Level 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.
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AfterChimney Cap & Crown in Collierville: What It Costs and What We Actually Find
Chimney cap and crown work in Collierville typically runs $385 to $1,900 depending on whether you need a simple cap replacement or a full chase cover rebuild with crown coating. Most homes we service in the Schilling Farms, Halle Plantation, and Houston Levee corridor areas were built between 1995 and 2015, which means their prefab fireplace systems are now hitting the age where chase covers rust through and factory dampers fail. If you’re seeing water stains on the ceiling near your fireplace or hearing birds inside the flue, call (980) 580-8641 for a written estimate before the problem spreads.
We’re Emberly Chimney Cleaners, and we’ve inspected over 38,000 chimneys since 2009. Every visit includes a camera scan and a photo record you can see for yourself. Nothing gets recommended without evidence, and nothing gets started without a written price.
Key takeaways:
- Cap replacement in Collierville: $385 to $750 for standard single-flue caps; multi-flue caps run $800 to $1,400.
- Crown repair and coating: $450 to $1,200 depending on whether we’re sealing cracks or rebuilding the entire crown surface.
- Chase cover replacement on prefab fireplaces: $700 to $1,900, and it’s the single most common repair we do in Schilling Farms and neighborhoods along Winchester.
- Every job gets camera documentation and a written warranty before we start. That’s Clause 4 of the Haven Standard.
Why Collierville Homeowners Call Emberly Chimney Cleaners
Most companies in the Collierville area still do visual inspections with a flashlight. We don’t. Every visit includes a camera scan down the flue, and you get the photos before anyone asks you to spend a dollar. That practice started with us in 2009 and it became Clause 4 of the Haven Standard. Corrine Halstead, who leads our team, requires every technician to document what they find. If a chase cover is rusted, you’ll see the rust. If the flue liner is cracked, you’ll see the crack. No one has to take our word for it.
Collierville homeowners tend to research before they call, which is exactly how we like to work. Our Chimney Cap & Crown team answers questions straight. We’ll tell you plainly whether a cap can wait another season or whether a crown coating is worth doing now before Shelby County humidity turns a small crack into a spalling problem. The 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every job: if it’s not done right, we make it right.
We also coordinate scheduling from our Memphis office, so crews serving Collierville know the local housing stock. We’re familiar with the prefab systems in Schilling Farms, the gas-log conversions along Houston Levee, and the older masonry chimneys near the Historic Town Square. Dispatch runs through (980) 580-8641, and a live person answers 24/7. Not a voicemail.
Our Chimney Cap & Crown Services in Collierville
Cap Installation
A properly fitted cap keeps rain, debris, and chimney swifts out of the flue. In Collierville, swifts are a real problem during the long stretch from March to October when fireplaces sit idle. We install single-flue, multi-flue, and custom caps sized to your specific flue dimensions. Materials come from Copperfield and Olympia Chimney, and every installation is backed by our written warranty.
Cap Replacement
If the cap on your Collierville home is rusted through, dented, or missing entirely, replacement is usually the most cost-effective fix. We see a lot of rusted caps on houses built in the late 1990s and 2000s, particularly on the facades facing Poplar and Winchester where afternoon sun and morning moisture alternate hard. A standard single-flue cap replacement typically runs $385 to $750 in this market.
Crown Repair
The crown is the concrete or mortar slab that seals the top of a masonry chimney. Once it cracks, water seeps in and starts spalling the brick below. Collierville’s freeze-thaw cycle may be short, but it’s sharp enough to wedge cracks open fast. We repair crowns with a proper slope and install crown coating where needed. Crown repair in Collierville runs between $450 and $900 for typical single-flue masonry chimneys.
Crown Coating
For crowns that are still structurally sound but porous, a crown coating seals the surface before it becomes a rebuild. Homes near the Wolf River corridor and Halle Plantation deal with extra humidity, which accelerates moisture absorption into unprotected crowns. A crown coating here typically runs $450 to $700 and adds years before re-pointing becomes necessary.
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Most Collierville homes built after 1995 have factory-built fireplaces from Heatilator or Majestic. We work on those systems daily, and we keep the common replacement parts from Copperfield, DuraFlex, and HeatShield on hand to avoid the two-week wait that mail-order parts often cause. If you drive through Schilling Farms or along Houston Levee, you’ll see dozens of these systems. We know their failure points: rusted chase covers, corroded flue liners, and dampers left partially open from gas-log conversions.
Common Chimney Cap & Crown Problems We See in Collierville Homes
- Rusted chase covers on prefab fireplaces. Homes built between 1995 and 2015 in planned communities like Schilling Farms almost always have top-mounted metal chase covers. The welded seams corrode from Shelby County humidity, then rainwater pools on the firebox and rusts the flue liner from above.
