About This Free Chimney Quote Service
We connect San Antonio-area homeowners with independent local chimney sweep, inspection and repair companies for free, no-obligation quotes.
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What this service is, and what it is not
San Antonio Chimney Sweeps is a free quote service, not a chimney company. A request sent through this site goes to independent local companies that sweep chimneys, perform NFPA 211 Level 1, 2 and 3 chimney inspections, fit caps, chase covers and dampers, repair crowns, flashing and masonry, reline flues, clean dryer vents and service gas fireplaces and log sets. Those companies contact you directly with their own written quotes. You decide whether to hire any of them; there is no fee and no obligation.
San Antonio Chimney Sweeps is an independent quote service and is not affiliated with any chimney company of a similar name.
How companies are matched
You describe the chimney
The quote form asks for your name, phone, ZIP code, the kind of work and a few details, such as whether the fireplace is masonry or factory-built.
We forward it to companies that work in your area
Requests are matched on the ZIP code, so the company already covers that part of Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe or Kendall County, and on the type of work, so a crown repair goes to a masonry company and a gas log problem to a hearth company. We usually reply the same day.
The companies quote the job
Each company calls or emails you and, for most work, prices the job after seeing it. Compare them against the cost guide; the process page covers what a visit involves.
What to ask any chimney company for
Texas has no chimney-sweep, masonry, roofing or general-contractor license: the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's program list includes none of those trades. Before hiring anyone, including a company introduced through this site, ask for:
- A current private certification. CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep or NFI certification are private credentials, not state licenses. Verify the name on csia.org or nficertified.org.
- Proof of insurance. Ask for a current certificate.
- A written scope with photos. Ask for a report showing what was found, where, and what the quote covers, so a second quote can be had on the same facts.
- City registration for repair work inside San Antonio. Nonstructural repair work in the city limits (crowns, flashing, tuckpointing, caps, relining) calls for a City of San Antonio Home Improvement Contractor registration; structural work needs a Residential Building Contractor, per Development Services code interpretation CI-2025-005. Outside the city, permits vary by city; your contractor confirms.
- Who will touch the gas. Gas piping is plumbing in Texas (Occupations Code §1301.002(7)). Gas line work is done only by Texas-licensed plumbers (or, for propane, Railroad Commission-licensed LP-gas companies); inside San Antonio a Plumbing, Gas and Sewer permit applies. For burner or log-set service, ask whether the company holds a TDLR ACR (TACL) license for that work.
This site makes no claim that any company it introduces is licensed, certified, insured or vetted. This is general information, not legal advice.
Why San Antonio chimneys are a moisture story, not a creosote story
San Antonio burns little wood. NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for San Antonio International Airport show 1,438.4 heating degree days a year, 72% of them in December, January and February, and 14.0 nights at or below 32 °F, with a median first freeze of November 28. Most fireplaces are lit a few dozen evenings a year and sit idle from March to November. Wood is the primary heat in well under 1% of homes in every place covered (ACS 2024 5-year); the typical fireplace is a gas log set, a 1950s–70s masonry chimney in Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills or Monte Vista used for occasional wood fires, or a 1980s–2000s factory-built unit with a metal chase cover in the subdivisions.
Idle flues get weather instead. The same normals give 32.38 inches of rain a year, May the wettest month at 4.40 inches, and 17.7 days at or above 100 °F. Rain falls down an uncapped flue; wet-dry cycling cracks crowns and spalls brick; prefab chase covers and dampers rust. Live oaks drop leaves every February and March, chimney swifts return to Texas from mid-March and nest in open flues, and an occasional hard freeze, like the 9 °F morning of February 15, 2021, finds water already in the masonry. So quotes here lean toward caps, chase covers, crown and flashing work and waterproofing, with a chimney inspection as the usual starting point.
Coverage runs across San Antonio, Bexar County and the Hill Country and Metrocom towns in Comal, Guadalupe and Kendall counties; see the service areas page or the FAQ. Ready to compare quotes? Request yours, or call Call (727) 300-6656.
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