Chimney repair in Clarksville TN - tight joints and a crown that sheds water
Crumbling mortar or a cracked crown on top lets water into your chimney. We fix what's actually causing it so the brick stays sound.
Send us photos of your chimney
A few pictures of the crown and the mortar joints, plus your address, let me see what I'm walking into before I come out.
Does your chimney need new mortar or a new crown?
Chimney repair in Clarksville, TN usually means renewing the worn mortar joints between the bricks, which masons call repointing, and fixing or replacing the concrete crown that caps the top, so water stops working its way into your brick.
Most people call because they've spotted crumbling mortar, a cracked crown or a stain inside, and the first thing to sort out is which part is letting the water in. The price mostly turns on how many joints need repointing, whether the crown can be coated or has to be replaced, and how tall and hard to reach the chimney is. The schedule turns on those same things, plus the weather when a coating has to go on. When a job needs a permit, we find out whether the city or the county covers your address and take care of it. At the estimate I'll go over what I see, so you know which fix you're paying for and why.
Why Clarksville homeowners call A&K Clarksville Concrete and Masonry for chimney repair
I look at your chimney myself
I come out myself to look at the job and write the estimate. Our own crew does the work, and I check on it while they're at it.
Known for careful repair work
We've been in business since 2021, and worn mortar joints, chimneys and walls that need fixing right are what we're best known for. Repair is most of what we do.
Licensed and fully insured
We're licensed and fully insured. Clarksville requires a contractor licensed by the State of Tennessee on any project valued at $25,000 or more, so it's a fair thing to ask anyone you hire.
On a chimney, the fix has to match the real problem, whether that's the mortar, the crown or both. Set up a time for me to look at yours.
How we handle chimney repair
I start by looking at the mortar joints and the crown together, because water that gets past one usually shows up as damage in the other. Then I tell you plainly whether your crown can be coated or needs replacing, and which joints need work. On the job, our crew sets up safe access to the top, rakes out the worn mortar and packs fresh mortar into the joints, coats or rebuilds the crown, and cleans up the roof and yard before we leave.
A chimney is often just the most exposed brick on the house, so the same wear can show up lower down. If your walls have the same tired joints, tuckpointing renews them across the house, and cracked or flaking bricks anywhere else fall under brick repair.
Repointing the joints
This suits a chimney whose bricks are still sound but whose mortar is crumbling, hollow or cracked. Fresh joints are one of the best ways to cut down the water getting into the brick.
Coating the crown
This suits a crown that's still in one piece with some cracking. It's the smaller job, so it's worth knowing early whether yours qualifies.
Replacing the crown
This is for a crown that's broken up or missing chunks, where a coating won't hold. A new crown gives the chimney a solid top to shed water again.
How can you tell your chimney needs repair?
Mortar crumbling from joints
Sand comes off when you rub a joint, or the mortar sits back from the brick face. Water gets in there, and the longer it does, the more joints go.
Cracks across the crown
Lines in the concrete cap on top usually mean water's getting into the crown itself. Caught early, a cracked crown can sometimes be coated instead of torn off and rebuilt.
Chunks on the roof
Bits of concrete or mortar on the roof or in the gutters usually mean the crown is breaking up. By then it's often past coating and needs replacing.
Flaking or stained brick
Brick faces popping off, or white and dark stains on the chimney, usually mean the brick is soaking up water. Left alone, those bricks keep breaking down and have to be replaced.
What happens after you call about your chimney?
Call or send a message
Call (931) 272-0045 or use the form. I come out, look at the chimney with you, answer your questions and give you an estimate before you decide anything.
Our crew repairs the chimney
Once you say yes, we sort out any permit with the right office. Then our own crew repoints the joints and coats or replaces the crown.
Walk the finished job together
I walk the finished job with you and point out what we did to the joints and the crown. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Chimney repair questions
Here are straight answers on chimney mortar, crowns, cost and permits in Clarksville. If yours raises a question that isn't here, call or send a message and I'll answer it.
How much does chimney repair cost in Clarksville, TN?
A typical chimney cap and crown repair, installed, usually costs about $500 to $2,400 per job across the US. That's the going range nationally, not our price. Your own figure comes from the estimate, once I've seen the crown and the joints up close.
How long does chimney mortar last before it needs repointing?
Mortar joints typically last more than 25 years, while the brick itself may well last over 100. So over a chimney's life, plan on the joints needing work now and then. They're due once the mortar has worn back more than 1/4 inch, or it's crumbling, hollow or cracked, including hairline cracks between the brick and the mortar.
How do I know if my chimney crown can be coated instead of replaced?
A crown with some cracking and no missing pieces may suit a coating, while one that's broken into pieces, missing large chunks or can't hold a coating anymore needs replacing. One chimney trade presentation also says coating may be an option when the crown's base is sound and its support is correct and sound. I'll tell you plainly which one yours is.
Who issues permits for chimney repair in Clarksville?
Inside Clarksville, the city's Construction Division issues building permits, and the Montgomery County Building and Codes Department issues them only for addresses outside any city. When your job needs a permit, we find out which office covers your address and take care of it, and we do the same in Oak Grove, KY, Pleasant View and Ashland City. If you'd rather pull it yourself, the city lets a homeowner get a permit for work on their own primary single-family home with a notarized homeowner affidavit.
What causes chimney bricks to crack and fall apart?
Water getting in through the top of the chimney is the usual cause, because the bricks soak it up from the side and the top. When that water freezes and thaws over and over, the bricks fail. That's why the crown and the mortar joints matter so much.
How cold is too cold to coat a chimney crown?
Many crown coating products have to go on at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer, though some newer ones are made to work below freezing. The product's maker sets that limit, so if you're planning a coating in cold weather, ask which product we're using and when it can go on.
Get a free chimney repair estimate
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Chimney and brick work examples
Other masonry work you might need
Tuckpointing
When the mortar on your walls is as worn as the chimney's, tuckpointing renews those joints across the house so water stops getting into the brickwork.
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