Since 1982

SERVING GREATER Kansas City

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More about Gene and our company

Left: Gene tearing down scaffold after restoring five chimneys on a Queen Anne Victorian home in Northeast Kansas City

HearthMasters, Inc. DBA Padgitt Chimney & Fireplace is honored to have received the Angie's List Superior Service Award in 2010 and 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Awards


Gene Padgitt, our senior builder, has won the following national and local awards for his skilled masonry design and construction work: 

1992 National Chimney Sweep Guild sponsored chimney building contest - First place

2002 Midwest Chimney Safety Council Masonry Chimney Building Contest - First Place  

2002 The Home Book - Best fireplace design in Kansas City - First Place

2003 Luxury Homes Magazine - Top 10 "Best of the Best" Fireplace design and building project Award 

2004 National Association of the Remodeling Industry - Second Place Exterior Specialty

2006 National Association of the Remodeling Industry - Honorable Mention, Exterior Specialty

2007 Midwest Chimney Safety Council Masonry Building Contest - First Place  

2009 Masonry Heater Association Bake Oven Building Contest - Third Place

2010 Masonry Heater Association Masonry Design/Build Contest - First Place

2011 National Association of the Remodeling Industry Interior Specialty - First Place

​2011 Masonry Heater Association Masonry Design/Build Contest - Second Place

2012 National Chimney Sweep Guild Masonry Construction Contest - First Place

​2012 National Chimney Sweep Guild Fireplace Face Contest - Second Place


2012 Winner of the NARI REMI Exterior specialty First Place


2017 Masonry Heater Association annual Design/Build Contest- Masonry Heater category Second Place


2018 Independence Examiner Best of the Best First Place

2019 Independence Examiner Best of the Best First Place