Your local chimney sweep in Dover Manor
Our family-owned crew sweeps chimneys in Dover Manor with a free inspection first and 10% off work booked within 72 hours after it.
- 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
- Cap screen brushed free of soot
- Extra passes for heavy buildup priced up front
- Brush chosen for clay tile or stainless liner
Chimney sweep work from the roof down
Brushing the smoke chamber above the damper
Above the damper, the smoke chamber funnels smoke from the wide firebox into the narrower flue. Its walls slope inward, and deposits collect on those slopes where a straight flue brush passes them by. A factory-built fireplace has no masonry smoke chamber, and its metal transition above the firebox is cleaned the way its maker directs.
The Florida Building Code calls for the inside of a masonry smoke chamber to be parged smooth with refractory mortar. A smooth surface brushes clean. A rough or stepped surface, with brick edges showing, holds soot on every ledge and takes more work to clean.
Our technicians brush the smoke chamber from below with a brush shaped for its angled walls, then look at the parging once it is visible. Missing or crumbling parging becomes a separate repair item for your Dover Manor home, while the sweep still cleans what is there.
Whistling in wind or dripping after rain
A chimney that whistles or hums in the wind often has something at the top catching the air, such as a loose cap, a bent screen or a damper lid that no longer seats. A chimney that drips into the firebox after rain has an opening where water gets in.
Neither one is a cleaning problem, though both are easy to spot during a sweep. With the crew already on the roof, the cap, screen and damper get a close look, and water stains inside the flue show where the drip is coming from. A drip also rusts the damper faster, so it pays to find it early.
You hear which part is causing the noise or the leak, and the fix goes on your estimate by name, whether it is a cap, a damper, flashing or a leak repair. None of it is bundled into the sweep price.
Rental and vacation homes between guests
A fireplace in a rental or vacation home gets used by people who do not know it. Guests may burn wet wood, cardboard or a stack of wax logs, close the damper too early or leave ash in the firebox for the next arrival.
Sweeping between bookings keeps the flue and firebox ready for the next guest and catches problems early. Our crew works around your turnover schedule, protects the room and leaves it clean, and the written record helps owners and managers keep a maintenance file.
Simple house rules help. A short note by the fireplace covering dry wood only, no trash or cardboard in the fire, the damper fully open before lighting and ashes left for the cleaners cuts down on what the next sweep finds. We are glad to suggest wording based on what the flue shows.
Brushing a flue that bends or offsets
Not every flue runs straight. Masonry chimneys sometimes shift sideways to clear a roofline or a second fireplace, and factory-built chimneys use elbow sections to route around framing. The Florida Building Code limits how far a clay flue lining may slope from vertical, so masonry bends are gentle, but they are still bends.
A stiff rod and brush can skip across the outside of a bend and miss the inside corner. Our technicians use flexible rods for offsets and work the brush through the bend from both ends when both can be reached.
Offsets also hide things. Debris can lodge in the bend, and the visual check can see only so far past it. For a flue with an offset, the written record notes what could be seen and what could not.
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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.
What should I do before the sweep arrives?
Let the fireplace go cold for at least a day, clear a path to the hearth and move fragile items off the mantel. Keep pets in another room, and leave the damper and any insert as they are for our crew.
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