*As usual, HP neighbors came through with a slew of recommendations, Here they are, in no particular order: ----------------------------------------------------- *I'm not sure about the chimney issue, but I used and was very happy with brick pointing done by Larry Kramer 412-616-3549. He was reasonably priced, easy to deal with, and did very good work on two sides of my house.* * *-----------------------------------------------------* (412) 519-3251 Rich Roth. Used him for years. He's done a lot of wo9rk in the neighborhood. Rough around the edges but does good work. *-----------------------------------------------------* I had Rich Michalek do my two chimneys two years ago. He is a nice guy, and lives in Morningside. He was willing to listen to my request to keep the chimneys just like they were rather than taking them lower. There were a few bricks that had previously fallen off, and he used some I had sitting around in the yard to replace them. He asked me if I was still using the flues, which I am for my furnace and water heater. He told me how to test to see if any of the bricks had fallen inside and were blocking the air flow from the water heater. One thing that he did was to point the chimneys in red mortar, since the rest of my house has red mortar. One of the chimneys had been previously repaired and gray mortar was used. He ground that out so that the entire chimney now has the same mortar. His phone number is 412-363-0588. *-----------------------------------------------------* ** We had Ron Anderson of Anderson Chimney lined our chimney this summer (and pointed our house). Did a nice job, showed up when he said he would, got the job done. I recommend him. Tell him Jean on Greystone says hi. His email is Ron Anderson <andersonchimney@aol.com <mailto:andersonchimney@aol.com>> and his number is listed, I just don't have it front of me. *-----------------------------------------------------* Larry Karam is the guy to call. Great work. 412-616-3549 *-----------------------------------------------------* I recommend Anderson chimney and masonry, Ron has repointed my entire front of my .....and two neighbors across the street ...... he is highly rated and angies's list he is very professional, clean and quality work 412 7797529 *-----------------------------------------------------* Highly recommend Larry Karam - he's done two sides of our house and chimneys; we'll have him back next year to do another side. He does good work, is reasonable in price, and is honest/hard-working. Great guy. *-----------------------------------------------------* Larry Karam, 412-616-3549. *----------------------------------------------------- *Larry Karam from Morningside does good work and is quite reliable.... *-----------------------------------------------------* The best is Shelton Masonry. I'm on the board of an org that he's put together to train the next generation of masons. *-----------------------------------------------------* Mike Nene *-----------------------------------------------------* (that's all folks!) -dk