Marietta, serving the Marietta area with chimney repair, chimney sweep, and gas fireplace services since 2003.