Your local chimney sweep in Park Central
Our family-owned crew sweeps chimneys in Park Central 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
From cap screen to hearth, in writing
- Smoke shelf cleared and debris checked
- Visual check of everything the brushes reached
- Metal chimney cap removed and reset per its maker
- Cleanout door emptied and cover closed
What goes into a proper chimney sweep
The return visit after a glazed-deposit treatment
A glazed treatment is a two-part job. Once applied, it has to dry in the flue before anything else happens, and the label recommends keeping rain off it while it dries. Some of the dried material drops on its own onto the smoke shelf and into the firebox. The rest comes down with a normal sweep on the return visit.
Very heavy glazed deposits may need a second application before the flue is clean. The label also calls for the cleaned lining to be checked for cracked tile and damaged mortar joints before the fireplace goes back into use, since a thick coating can hide both.
Both visits are scheduled when you approve the work, and we ask you to leave the fireplace unused in between. After the final sweep you get the lining findings in writing.
A cap screen choked with soot
The mesh screen on a chimney cap keeps animals out and stops sparks from leaving the flue. It also catches soot and creosote as smoke passes through it. A coated or clogged screen can hold back the draft and push smoke back toward the fireplace.
One chimney maker's instructions tell owners to check the spark arrestor screen for creosote or soot and to clean it when buildup is found, scrubbing it with a wire brush. On many caps the screen or the whole assembly comes off for cleaning and goes back on with the same fasteners.
Our technicians clean the cap screen on every sweep that goes to the roof. A screen that is torn, rusted through or pulling away from the cap is not something a brush fixes, so a replacement cap is quoted as a separate line.
After a flue fire, the chimney waits for a check
If you know or suspect that a fire once burned inside your flue, say so before the sweep. One chimney maker notes that ignited creosote makes an extremely hot fire, and its instructions say the chimney should not be used again after a flue fire until it has been inspected for damage.
That sets the order of the visit. The sweep clears the deposits so the surfaces can be seen, and anything unusual our technicians notice in the deposits, the lining or the metal parts is described in writing, without guessing at the cause. A formal evaluation of possible fire damage belongs to our chimney inspection service, and the fireplace stays out of use until it is done.
A fire burning in the flue right now is a different situation. Get everyone out of the house and call 911 first.
Tile, shingle and metal roofs under a sweep
Each roof type asks for its own care on the way to the chimney. Tile, shingle and metal roofing differ in how they take a person's weight and how slick they get, so our technicians look the roof over before anyone steps onto it and choose their route with that in mind.
Low-slope sections beside a chimney can hold leaves and debris, which get cleared while the crew is up there. Soot knocked onto the roofing during a top-down sweep is brushed off before anyone climbs down.
Before the ladder comes down, our technicians look over the roofing around the chimney. A cracked tile, a lifted shingle or a loose flashing edge is pointed out to you and noted on the record, so you know its condition when the visit ends.
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Common questions about chimney sweeping
Can you clean a factory-built fireplace and its metal chimney?
Yes. We follow the maker's care instructions, use brushes that will not scratch the metal flue and reset the cap the way the system was designed. Any damaged part is quoted with a matching replacement listed for that system.
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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