About this service

We connect Texas homeowners with licensed local chimney companys. We do not carry out the work ourselves.

What we actually do

Tell us what is happening and we put you in touch with a chimney company covering your area in Texas. They contact you to discuss it and arrange a visit. What they charge to attend or diagnose is theirs to set, so agree it with them before they come out.

There is no obligation attached to any of it, and no charge to you at any point. Ask for the diagnosis in writing before you authorize work, and for repair and replacement to be quoted side by side where a system is near the end of its life. Both are reasonable requests that any established firm will meet.

How we are paid

Contractors pay us for the introduction. You never do. That arrangement is worth stating plainly because it shapes what this site is: we are paid when a homeowner and a contractor start talking, not when work is sold, so there is nothing here pushing you toward a replacement you do not need.

It also means we are not neutral about everything. We are a commercial service, not a consumer advice charity, and the guidance on this site should be read alongside a second opinion on anything expensive.

What to check in Texas, where there is no state license

Texas does not license chimney contractors at state level, so there is no number to look up and the checks fall to you. CSIA certification is the recognized technical credential and the institute publishes a free directory. Ask for a certificate of current general liability insurance naming the company, not a photograph of a card. Where the work involves gas — a log set, a direct-vent appliance, a gas line — ask whether a licensed plumber is doing that portion, because in Texas gas piping is licensed work even where chimney work is not.