What homeowners here can book
On the chimney side, we do sweeping, flue cleaning and creosote removal, and we clear blockages, odors and animal nests. Inspections range from a standard chimney and fireplace check to a camera look inside the flue, a real estate inspection before a sale, or a storm damage inspection after high winds or a hard rain. If you burn wood regularly, our chimney sweep service is usually where to start.
When something needs fixing, we repair the parts that let water in or let a chimney wear out: crowns, flashing, cracked masonry, mortar joints, liners, dampers and prefab chases. For the worst cases we rebuild the chimney. We also apply waterproofing to stop leaks before they reach the inside of the house.
Inside the house, we clean and repair wood-burning fireplaces, inserts and wood stoves. We also service gas and electric fireplaces. That covers firebox and smoke chamber repairs, draft problems, refractory panels, and glass and door repair. On the installation side, we put in new fireplaces, inserts, doors, gas logs and gas lines, and we convert or replace older prefab units.
Dryer vents are their own job. We remove lint and blockages, clean roof-mounted vents, test airflow, and repair, replace or reroute a vent run that is too long or crushed. A slow dryer is often a vent problem rather than a dryer problem, and our dryer vent cleaning visit starts by finding out which one it is.
Keeping rain, sparks and animals out of the flue
An open chimney top lets in rain, leaves and nesting birds or squirrels, and it can let embers out. A properly fitted cap with a screen covers all of these at once. If your chimney has no cap, or the old one is rusted or bent, read how chimney cap installation works. We also replace chase covers and fit spark arrestors and animal screens.
Worth noting before you get in touch
- What you burn or run: wood, gas, an insert, a stove or an electric unit
- When the chimney or dryer vent was last cleaned, if you know
- What you are seeing or smelling: smoke in the room, a campfire odor, water stains, sounds of animals, or clothes still damp after a full cycle
- Whether the problem started after a storm
- Whether you are buying or selling the home and need an inspection for that
