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ChimTech - Chimney Services in Minneapolis

Every service from cleaning to full restoration — one dedicated crew for Minneapolis and the Twin Cities Metro.
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WHAT WE DO

Minneapolis Chimney Services — Thirty Specialties, One Dedicated Crew

ChimTech handles every chimney service a Minneapolis home requires — one crew, one standard, documented results — across the Twin Cities Metro.
ChimTech is a full-service chimney company. A chimney system is the complete vertical assembly of firebox, smoke chamber, flue, liner, crown, cap, and flashing that vents combustion gases out of a home. We cover the full range: cleaning, all three inspection tiers, leak diagnostics, masonry repair, waterproofing, relining, installation, and exterior restoration.
Every one of those thirty services is handled by the same 10-person crew, working across Minneapolis and the surrounding Twin Cities Metro. No split territory, no outside labor brought in by job type. The same team that assesses crown damage in Linden Hills in October is the same team pouring a new crown in Longfellow the following spring.
Brian Levi founded ChimTech in 2026 with a single operational commitment: every job produces written documentation — a pre-work scope, a condition summary, and a post-service record — whether it’s a routine annual sweep or a multi-component exterior restoration. That standard applies to every visit.

Chimney Cleaning

Top-down or bottom-up sweeping, with creosote documented by stage.

Inspections — 3 Tiers

Level 1, 2, and 3 inspections matched to your situation.

Leak Diagnostics

Pinpointing exactly where water enters before any repair.

Masonry Repair

Repointing and rebuilds using mortar compatible with older brick.

Waterproofing

Vapor-permeable sealing that keeps water out without trapping it in.

Relining

Liner installation sized and specified to the appliance and flue.

Installation

New components installed and documented to current code.

Exterior Restoration

Crown, cap, flashing, and masonry restored as one project.
10
Person Minneapolis Crew
30
Chimney Services
50+
Freeze-Thaw Cycles a Year
Metro
Twin Cities Coverage
ROOTED IN THE TWIN CITIES

What a Focused Twin Cities Territory Means for Your Chimney

Staying close to home means the crew knows exactly what Minneapolis and Twin Cities chimneys deal with every winter.

Homeowners across the Twin Cities often don’t see chimney damage until a water stain appears near the chase or bricks show up on the ground in April. By then, the freeze-thaw cycle has already run through several seasons of progression. The Twin Cities average more than 50 freeze-thaw cycles per year — a figure that creates specific, measurable pressure on every chimney in the region. For a full explanation of how that mechanical process works and what it does to masonry over time, see our freeze-thaw chimney damage resource.

ChimTech’s crew works Minneapolis and the Twin Cities Metro year-round. The early-to-mid 20th-century residential housing stock that defines so many Minneapolis neighborhoods and inner-ring suburbs — craftsman bungalows, foursquares, Tudor revivals, and similar construction with original clay tile liners and lime mortar joints — isn’t an exception on the schedule. It’s the majority of it. What those original construction methods mean for ongoing chimney maintenance is covered in depth on our older home chimney resource page.

A focused Twin Cities footprint means the crew is in the region’s neighborhoods daily — close to the homes we serve, from Minneapolis across the metro. One region, one team.
FROM THE FOUNDER

How Brian Levi Sees a Minneapolis Chimney Before Anyone Calls for Help

Every Minneapolis chimney tells a story before a single tool comes out of the truck.

Brian Levi

Founder, ChimTech

I’m Brian Levi, founder of ChimTech. When I pull up to a Minneapolis home, I’m reading the chimney before I’m out of the vehicle.

The house gives context immediately. A craftsman bungalow built in 1922 has original lime mortar joints — softer, more vapor-permeable than anything poured after 1970, and designed to erode before the brick does. That’s not a defect. It’s how the system was engineered. After a hundred winters, those joints are often recessed enough that water enters freely at the mortar line before the heating season ends.
A foursquare from the same era might have two or three flues — one for the fireplace, one for a furnace that hasn’t run since the gas conversion, one that last served a kitchen range decades ago. The abandoned flue — a chimney flue no longer connected to any active heating appliance — still admits cold air and moisture every winter. It still requires maintenance. Most homeowners have no idea it’s there.
I walk the exterior first. Crown condition from the ground. Any brick fragments near the base. Mortar joint depth on accessible courses. Counter flashing — the upper flashing layer embedded into the mortar joint — seated flat or pulled away from the chimney face.
Then we go inside. Firebox condition. Smoke shelf. What the damper shows when it opens fully.
By the time I’ve done that walk, I know whether this visit is a routine annual service or whether something needs documentation before we put tools on it. That assessment gets written up either way.
ACCOUNTABILITY

Why a 10-Person Minneapolis Crew Produces Consistent Accountability

Same crew every time means the person doing the work is the person who answers the follow-up.

Same Crew, Every Job

When a homeowner in South Minneapolis schedules a cleaning, ChimTech sends the same crew that would handle a liner installation in Northeast or a repointing job in Nokomis. No rotation of unfamiliar faces based on which crew has availability.

The Record Matches the Work

If a condition is flagged during a visit and the homeowner calls back six weeks later, the crew member who noted it can answer directly. The written record matches what was observed. Nothing was verbal-only.

Working Knowledge, Not Background Reading

ChimTech is a service-area business, dispatching directly throughout Minneapolis and the Twin Cities Metro without a fixed public storefront. The housing stock, local permits, and what a Minnesota winter does to masonry — that’s working knowledge.
DOCUMENTATION

Job Records on Every Visit — What the Documentation Actually Contains

The written record ChimTech produces on every visit is structured the same way across all thirty services.

Pre-Work Scope

Written before any work begins, confirming what will be done and what conditions were observed on arrival.

