Not sure which you need?

Not sure which one you need?

Booking the wrong service wastes a visit. These are the five situations we see most, and what each one actually needs.

  1. You burn wood and haven't had it looked at this year

    Cleaning + Level 1

    Start with a cleaning plus a Level 1 inspection. NFPA 211 requires an annual inspection regardless of use, and the sweep is what keeps creosote from becoming the problem. How often to clean a chimney →

  2. You're buying or selling the house

    Level 2 inspection

    A Level 2 inspection is the one that belongs in a sale. It adds a camera scan of the full flue and covers the attic and roof, so the report answers what an inspector or buyer will ask. What a Level 2 covers →

  3. Something is wrong: a smell, a stain, a draft

    Start from the symptom

    Work backwards from the symptom rather than guessing at a service. The cause of a ceiling stain near the chimney is rarely where the stain appears. Start from the symptom →

  4. The masonry itself looks tired

    Repair, not cleaning

    Spalling brick, crumbling joints and a cracked crown are repair work, not cleaning. These get worse every freeze, so an estimate early costs far less than a rebuild later. Water and masonry damage →

  5. You only use a gas fireplace

    Annual gas check

    No wood means no creosote, but venting, the glass seal and carbon monoxide safety still need an annual look. Gas appliances fail quietly. Gas fireplace maintenance →

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How we work

What every visit includes

Whatever service you book, the visit works the same way. This is what you are agreeing to when you request one.

  1. Chimney technician reviewing a printed estimate on a clipboard with a homeowner at the front door
    1

    A written estimate first

    You see the price and the scope before anything starts. No work is done on a verbal nod.

  2. Technician kneeling at an open fireplace feeding an inspection camera up the flue beside a monitor
    2

    Findings you can see

    Whatever needs doing gets shown to you first: on camera where the job calls for a level 2 scan, in front of you where it does not.

  3. Mason on a rooftop repointing mortar joints on a brick chimney with a trowel
    3

    License and insurance checked

    Screened, and already working in your market, not a company dispatched from three states away.

  4. Tablet on a kitchen table showing a chimney inspection report with flue camera still
    4

    A report you keep

    Written findings you can act on, share with an inspector, or hand to an insurer.

Good to know

Common questions

Which chimney service do I actually need?
If nothing is obviously wrong and it has been a year, you need a cleaning and an annual inspection. If something specific is happening (a smell, a stain, smoke coming back into the room) start from that symptom instead, because the fix is usually a repair rather than a sweep. When you are buying or selling, the answer is a Level 2 inspection.
How is a chimney service priced?
Every job is priced for your chimney, after someone has looked at it: access, the condition of the brick and how much of the flue is involved all change the work. You get that number in writing before anything starts, and asking for it costs nothing.
Do you serve my ZIP code?
Coverage is real, not aspirational: we are active in Cleveland, Ohio and Nashville, Tennessee, with more markets onboarding. Enter your ZIP on the service areas page and it will tell you plainly whether we cover it, including when we do not.
How soon can someone come out?
That is the local company’s calendar, not ours, so we will not promise you a date we do not control. What we can tell you is the pattern: the first cold week of the year fills every chimney calendar in the country, and late summer is the easiest time to get a morning slot. Ask when you call — they will know their own week.
What if the technician finds something serious?
You get the findings, photos and a written estimate, and nothing proceeds without your approval. A pro who finds a chimney genuinely unsafe to use will say so directly and explain what makes it unsafe, rather than pressuring you into same-day work.

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