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 Doraville
Chimney repair in Doraville typically runs $325 – $4,800 depending on the job: minor flashing repair starts around $325, while a full chimney rebuild runs $3,800 – $4,800. Most repairs in this area are completed within one business week. If you live along Buford Highway, in the Northwoods neighborhood, or near the old GM plant, you’re probably dealing with a mid-century masonry chimney or a 1980s prefab metal stack, and both have very different failure patterns. Our crews work across Doraville regularly and know the difference. Call (762) 600-1468 to get a written price before any work starts.
Why Flint Chimney Co Alpharetta Is Doraville’s Preferred Chimney Repair Company
Doraville homeowners call us because we put the price in writing before we touch anything. No estimate that moves once the work begins. That matters here, where older chimneys often hide damage behind walls and under caps. A camera inspection is how we show you exactly what’s failing, and the footage is yours to watch. We don’t recommend a liner, a rebuild, or a waterproofing treatment you don’t need, and we don’t recommend anything we can’t show you.
Every technician who shows up at a Doraville home is background-checked and uniformed. The phone is answered by a live person around the clock, so when we schedule a repair, you know who’s coming and when. We run on The Garrison Standard, which means the same written commitment applies on every single job: the price you approve is the price you pay.
Hank Delano leads our repair crew. He’s the one who sets the standard for camera evidence first, written quote second, repair third. That sequence never changes. Doraville’s older chimneys deserve that kind of discipline.
Styles & brands we work with





Chimney Liner Installation in Doraville
Chimney Liner Installation in Doraville is the repair we recommend most often on mid-century ranches and split-levels where the original clay tile flue has cracked or spalled. In plain terms, the flue is the inner passage that carries smoke and gases safely up and out of the house. When that passage is compromised, smoke can leak into wall cavities, and carbon monoxide can follow. In Doraville’s humid summer climate, clay liners absorb moisture and then crack when winter brings a hard freeze. The fix is a stainless steel liner, and we specify DuraFlex because it handles the thermal cycling this area throws at it.
Typical cost for a stainless liner installation in Doraville runs $2,200 – $4,400 depending on the height of the chimney and whether the old tile needs to be broken out first or the new liner can be slipped in beside it. A full liner replacement with custom crown work lands at the higher end. A simpler reline on a single-story ranch runs lower.
When A Doraville Homeowner Needs A New Liner
If your 1960s-era chimney has never had a camera inspection, the odds of hidden cracks are high. The tile that looked fine in 1968 has spent fifty-plus Georgia summers absorbing humidity and a dozen or so hard freezes. Flue tile spalling shows up as thin pieces of clay in the firebox. That’s not something to sweep and forget.
Stainless Liner Replacement
We replace clay tile with DuraFlex stainless. It’s rated for all fuel types and sized to the appliance it vents. Before any liner quote, we scope the full flue and show you the footage. If the liner can wait, we say so, in writing.
Chimney Flashing Repair in Doraville
Chimney Flashing Repair in Doraville is the most common repair on brick veneer ranches where the chimney meets the roof line. Flashing is the metal seal that keeps water from running down the outside of the chimney and into your attic or ceiling. In Doraville, flashing takes a beating from spring downpours and summer thunderstorms, then gets pulled loose by thermal movement as brick heats and cools. When flashing fails, you’ll usually see water staining on the ceiling near the fireplace or smell dampness in the attic.
We use Copperfield brand flashing and counter-flashing, cut and fitted to the specific chimney. The job involves removing the old, corroded metal, cutting a clean reglet into the mortar, and installing a two-piece system that sheds water the way it’s supposed to. Typical cost in Doraville runs $325 – $850 depending on how many sides of the chimney need work and whether the roofer left you with step flashing or counter-flashing problems to begin with.
Two-Piece Flashing Systems
One-piece flashing is what fails. Two-piece systems let the materials move independently, which is what Doraville’s freeze-thaw cycles require. We always install a two-piece system on masonry chimneys, using Copperfield materials cut on site.
When Flashing Can Wait
If the metal is oxidized but still shedding water and there’s no sign of interior damage, we’ll tell you to keep an eye on it and get back to us next season. But once water is entering the home, flashing repair is the cheapest fix compared to what roof decking repair or ceiling replacement costs. We’ll show you the source on camera before we touch anything.