- Gas-log conversions with hidden draft restrictions. Many Collierville homes had gas logs installed over original wood-burning fireboxes. The factory damper often stays partially in place, half-blocking the flue and pulling carbon monoxide back into the house on cold snaps.
- Chimney swifts nesting in uncapped flues. These federally protected birds are common in Collierville and they return every spring. Nesting material falls into the smoke chamber, sits damp all summer, and accelerates spalling inside the flue.
- Cracked crowns on older masonry chimneys. The homes around the Historic Town Square and older streets off Poplar often have true masonry chimneys with clay-tile liners. A small crown crack turns into a big repair after one hard winter.
In a Schilling Farms home on a cul-de-sac off Houston Levee, we pulled a rusted chase cover from a 2003 Heatilator and found the original factory damper still half-blocking the flue. It was left over from a gas-log conversion done a decade earlier. We installed a new multi-flue cap and rebuilt the chase cover with a crown coating, then verified the draft with a smoke test before sealing everything up. That’s the kind of fix you can’t see from the ground. You need a camera.
Pricing for Chimney Cap & Crown in Collierville, TN
Here’s what Collierville homeowners can expect to pay for cap and crown work:
- Single-flue cap installation: $385 to $750
- Multi-flue cap installation: $800 to $1,400
- Custom cap (odd flue dimensions or architectural match): $1,100 to $1,900
- Crown repair (crack sealing, patching): $450 to $900
- Crown coating (preventative seal): $450 to $700
- Chase cover replacement on prefab systems: $700 to $1,900
What moves the price in Collierville is mostly the flue count and whether you have a prefab chase cover or a true masonry crown. Prefab systems in Schilling Farms tend toward the higher end because the chase cover usually needs full replacement once rust sets in. Masonry crowns near the Town Square are often simpler. Either way, you get a written scope, written price, and written warranty before we start. Call (980) 580-8641 for a free estimate. If you already have a written quote from another company, bring it. We’ll give you a free second opinion.
We Also Serve Cities Near Collierville
Our crews serve Chimney Cap & Crown in Collierville and the surrounding communities, including Germantown, Memphis, Spring Hill, and Franklin. If you’re in one of those areas, the same camera-scan inspection and written pricing standard applies.
Serving Collierville, TN - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Collierville 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 - Chimney Cap & Crown in Collierville
If you see rust streaks running down the siding near the chimney, the chase cover is already leaking. Cosmetic rust sits on the surface. Rust that’s eaten through the seams lets water inside, and that water pools on the firebox and rusts the flue liner from above. We confirm it with a camera scan, not a guess. If the cover needs replacement, you’ll see the photos before you approve anything. Call (980) 580-8641 and we’ll document it.
Yes. Chimney swifts are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, but installing a properly fitted cap before nesting season prevents them from entering. The key is doing it in late winter or early spring before they arrive. We can’t remove active nests while swifts are present, but we can install a cap after they leave. That’s a common fix in Collierville, especially in neighborhoods along the Wolf River where swifts are abundant.
That’s usually a draft restriction from the original factory damper still sitting partially open. During a cold snap, your furnace pulls hard on the house air, and the backdraft pushes combustion gases into the living space. We find this exact setup in homes around Houston Levee and Schilling Farms. The fix is a proper flue inspection and, if needed, a cap and damper correction. Don’t ignore it. Carbon monoxide doesn’t smell. Call (980) 580-8641 and we’ll check the draft.
A crown is the concrete slab at the top of a masonry chimney. A chase cover is the metal lid on top of a prefab fireplace enclosure. Schilling Farms homes built after 1995 almost always have chase covers, not crowns. If you have a metal box on your roof, it’s a chase cover. If you have exposed brick, it’s a crown. We’ll tell you which one you have from the first photo, and the repair approach is different for each.
Not always. We’ll tell you if the existing cap is still doing its job. But if you’ve had a fireplace for 20-plus years in Collierville and the cap was never replaced, it’s probably rusted. The camera scan will show it. A cleaning and inspection runs on the standard schedule, and if you need a cap, we’ll show you the photos and quote it in writing before anything moves forward. Call (980) 580-8641 to book.
Get a Written Price for Chimney Cap & Crown Work in Collierville
We don’t do verbal quotes and we don’t do flashlight inspections. We send a background-checked, uniformed technician to your Collierville home, run a camera down the flue, and show you what’s there. Then you get a written price, a written scope, and a written warranty before any work starts. That’s the Haven Standard, and it’s been our policy since 2009. Call (980) 580-8641 or ask for a free second opinion on any competitor’s quote. Corrine Halstead leads the team, and she’ll make sure you have the documentation to decide with confidence.
Written by Corrine Halstead, Owner at Emberly Chimney Cleaners, serving Collierville since 2009.