Your local chimney sweep in Bithlo
Chimney cleaning with no hidden fees and a workmanship warranty, plus same-day visits in Bithlo when the schedule allows.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
The work behind a clean flue
- Damper tested open and closed from the room
- Extra passes for heavy buildup priced up front
- Stove connector pipe cleaned and joints reset
- Glass doors and frame cleaned after brushing
What goes into a proper chimney sweep
Soot on the roof and around the cap
Black staining on the shingles or tiles around a chimney top can come from smoke leaving the flue, soot washed off the cap by rain, or deposits knocked loose during an earlier cleaning that nobody collected. Whatever the source, nobody wants it spread further across the roof.
During a top-down sweep, our crew lays a cover around the chimney top and keeps the brush inside the flue as it goes in and out. Soot that falls on the cap or the roof around it is brushed off before the ladder comes down.
Heavy staining that returns quickly after cleaning usually points to smoky fires or a clogged cap screen. Our technicians tell Bithlo homeowners which one fits what they found, so the fix goes to the cause and not only the stain.
Two fireplaces sharing one chimney stack
Two fireplaces on different floors or on opposite sides of a wall often share one chimney stack, each with its own flue. They are two cleaning jobs. Each has its own firebox, damper, smoke chamber and smoke shelf, and the deposits in one tell you nothing about the other.
Each room is protected in turn. Our crew cleans each fireplace from its own firebox up and brushes each flue from the roof, keeping the debris from one out of the other.
The estimate lists each fireplace separately. If one sees regular fires and the other is almost never lit, the busy one usually carries heavier deposits, and the written record shows that difference for your Bithlo home. You can also choose to clean only the one you use and leave the other for later.
Raccoons, squirrels and other animals come out first
Raccoons, squirrels, birds and other animals get into uncapped flues, and some nest on the smoke shelf. A sweep does not start with an animal still inside. Brushing a flue with a live animal in it is unsafe for the animal and for the person on the rods.
Our technicians confirm the flue is empty before cleaning. If it is not, the job goes to our animal removal service first, which handles the removal and any exclusion. Nests, droppings and debris left behind are then cleared during the sweep.
An animal that got in once will try again, so the estimate for your Bithlo home shows a cap or a screen repair if the flue is open. Keep the damper closed and the room shut until the animal is out, and do not light a fire to chase it out.
Carbon monoxide alarms on every level
EPA guidance notes that smoke from wood that does not burn completely contains carbon monoxide, a gas you cannot see. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission wants a CO alarm, battery-operated or with battery backup, on each floor of the house and outside the bedrooms, and NFPA advice is to install them and keep them working. The same advice says all fuel-burning equipment should vent to the outside, which is the whole job of the flue.
If a CO alarm sounds, get everyone out of the house into fresh air and call 911. Do not go back inside to open the damper or put out the fire.
A clean flue helps combustion gases leave the house, but it does not replace an alarm. Test alarms the way their maker directs and replace them when they reach the end of their service life. Our technicians mention it if they see no alarm near the fireplace room.
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Common questions about chimney sweeping
Will a sweep fix a fireplace that smokes?
It fixes the part caused by deposits in the flue. A damper that does not open fully, a clogged cap screen or wet wood can also cause smoke, so we check those too and note the results on the written record.
Do I need to be home for the chimney cleaning?
Someone needs to let our crew in and approve the written estimate, and we go over the record with you at the end. For rentals and seasonal homes we can work with a caretaker or property manager and send the record afterward.
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