Condition Summary

A record of what was found during inspection or cleaning, noting every surface or component assessed.

Post-Service Record

Confirmation of what was completed, materials used where relevant, and any follow-up recommendations.

Sizing & Specification

For liner installations, crown pours, and repointing, the materials and measurements used are recorded in the job file.

Permit & Inspection Records

For work requiring a Minneapolis building permit, ChimTech files directly and delivers the passed inspection record.
The structure of that record is consistent because the purpose is consistent: the homeowner leaves every visit with a complete account of what was found and what was done. That applies whether the job was a thirty-minute sweep or a two-day exterior restoration.
THE PROCESS

How ChimTech Handles a Service from First Call to Final Record

The process runs the same way on every job — from first contact to delivered documentation.
01

Diagnostics

The first contact establishes the service type and collects basic property information: address, system type (wood-burning or gas), last known service date, and any visible symptoms. If you haven’t had service in several years, ChimTech recommends starting with the appropriate inspection tier — confirming the flue liner is sound before further work proceeds.
02

Implementation

Visits run on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood schedule across the Twin Cities Metro. Drop cloths in, assessment first, then the scope confirmed in writing. Repair work follows a top-down sequence — crown and cap before flashing, flashing before mortar, mortar before liner — so an upstream entry point can’t undermine a downstream repair. Creosote is documented by stage when found, not summarized verbally.
03

Post-Service Testing & Documentation

After the work is complete, ChimTech confirms the results: damper travel, flue clearance, draft behavior, or visual confirmation of the repaired surface. The written record is provided before the crew packs up. For inspections, the condition summary names every surface assessed — pass and flagged findings both. Nothing is left to memory.
WHERE WE WORK

Where ChimTech Schedules Chimney Services Across the Twin Cities Metro

ChimTech schedules chimney services across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities Metro directly.
The crew works throughout Minneapolis — from North Loop and Northeast to Longfellow, Nokomis, South Minneapolis, Uptown, Linden Hills, and the craftsman-dense neighborhoods of Southwest including Fulton and Lynnhurst — and across the wider Twin Cities Metro, including St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs. Homes in zip codes 55406, 55408, 55409, and 55419 are on the regular rotation. Call to confirm your neighborhood is on the schedule.

North Loop & Northeast

Downtown-adjacent and the Northeast arts district.

Longfellow & Nokomis

Lake-side South Minneapolis · 55417

South Minneapolis & Uptown

Dense bungalow blocks · 55406, 55408, 55409

Linden Hills

Southwest lakeside · 55410

Southwest — Fulton & Lynnhurst

Craftsman-dense streets · 55419

Greater Twin Cities Metro

St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs — call to confirm.
Call (763) 402-9301 or email office@chimtech.org to confirm your neighborhood.
GET STARTED

Ready to Schedule? Here's How to Reach the ChimTech Crew

Booking a chimney service anywhere in the Twin Cities Metro takes one phone call or one email. Have your property address, system type, and last known service date ready — it makes the scheduling conversation faster for both sides.
Call or Text
(763) 402-9301
Email
office@chimtech.org
Hours
Mon–Sat · Open until 7:00 PM
The person answering is part of the local Minneapolis-based crew — not a call center, not an automated routing system. If you’re not sure which service applies, that’s a normal first call: Brian Levi or a crew member will walk through the symptoms and confirm the right starting point.

Request a Service Window

Tell us about your home and we’ll confirm a time. The crew that answers is the crew that shows up.
FAQ

Common Questions About ChimTech's Minneapolis Chimney Services

At least once a year. The Twin Cities average more than 50 freeze-thaw cycles each winter, and that repeated freezing and thawing works on masonry season after season — usually invisibly until a water stain or loose brick appears. An annual inspection catches that progression early, while a repair is still small. If you burn wood often, recently bought the home, or haven’t had service in several years, an inspection should come before any cleaning or repair work.

A Level 1 inspection is the standard annual check of the readily accessible portions of the chimney and flue, appropriate when nothing about the system has changed. A Level 2 adds a video scan of the flue interior and is used for real-estate transactions, after a system change such as a new liner or appliance, or following an event like a chimney fire or storm. A Level 3 is reserved for cases where a hidden hazard is suspected and may require removing a component to reach concealed areas. On the first call we match the right level to your situation.

Yes. Homes from the early-to-mid 20th century were built with lime mortar that is softer and more vapor-permeable than modern mixes, and it was designed to erode before the brick does. After roughly a hundred winters, those joints are often recessed enough that water enters freely at the mortar line. Repointing older masonry calls for a compatible mortar, not a harder modern mix that can trap moisture and damage the original brick — which is exactly how our crew approaches the Twin Cities’ older housing stock.

They do. An abandoned flue — one no longer connected to an active heating appliance — still admits cold air and moisture into the home every winter, and it can still deteriorate. Many older Twin Cities homes have two or three flues where only one is in active use. We assess every flue on the chimney, active or not, and note its condition in the written record.

Every visit produces a written record: a pre-work scope before anything begins, a condition summary of what was found, and a post-service record of what was completed. Liner installations, crown pours, and repointing also include the materials and measurements used. For work that requires a local building permit (Minneapolis or another Twin Cities municipality), ChimTech files directly and delivers the passed inspection record to you.

Three things make the call faster: your property address, the system type (wood-burning or gas), and the last known service date. If you’re not sure which service you need, that’s a normal first call — a crew member will walk through the symptoms with you and confirm the right starting point. The person who answers is part of the local crew, not a call center.

Schedule Your Twin Cities Chimney Service

One crew, one standard, documented results across the Twin Cities Metro. Call or email and the person who answers is part of the crew that will do the work.
Call (763) 402-9301
Email office@chimtech.org