Hoyt Masonry LLC.

A homeowner who needed a chimney liner in a hurry wrote in April 2024 that Sean Hoyt came out within an hour to look at it, explained what had to happen, and started the job the next day — he and his son worked all day. That is the call Hoyt Masonry keeps getting: chimney work fills a dozen of the thirty written accounts, from liners and inspections to rebuilds and taking a stack down altogether. Sean Hoyt runs the company — BBB names him managing member, puts it at 20 years and lists Raymond and Pelham, New Hampshire, while the Angi profile places it in Derry. His son Anthony appears in the reviews beside him; a customer writing in November 2025 called them a chimney family duo. Thumbtack lists the business as family-owned, with a CSIA certification for chimney liners and inspections and a STONEYARD thin-stone installer certification. The November 2025 write-ups show the range. One homeowner gathered several quotes to remove two chimneys from a house that had switched to gas and chose Sean for the more reasonable price and his responsiveness; another had a chimney inspection done for a house sale and said he was thorough and took time to explain what he found. In an April 2024 review, a customer whose chimney had separated from the house had it repaired and, on Sean's advice, added a wood stove that cut their electric bill. The masonry side is older and just as concrete: crumbling front steps rebuilt in a 2022 review after the original builder's shortcuts shifted the base, the corner of a retaining wall rebuilt and tied in during a 2019 job, damaged foundation brick replaced and skim-coated in 2017. One account cuts the other way. In a September 2021 review, a customer wrote that Hoyt Masonry recommended urgent chimney repairs, collected a $2,310 downpayment, and then missed a series of promised dates; the business's reply on the Angi profile says the deposit was returned in full. A 2021 reviewer with custom stone stairs also said the job took longer than expected, while praising the workmanship and the knowledge behind the repair. Ratings sit at 4.9 across 115 on Angi — the same profile HomeAdvisor carries — and 4.9 across 104 on Thumbtack, with an A+ on BBB. For a liner, an inspection before a sale, a fireplace rebuild or a chimney that has to come down in southern New Hampshire, this is a small crew with a long history in stone. Pin the start date and the deposit terms to the written contract before you pay anything, and ask where your job falls if it lands in their busy season.