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Chimney services for the whole system

Cleaning and inspection cover most visits. The other seven services exist for what those visits find.

Residential home with a brick chimney against a clear sky

Where to start

Not sure which one you need?

Most homeowners are not, and that is fine. Book a sweep and inspection. It establishes the condition of the chimney and tells you whether anything else on this page applies to you. If you already know what is wrong, go straight to the relevant service.

Chimney Cap Installation

Stainless or copper caps sized to your flue, keeping rain, animals, and debris out of the chimney.

Chimney Cleaning

Creosote and soot removed from the flue, smoke chamber, and firebox, with dust containment inside your home.

Chimney Clog Removal

Nests, debris, and fallen masonry cleared from a blocked flue, then capped so it does not happen again.

Chimney Extension

Raising a chimney that sits too low for proper draft or fails the required height above the roofline.

Chimney Inspections

NFPA 211 Level 1, 2, and 3 inspections with camera scanning and a written report you can act on.

Chimney Lining

Stainless liners and relining for cracked clay tile, unlined chimneys, and appliance conversions.

Chimney Repair

Crown rebuilds, tuckpointing, spalled brick replacement, flashing, and waterproofing for masonry chimneys.

Chimney Sweep

The full service visit: sweep the system, inspect what is behind the soot, and tell you where it stands.

Fireplace Repair

Firebox, damper, and smoke chamber repairs for fireplaces that smoke, crack, or will not draft properly.

Matching symptom to service

What you are seeing, and where it points

Smoke comes into the room

Could be a blockage, a creosote-restricted flue, a damper problem, a poorly formed smoke chamber, or insufficient chimney height. Start with an inspection. The causes look identical from the living room and are cheap to distinguish with a camera.

Water stains near the chimney

Usually a cracked crown, eroded mortar, or lifted flashing. See chimney repair. Sealing before finding the entry point makes it worse.

Animals or scratching in the chimney

Clog removal to clear it, then a cap so it does not recur.

Pieces of clay tile in the firebox

The flue liner is failing. See chimney lining, and do not burn until it has been assessed.

New furnace, stove, or insert going in

The flue is probably now the wrong size. Relining is the standard step at installation.

Cracked firebrick or a stuck damper

Fireplace repair. Both are routine and both get worse if you keep burning.

Nothing wrong, it has just been a year

A sweep and inspection. That is the annual maintenance appointment, and it is the one that keeps the rest of this list from happening.

Next step

Tell us what is going on

Describe what you are seeing and we will tell you what it usually turns out to be, and whether it needs a visit.