Chimney Repair in Framingham, MA

We're a masonry outfit based in Spencer that works in Framingham constantly. Chimney work is most of what we get called for out there — a stain on a ceiling, loose brick at the top of the stack, or a crown that has finally opened up.

Before we quote anything, we asses the issue including any potential water issues. Sometimes that's a crown and fresh joints. Sometimes it's rebuilding from the roofline up. We'll tell you which one you're looking at. We're fully insured, and we can provide a certificate upon request.

Framingham has three distinct generations of housing stock — nineteenth-century homes near the old center and the mill village, mid-century neighborhoods, and newer construction further out. The older the chimney, the softer the original mortar tends to be, and the more careful you have to be about what you put back. Hard modern mortar on soft old brick does more harm than good.

The weather is the other half of it. New England chimneys sit exposed on all four sides, and every winter runs water through the same joints dozens of times as it freezes and thaws. That's what opens crowns, pops mortar out of joints, and flakes the face off brick. More on that in what freeze-thaw actually does.