Your family-owned chimney company in Camellia Gardens

A fireplace face darkened by soot can make a whole room look tired, and in Camellia Gardens, a City of Orlando neighborhood, getting the brick or stone around the opening clean again starts with a question. Why is the soot there at all? because staining above the opening can be a sign that smoke is escaping into the room instead of going up the flue.

If smoke has been rolling out during fires, cleaning the face first only hides the evidence. Our technicians look at the damper, the flue, the cap and the smoke chamber to find out whether the fireplace is drafting properly. A partly closed damper, a blocked cap screen or an opening that is too large for its flue can all push smoke forward.

We fix or explain the cause, and then the face can be cleaned without the same stain returning after the next fire. Cleaning itself depends on the material. Brick, natural stone, cast stone and painted surfaces each react differently to water and cleaners, and some stone stains or etches if the wrong product is used.

We test a small, hidden area first and tell you what result to expect. Deep staining in porous brick may lighten a great deal without disappearing, and we say so before you approve the work instead of promising a like-new finish. Where the face has cracked brick, loose stones or broken mortar joints, those repairs belong in the same plan as the cleaning.

The written estimate separates cleaning, repair and any restoration of the surround, so you can decide what to do now and what can wait. Our company is family owned and local, and the inspection for your Camellia Gardens home costs nothing. Prices are set out in writing before work begins, with no hidden fees, and 10% comes off when you book within 72 hours after the inspection. Our fireplace specialists back the finished job with a 100% satisfaction guarantee and a workmanship warranty.