Crown & Chase Cover Repair in Southlake
Concrete crazes in the sun. Metal dents in the hail.
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4.7 · 60 Southlake reviews
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CSIA certified
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1-year workmanship warranty
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Licensed & insured
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Santa’s favorite chimney crew
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Cleared for reindeer landing
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No soot on Santa’s boots
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Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer
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Stockings hung, flues swept
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Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days
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Jingle all the way up the chimney
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Warm fires, cozy nights
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Santa’s favorite chimney crew
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Cleared for reindeer landing
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No soot on Santa’s boots
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Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer
●
Stockings hung, flues swept
●
Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days
●
Jingle all the way up the chimney
●
Warm fires, cozy nights
●
Santa’s favorite chimney crew
●
Cleared for reindeer landing
●
No soot on Santa’s boots
●
Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer
●
Stockings hung, flues swept
●
Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days
●
Jingle all the way up the chimney
●
Warm fires, cozy nights
●
Santa’s favorite chimney crew
●
Cleared for reindeer landing
●
No soot on Santa’s boots
●
Cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer
●
Stockings hung, flues swept
●
Merry Christmas & happy hearth-days
●
Jingle all the way up the chimney
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Warm fires, cozy nights
Pricing, before you commit
Our prices are published, not hidden
Want to know the cost before anyone visits your Southlake home? Our crown pricing page covers sealing, repair and rebuild, and works out an estimate from your crown's size. No email, no callback.
The craft, done properly
CROWN & CHASE COVER REPAIR IN SOUTHLAKE, TX
Southlake homes come with one of two things on top of the chimney, and the difference matters. A masonry chimney has a concrete crown — a flat slab facing straight up at a Texas summer, which crazes into a web of surface cracks and then opens them wider with every hundred-degree afternoon. A factory-built chimney has a metal chase cover, which does not craze but does dent in hail, pond water where it has been bent, and rust through from the inside out.
Brown Chimney measures both on site, because price follows dimensions. Cracks on a sound crown are cleaned, patched, and sealed. A crown failed through is rebuilt with a one-inch minimum drip-edge overhang, no exceptions. Chase covers are replaced in stainless, sloped and cross-broken so water sheds rather than pools. Crown sealing on an intact crown is preventive maintenance. Every option is priced on our crown pricing page; the full craft is on our crown repair service page.
Rebuilt crown with a one-inch drip edge and crown coat — Southlake, TX
The Work
What crown work does for a Southlake chimney.
More Southlake leaks start at the top than anywhere else, and the failure is silent for years. A crazed crown or a hail-dented cover sheds fine in a light rain and fails in a driving one, so the first evidence is usually a ceiling stain arriving weeks after the storm that caused it.
Which repair you need depends on which structure you have. Cracks on sound concrete get prepped back to solid material and sealed. A crown crumbling through is rebuilt. A dented or rusted chase cover is replaced — and replaced in stainless with a proper slope, because a flat cover ponds water and fails again. While we are at the top, the cap is right there, and doing both in one visit costs less than two trips. Where the water is entering at the roofline rather than the top, that becomes flashing repair instead.
Our Dallas crew covers the southern metroplex, and together we handle the Dallas–Fort Worth service area. See the local service list on the Southlake page.
When to book
What are the signs your crown or chase cover needs repair?
The top of the chimney is hard to see from the ground, which is why most Southlake findings come from a roof visit or after a storm produces a leak.
Visible cracks or a crazed, web-like surface on the crown
Chunks of concrete on the roof or at the base of the chimney
Water stains on ceilings or walls near the chimney
White staining (efflorescence) on the brick below the crown
The crown looks flush with the brick, with no overhang
An inspection report flagged crown deterioration
A crown that is crazed but sound is a patch; one crumbling through is a rebuild; a dented cover is a replacement. An inspection tells you which — with photos from the roof — and the fee is credited toward repair work booked within 30 days.
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Most crowns we replace failed because someone poured them flush with the brick. That inch of overhang is the whole point — without it, the crown is just a lid.
Brown Chimney
The Brown Chimney Standard · Southlake
Built for hail, heat, and shifting clay.
Tarrant County hail country
Hail dents flashing and chase covers without leaking that day — the failure shows up weeks later. We check after every major storm season.
Clay soil moves what sits on it
North Texas clay swells and shrinks with the seasons, and a heavy chimney on top of it moves too. We establish whether it has settled before rebuilding anything.
1-year workmanship warranty
The labor on our repairs and installations is covered for a full year — in writing, not in promises.
Price fixed before we start
Measured on site, quoted in writing, approved by you — then the work begins. Never the other way around.
What to expect
What happens during a crown repair?
Crown and chase work in Southlake is measured before it is priced. A patch or cover replacement is typically a single visit; a full crown rebuild takes longer because the old one comes off first.
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Crown measurement
The crown is measured at its widest points on the roof. Price follows that measurement, so the number is built from your chimney rather than a rounded guess.
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Repair or rebuild call
Surface cracks on a structurally sound crown get patched. Structural failure gets a full rebuild — you get the honest read and both prices in writing before choosing.
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Crack prep & patching
Cracks are cleaned, opened where needed, and prepped for bonding. Loose material comes off so the patch keys into sound concrete instead of sitting on debris.
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Crown coat & drip edge
Crown coat sealant is applied across the full surface, and the drip edge is repaired or rebuilt to a one-inch minimum overhang — no exceptions. That overhang is what throws water clear of the brick below.
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Final photos & warranty
The finished crown is photographed from the roof and shown to you, with the 1-year workmanship warranty on all labor performed.
For transparency
What this visit doesn't cover.
Tuckpointing below the crown where joints have also failed — quoted separately
Cap replacement, if the cap is missing or failing — priced as its own line
Interior water damage from previous leaks (documented in photos, but repaired by others)
FAQS
Common questions about chimney crown repair in Southlake
How is crown repair priced in Southlake?
From an on-site measurement rather than a flat rate. Sealing an intact crown, patches, full rebuilds, and chase cover replacements are all measured and quoted in writing before any work begins. Every option and its price is on our crown pricing page.
What's the difference between a crown and a chase cover?
A crown is the concrete slab on a masonry chimney. A chase cover is the metal lid on a factory-built chimney enclosure — common in Southlake's newer construction. Concrete crazes in the sun; metal dents in hail and rusts. Different failures, different repairs.
Why do crowns crack in Texas with so few freezes?
Ultraviolet and thermal cycling. A flat slab facing straight up takes brutal direct sun, and expanding through hundred-degree afternoons then contracting overnight crazes the surface. Freeze-thaw is less frequent here than in the Midwest, but North Texas does get winter freezes and ice storms, and they widen the cracks the sun has already started.
Can hail damage a chase cover?
Routinely, and it is one of the most missed forms of storm damage in Tarrant County. Hail dents the metal so water ponds instead of shedding, and the cover rusts through from the standing water — usually a year or two after the storm.
What is a crown drip edge?
The overhang that throws water clear of the masonry below instead of letting it run down the wall. Brown Chimney rebuilds every crown with a minimum one-inch overhang — without it, the crown is not doing its main job.
Related Services
Often paired with chimney crown repair.
A safer hearth — for 2026
Measured, patched, sealed — in writing.
Every Brown Chimney crown in Southlake is measured on site, quoted before work begins, and rebuilt with a one-inch minimum drip edge where a rebuild is needed. Book online or call 936-666-0002.
