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 Hicksville
Chimney repair in Hicksville typically runs $350 – $2,800 depending on what’s actually wrong, and most repair jobs are completed in a single visit. The bigger question is whether you need the work at all, which is why every quote we write includes camera footage of the damage you can see with your own eyes. If you’re noticing white staining on your brick, damp spots near the fireplace, or smoke backing into the room, call (516) 559-6922 and we’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician to scope the flue and give you a written price before any tool comes off the truck.
Why Flint Chimney Co Hempstead Is Hicksville’s Preferred Chimney Repair Company
Hicksville homeowners have dealt with enough no-show crews and door-price changes to be skeptical of any chimney company. We earn the call by doing the opposite: a written price before work starts, every time, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise that puts the guarantee in writing for a full year. If a covered repair fails, we return at no charge, no argument.
Our crews know the difference between a brick that’s cosmetically stained and one that’s structurally spalling, because we’ve looked at hundreds of Hicksville chimneys with the same telltale white efflorescence locals call “Hicksville chalk.” That local knowledge changes the recommendation. We don’t sell a rebuild when the fix is a $275 repoint and a flue scope.
Every technician dispatched to Hicksville is background-checked and uniformed. You’ll know exactly who is walking through the door, and a live person answers our phone 24/7. No voicemail trees, no callback forms, no waiting until Monday.
Styles & brands we work with
Chimney Liner Installation in Hicksville
Chimney Liner Installation in Hicksville is common work because a large share of the homes here, Cape Cods and split-levels built between 1945 and 1970, either have no flue liner at all or have clay-tile liners cracked by decades of freeze-thaw cycles. The liner is the inner channel that routes smoke and combustion gases safely out of the house. When it fails, gases can leak into wall cavities and carbon monoxide can move into living space. We scope every liner with a camera before quoting, and you’ll see the fractures on screen before you approve anything.
For a typical Hicksville single-flue chimney, stainless steel liner installation runs $1,800 – $2,800 including materials, insulation, and the connection at the appliance. We work with DuraFlex and Olympia Chimney liner systems, both professional-grade products with published specs you can verify independently.
The Unlined Mid-Century Chimney
Many Hicksville fireplaces from the 1950s and 60s were built without a liner, on the assumption they’d be used occasionally, not as a primary heat source. Add forty or fifty years of settle, moisture, and the common basement wood stove retrofit, and you have a flue that can’t safely vent either appliance. A stainless liner is the standard fix and it’s what we’d recommend after a camera scope confirms the condition.
When a Liner Can Wait
If the camera shows hairline cracking but no spalling or gaps, and you don’t use the fireplace, we’ll tell you. Plain and direct. No one needs a $2,000 liner sold as fear. The repoint or crown repair can go first, and the liner gets done when you’re ready to burn again. You’ll have the footage either way.
Chimney Flashing Repair in Hicksville
Chimney Flashing Repair in Hicksville addresses the most common leak point on the Cape Cods and ranches that dominate the housing stock here. Flashing is the metal sheeting where the chimney meets the roof, and on Hicksville’s low-slope roofs, we frequently find step flashing replaced with roofing tar, which fails within a few seasons and lets water run down the chimney chase into the attic. The fix is proper step flashing, counterflashing, and a weather-rated sealant.
Flashing repair on a Hicksville home typically runs $450 – $950 for a single chimney, depending on how much metal needs replacing and whether the surrounding shingles are still sound. If the flashing is the only problem, you don’t need a rebuild. We’ll show you the leak path with photos before we quote.
Tar Isn’t Flashing
If a previous contractor sealed your chimney with a bead of roofing tar, you’ll be chasing the same leak every two years. Tar cracks under Long Island sun and freeze-thaw cycles, and it hides the real problem. We pull it off, inspect the joint, and install metal step flashing cut to the actual roof slope, not a bucket of goo.
Flashing and the Chimney Chase
When flashing fails on a split-level, water travels down the chase and rots the roof decking and the framing around the chimney before you ever see a ceiling stain. By the time you notice a drip inside, the repair often includes decking replacement. A $650 flashing fix now versus a $2,400 rot repair later, that’s the math we’d rather show you with a camera than tell you over the phone.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hicksville
We stock and install professional-grade chimney components from HeatShield, Gelco, and Famco, and we specify materials by job, not by margin. If your repair calls for a HeatShield resurfacing of a flue that’s sound but cracking, we’ll use that. If the mason work needs a Gelco waterproofing coat, that’s what goes on. We keep common parts for Hicksville homes in local stock, so most repairs don’t wait on a parts order. You’ll see the brand names on the quote, not just on the box.
