Vonderhaar Fireplace Stove & Masonry

They are a great family business that removed our old dated builders grade gas fireplace that was installed when the house was built and installed a new modern unit that looks beautiful and really heats great. They also did a makeover on the wall and hearth around our fireplace … everyone loves it really updated our 20 year old home.

DO NOT USE. Our fireplace stopped working at the end of winter. We had them come to do an inspection. $189 later they said our fireplace was unfixable and we would have to get a new gas insert at the tune of $1000 (or more, depending on what you wanted). I waited until now to get quotes from other companies. Ended up going with Bromwall who was $700 and could install within the week. They are here now and as they took it out said it would have been an easy fix to replace the gas line that was in the fireplace (it was snapped and that is why it didn't work). Although the fireplace grate was rusted, it could have been fixed with a simple gas line. Since I had already paid for the work, we are having it replaced, but am livid that we could have had an easy inexpensive fix, but I relied on their inspection. I will never use them and hope other folks read this and don't use them. We even waited for the "expert" Michael Hooser to do the inspection since I was told he was the one who trains everyone else. If that is the service you get from the expert, I can only imagine the others are worse.

During a major storm the cap on our fireplace blew off on a Friday night. We called our insurance company looking for a referral. By Monday we had not heard from our insurance company so I called them and they said they would refer us to someone who came over later that day. We also called the roofing company that had put a new roof on our house 3 years ago. Meanwhile rain was coming in from our fireplace. The ceiling grew a large wet spot.. We decided to call Voderhaar Monday afternoon since we hadn't heard from anyone. Greg Vonderhaar was climbing on our roof 2 hours later. He identified the problem and said he would have someone there to fix it in the next day or two. Less than 24 hours later their technician had completed the job which was good news since we are expecting a major storm tonight. Oh - our roofing guy did call and said they could send someone May 11th. We understand when there are big storms roofing people get frantic calls. Doesn't help when it is YOUR ceiling or fireplace. The whole experience from the first phone call to the last was efficient, professional and I am delighted to write the check and recommend this family owned company.

Very professional, knowledgeable, office staff very helpful . Will refer them to everyone who is in need of brick work chimney repairs.

Hank and Brian removed our existing wood fireplace and replaced it with a gas one (and removed the mantel). They were professional and careful. My husband even saw them take the gas fireplace back out, make a small adjustment, and put it back in so it was installed absolutely correctly -- no shortcuts. Brian, the project lead, also had a good working relationship with the tile supplier who did the tile surround after the fireplace was installed. The project was completed on time and on budget. Brian answered all our questions, and we were quite comfortable with his knowledge as well as with Vonderhaar's owner who came out to do the initial estimate. We went with Vonderhaar because my husband had so much confidence in the owner after that initial consultation. We were not disappointed.