WilmingtonNew Castle County, DEYour Local Wilmington Chimney Pros
Chimney sweeping, inspections, repairs and rebuilds for homes in Wilmington, New Castle County, from our family-owned, licensed and insured crew with 15+ years of experience.
About Wilmington
Happy Valley, on the slope down to Brandywine Park, is a small group of late 19th century row houses.
Trinity Vicinity, near Trinity Church and I-95, mixes row homes and detached houses, many first built in the late 1800s.
Trolley Square grew from the 1860s after the trolley line reached old farmland, and Brandywine Hills, with about 225 homes, was started in the 1930s.
The City of Wilmington designates nine historic districts and one conservation district.
Wilmington includes the historic districts Quaker Hill, Kentmere Parkway, Rockford Park, Cool Spring/Tilton Park, Baynard Boulevard, Delaware Avenue, Trinity Vicinity, Upper/Lower Market Street. Older brick chimneys there often need matched brick and mortar, so we look at the house before we plan the work.
What This Means for Your Wilmington Chimney
Older homes, older flues
Where homes date from before the 1940s, chimneys often have clay tile flues, soft lime mortar or no liner at all, and decades of freeze and thaw open the joints. A yearly inspection catches cracked tiles and failing mortar while the fix is still small. Read: What Is a Clay Flue Liner?
Shared walls and party chimneys
Attached houses often share a chimney stack with the neighbor, with one flue per home. Smoke or water from next door, a blocked shared cap or a leaning stack affects both houses, so we check the whole stack and every flue before we plan a repair. Read: How Does Repair Work on a Shared Chimney?
For the bigger picture, read our local guide: Chimney Care in New Castle County, DE: What Homeowners Should Know
Why Wilmington Homeowners Call Us
- Family-owned, with our own crew and 15+ years of experience
- Licensed & insured
- Free written estimates before any work
- Upfront pricing, no hidden fees
Chimney Services in Wilmington
- Chimney Sweeping in WilmingtonCreosote out, draft back, ready for the next fire.Learn more
- Chimney Inspection in WilmingtonKnow it is safe before you light it.Learn more
- Chimney Repair in WilmingtonCracks, loose brick and failed mortar, fixed.Learn more
- Chimney Rebuild in WilmingtonDown to sound masonry, built back right.Learn more
- Caps & Crowns in WilmingtonKeep rain, birds and animals out.Learn more
- Chimney Liners in WilmingtonSized for your fireplace, stove or boiler.Learn more
- Masonry & Tuckpointing in WilmingtonFresh mortar joints that keep water out.Learn more
- Leak Repair in WilmingtonWe trace the water and fix the cause.Learn more
- Fireplace Repair in WilmingtonFirebox, damper and draft problems solved.Learn more
- Dryer Vent Cleaning in WilmingtonLint out, faster and safer drying.Learn more
Nearby Areas We Serve in New Castle County
By the numbers
What Wilmington’s Weather and Homes Mean for Your Chimney
- 1946
- Median year Wilmington homes were built
- 43.4%
- Of Wilmington homes built before 1940
- 92
- Nights a year at or below freezing
- 25.6°F
- Average January low
- 20.2 in
- Snow in an average year
- 45.3 in
- Rain and melted snow a year
Half of the homes in Wilmington were built before 1946, and 43.4% date from before 1940, so many chimneys here still run on original clay tile or unlined brick, and mortar joints that old need repointing on a schedule. With about 92 freezing nights a year in New Castle County, water that gets into a crack freezes and widens it again and again, which is why we check the crown and flashing on every visit.
Sources: NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, Wilmington New Castle Co Ap station; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates (Wilmington city, Delaware). NOAA data · Census data
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How It Works
- Your callCall, text or book online
Tell us what you see or smell. A real person from our team answers and sets a time that suits you.
- The visitFree chimney inspection
Our own crew arrives in a marked Pro 1 van, covers the floor and inspects the chimney from the firebox to the cap, free of charge.
- The estimateFree written estimate
We walk you through what we found, in plain words, and put any repair in writing before work starts.
- The workThe job, done right
We do the work, clean up the roof, the yard and the room, and walk you through the finished job.
Book before the holidays. Fireplaces get their heaviest use from Thanksgiving to New Year. A free inspection now catches nests, creosote and cracked flue tiles before the first big fire and the family gatherings.
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