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AfterCommon Chimney Repair Problems We See in Hicksville Homes
- Freeze-thaw spalling: Hicksville’s humid continental climate, with its cold, snowy winters and damp springs, drives water into brick pores and pops the faces off bricks when it freezes. You’ll see chips of brick on the ground or a rough, pitted surface on the chimney face. Left alone, spalling exposes the softer inner brick and accelerates structural decay.
- Third-degree creosote glaze hiding behind a thin first-degree layer: Decades of occasional burning in unlined fireplaces leave a tar-like glaze that a brush-only cleaning won’t remove. The brush scrapes the surface layer and the glaze stays behind, a chimney fire waiting for the right burn. A camera scope shows it clearly.
- Deteriorated mortar joints from age: The original mortar in 1950s and 60s Hicksville masonry was mixed softer than modern standards, so joints erode and let water in. Repointing, or removing and replacing the top layer of mortar, fixes the water entry before bricks start shifting.
- Roof flashing installed with tar instead of metal: We see this on Cape Cods and low-slope roofs all over Hicksville, and it fails within a few seasons. The leak travels into the chimney chase and rots adjacent roof decking before you see a ceiling stain indoors.
Pricing for Chimney Repair in Hicksville, NY
Mortar repointing on a Hicksville chimney runs $350 – $850 depending on how many courses of brick need work. Spalling brick repair falls between $500 and $1,500. Chimney waterproofing typically runs $300 – $550. Chimney rebuilding, when the structure is too far gone for patch work, starts around $2,200 and goes up from there. Tuckpointing for cosmetic or minor structural issues runs $400 – $900. Every quote is written down before we start, and the number on the invoice is the number you approved. Call (516) 559-6922 for a free estimate on your specific chimney.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hicksville
Flint Chimney Co Hempstead runs crews to Hicksville and the surrounding towns of Plainview, Levittown, Westbury, and East Meadow. If you live in one of those communities and need Chimney Repair, the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply. We coordinate scheduling and dispatch from our New York City office, but the crews working your chimney know Long Island masonry and its failure modes firsthand.
Serving Hicksville, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hicksville 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 Hicksville
If your Cape Cod was built in the 1950s or 60s and the fireplace flue was never lined, you likely need one before you burn again. Unlined flues leak gases through mortar joints and into wall cavities, and the masonry itself was never designed for sustained heat. The only honest way to know is a camera scope. We’ll show you the condition on screen, then write the quote. Call (516) 559-6922 to schedule the scope.
The white staining is efflorescence, or “Hicksville chalk,” caused by decades of moisture wicking through the brick and leaving salt deposits on the surface. By itself, it’s cosmetic. But the same moisture that makes the stain is slowly breaking down the mortar and brick, so the question is what’s behind it. We’ll scope and inspect before recommending anything. If it’s surface-only, we’ll tell you and quote a cleaning. If structural damage sits behind it, you’ll see it in the footage.
Any chimney serving a wood stove should be camera-inspected annually and swept at least once a year, more often if you burn every day through the winter. The common Hicksville retrofit, a stove vented into an old unlined or clay-tiled flue, often needs relining once the stove starts pulling regularly, because the heat load and creosote production exceed what the original flue was built for. A Level 2 camera inspection gives you the answer in about an hour.
If the flashing is the leak source and the masonry is sound, you only need flashing repair, which runs $450 – $950 on most Hicksville split-levels. A full rebuild is a last resort, only when the brick structure itself is failing. We won’t recommend a rebuild without showing you camera evidence of structural damage that justifies it. If you have ceiling stains near the chimney, call (516) 559-6922 and we’ll trace the actual leak path first.
A Level 2 inspection is the full camera scope of the flue interior, the smoke chamber, and the accessible exterior, usually required when a home changes hands or when a new appliance is connected. In Hicksville, we provide the video footage and a written findings report so you and the buyer or seller are looking at the same evidence. The inspection typically runs $250 – $450, and if repair work follows, we credit the inspection fee toward the repair.
Written by Hank Delano, Owner at Flint Chimney Co Hempstead, serving Hicksville and surrounding Long Island communities since 2002.