Top Hat Chimney in Alabama
Top Hat Chimney has been sweeping, inspecting, and repairing chimneys across Alabama since 1999. That’s over 29 years of climbing roofs in the same communities, running into the same folks at the hardware store, and building a reputation where the owner puts his name on every job. Wendell runs Top Hat as part of the Locally family, which means Alabama homeowners get more than a clean flue. They get a live person on the phone, a real arrival window, and a written 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped on every invoice. The price you hear when you call is the price you pay when the work is done. No surprises, no call center, no out-of-state plates.
Why Alabama Homeowners Choose Top Hat Chimney
Wendell started Top Hat Chimney because he saw the same thing Ward Selby saw back in 1997: good people getting burned by outfits that quoted one number on the phone and another at the door. In Alabama’s small towns and rural counties, word gets around. You can’t hide from a bad job when you’ll see that homeowner again at the feed store or the Friday game. That’s why Wendell answers the phone himself, day or night, and why his cell number isn’t a secret. Ask anyone who’s called at 7 on a Saturday. It may well be him picking up.
The 90-Day Done Right Promise isn’t marketing language. It’s stamped in writing on every job. If something isn’t right, one call brings Wendell back. No charge for that. His technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and they give you a real window, not “sometime between 8 and 5.” If traffic on 65 backs up or a previous job runs long, they call. The truck carries Wendell’s name, and the license number is published where you can look it up before you ever dial.
Top Hat works with brands that last: DuraFlex, HeatShield, Gelco, Olympia Chimney, Famco, and Copperfield. Not because the names impress anyone, but because Wendell has seen what cheap liner and bad mortar do to an Alabama chimney after a humid summer and a hard winter. He’d rather do it once. The standing offers run year-round: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate you bring in, no trip charge inside the county, and 10% off always for seniors and veterans. That’s not a sale. That’s how he treats people he plans to know for twenty years.
Backed by the Locally Family
Top Hat Chimney carries the Locally name because Wendell answered yes to every question on Ward Selby’s list back in 1997. Local address you can drive to. Owner’s name and face published. License number you can verify. A live person on the phone, and the same person who shows up at your door. The L.O.C.A.L. values code runs through every job: Local roots, On time, Community first, Accountable, Loyal. For Alabama homeowners, that means the Locally guarantee sits right alongside Wendell’s 90-Day Done Right Promise. Two layers of accountability from people who live twenty minutes away, not three states over. When you hire Top Hat, you’re not filling out a web form and hoping. You’re calling a neighbor who knows your county, knows your weather, and knows he’ll see you again on Saturday.
Written by Wendell, Owner at Top Hat Chimney, serving Alabama since 1999.