The Checklist Is the Company.
Chimney Standard is a new name, and we'd rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. What isn't new is the field time behind it: our inspectors and the licensed & insured contractors we work with bring 15+ years on Texas roofs, flues, and fireboxes. We built the company around one idea — chimney work should be verifiable.
Make every chimney verdict verifiable.
Every visit runs on a written checklist keyed to NFPA 211 and the International Residential Code. Every finding gets a photo, a location, and a pass/fail call. Every quote traces back to a documented defect — not a hunch on a clipboard.
A written standard for every flue in Texas.
If a flue passes, we say so and leave. If it fails, you'll know exactly where, why, and what the standard says about it. No scare stories, no "while we're up here" add-ons — just the standard, applied, in writing, one DFW report at a time.
Four rules the checklist enforces.
Checklist-First, Every Visit
Inspections follow a written checklist built from NFPA 211 and IRC requirements — the same sequence every time, whether it's a routine Level 1 or a pre-closing Level 2. Nothing gets skipped because the crew was busy, and nothing gets invented because the schedule was slow.
Every Finding Photographed
A verdict without evidence is just a claim. Each failed checkpoint gets a photo, its location on the structure, and the standard it fails against. Reports land within 48 hours, formatted so an insurer, a buyer, or a competing contractor can follow them without a phone call.
Pass/Fail, Not Vague
You'll never read 'some concerns were noted' in one of our reports. Each system — flue, crown, flashing, clearances, cap — gets a clear pass or fail against written criteria, plus a severity call: safety item, water item, or cosmetic. That's what makes the fix list prioritizable.
Quotes That Trace to Findings
Repair quotes map line by line to documented defects. Each line names the problem, the fix, and the standard it satisfies, and you can approve any subset. The work runs with licensed & insured contractors against that written spec, then gets verified against the same criteria.
Booking to closeout, one sequence.
Book
A person answers 7 AM to midnight, confirms the flat inspection fee up front, and schedules a same-week slot. No phone-quote guessing.
Inspect
The visit runs the written NFPA 211 checklist — flue, crown, cap, flashing, clearances. Level 2 adds a camera scan of the full flue interior.
Report
Within 48 hours: every checkpoint scored pass or fail, a photo behind each fail, and the standard it fails against. Forwardable to anyone.
Quote
If repairs are warranted, each quote line names the defect, the fix, and the standard it satisfies. Approve all of it, some of it, or none.
Repair
Approved work runs with licensed & insured contractors against the written spec — mortar type, liner sizing, flashing detail, named before work starts.
Verify
Finished work gets checked against the same criteria that flagged it, photographed, and filed with your report. You keep the paperwork.
"We're rarely the lowest bid — measuring, photographing, and writing everything up takes real hours, and we won't drop the documentation to match a flashlight-and-a-handshake price. What you get for it is a verdict you can check."
Get it inspected. Get it in writing.
Flat fee confirmed when you book. Same-week scheduling. A pass/fail verdict within 48 hours.
24/7 Response
Chimney fire, storm hit, active leak, or a flue you're not sure about? We answer 7 AM to midnight and the assessment ends in a written safe-to-use verdict — including a do-not-use notice when the evidence supports one. After-hours dispatch runs subject to crew availability.
Emergency line