Trusted Brands We Service in Doraville
We work with professional-grade chimney materials on every Doraville job because the supply chain matters. Flashing from Copperfield, liners from DuraFlex, waterproofing from Gelco, and caps from Olympia Chimney. No box-store substitutes with unknown tolerances. When we install a liner or flashing system in Doraville, the materials are selected by what the job requires, not by what’s cheapest to mark up. We keep common cap and flashing sizes on hand for faster turnaround on ranch and split-level homes across the city. That means less waiting for parts when you need a repair before the next storm.
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AfterCommon Chimney Repair Problems We See in Doraville Homes
- Spalling brick and deteriorated mortar joints on 1950s – 1970s masonry chimneys. Decades of humid summers and intermittent freezes push moisture into the brick, and the faces pop off. This is structural, not cosmetic, and the longer it goes unaddressed, the deeper the rebuild.
- Third-degree creosote glaze in chimneys near Peachtree Industrial Boulevard where tree-lined lots mean homeowners burn unseasoned pecan, oak, and pine that hasn’t cured. Sweeping alone won’t remove glaze. We use mechanical removal, and in severe cases a liner replacement is the only safe fix.
- Prefab metal chimney corrosion in 1980s – 2000s townhome communities across Doraville. These chimneys were often rated for wood-burning fireplaces but later repurposed to vent furnaces and water heaters they were never sized for. The result is hidden rust and draft failure.
- Cracked flue liners hidden behind clean-looking fireboxes. We scope every chimney before quoting any repair in Doraville, because the homeowner’s view from the living room never shows the smoke chamber or the upper flue. Half the liners we replace didn’t look cracked from the outside.
Pricing for Chimney Repair in Doraville, GA
Here’s the honest range for the work we do in Doraville:
- Chimney flashing repair: $325 – $850
- Mortar repointing (standard chimney, above roofline): $900 – $2,200
- Spalling brick repair (small, localized area): $450 – $1,100
- Chimney waterproofing (full above-roofline application): $650 – $1,300
- Stainless liner installation (single story, standard flue): $2,200 – $3,600
- Full chimney rebuild (from roofline up): $3,800 – $4,800
What moves the number is access, height, and what the camera shows us. A single-story ranch near I-85 with a clean run to the roof is a different job than a two-story brick chimney with no equipment access. You get the written price before we start. Call (762) 600-1468 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Doraville
Our crews regularly work in Chimney Repair in Doraville and the surrounding metro. We also serve homeowners in Alpharetta, Cumming, Lawrenceville, and Sugar Hill, with the same written-quote-first process and the same one-year guarantee on every repair we perform.
Serving Doraville, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Doraville 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 Doraville
Because the flue is almost never in the condition the homeowner assumes it is. A 1960s masonry chimney in Doraville has spent 50-plus humid Georgia summers and several hard freezes stressing the clay tile liner. We scope every chimney before quoting because the only honest way to price a repair is to see the actual damage. The camera footage is shown to you on a tablet before any quote is written.
In most cases, yes. If the spalling is localized to the firebox or a section of the exterior chimney, we cut out the damaged brick, replace with matched units, and repoint the surrounding joints. The full rebuild recommendation only comes when the structural load path is compromised or spalling covers more than about 30% of the chimney face. You’ll see the scope before you decide. Call (762) 600-1468 for a camera-backed assessment.
Those neighborhoods have older, tree-lined lots with plenty of hardwood. Homeowners there frequently burn pecan, oak, and other wood from backyard trees that hasn’t been seasoned for a full year. Wet wood burns cooler and produces more creosote vapor, which condenses into a hard, tar-like glaze that a standard sweep won’t remove. Our crews handle it with mechanical removal, and in the worst cases a stainless liner.
The most common failure is corrosion of the inner metal liner, often accelerated when a furnace or water heater was vented into a chimney that was only rated for wood-burning fireplaces. Condensation from those appliances eats through the metal from the inside. If you haven’t had it inspected, we recommend starting there. A camera scope shows the rust and pitting before it becomes a draft failure.
A clean, undamaged chimney needs sweeping every year if you burn wood regularly, or every two years with light use. Repair intervals depend on what the camera shows and the age of the masonry. We recommend a Level 1 inspection with every sweep, and a Level 2 camera inspection any time you buy a Doraville home with a chimney you haven’t used yet. For an exact recommendation on your chimney, call (762) 600-1468.
If your Doraville chimney is showing signs of water damage, smoke backup, or spalling brick, don’t wait for the next storm to make it worse. Call (762) 600-1468 and we’ll schedule a camera inspection with a written quote before any repair begins.
Written by Hank Delano, Owner at Flint Chimney Co Alpharetta, serving Doraville since 2002.