Chimney sweep service for homes in Rock Lake
Soot and creosote out of your flue, the room left clean and the price in writing before we start.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
What your Rock Lake chimney sweep includes
- Flue brushed full height with sized brushes
- Smoke chamber brushed on every sloped face
- Metal chimney cap removed and reset per its maker
- Insert liner cleaned from the top down
Chimney cleaning explained for Rock Lake homeowners
Sweeping from the roof or from the firebox
A flue can be cleaned from the top down, with the crew on the roof, or from the bottom up, with rods pushed through the damper from inside. Top-down cleaning keeps most of the work outside and lets the brush follow gravity. Bottom-up cleaning avoids the roof and suits a short, straight flue or a roof that is unsafe to walk.
Many sweeps use both. The flue is brushed from one end, and the smoke chamber and smoke shelf are finished from inside, since they cannot be reached properly from above.
The direction is picked after the free inspection, based on the roof, the flue and any cap or damper at the top. It is a question of access more than method, and your Rock Lake estimate says which way the work will go.
Taking off and resetting a metal chimney cap
On a factory-built chimney, the cap often has to come off before the flue can be brushed from the top. How it comes off depends on the system. One maker's instructions, for example, have the spark arrestor released by loosening its bolts and twisting it free, then reinstalled with every bolt fully engaged in its slot.
The steps are the ones written for the chimney on your roof. Our technicians keep the parts together, clean the screen while it is off and reset the cap so it sits square and locks the way the maker intended. Nothing is swapped for a part from another system, because the chimney was listed with its own parts.
If the cap is bent, rusted through or missing fasteners, our crew in Rock Lake tells you before putting it back and quotes the correct replacement separately.
Ladders and roof work handled by our crew
Top-down cleaning and checks at the chimney top mean roof work. Our crew in Rock Lake brings its own ladders and fall protection, sets the ladder on firm, level ground and ties it off before climbing. You never need to go up or hold a ladder for us.
Roof access depends on conditions on the day. A wet or slick surface, high wind or a very steep pitch can make the roof unsafe, and then the sweep is done from inside where possible and the roof part is rescheduled at a time that suits you.
Our technicians watch their footing on every roof, and gutters and plants below the ladder are protected too. Anything they notice near the chimney, such as a cracked tile or lifted flashing, goes on the record for you to decide about.
Roofing debris that dropped into the flue
Roof work around a chimney can send debris down the flue. Shingle granules, nails, bits of underlayment, broken tile and mortar chips can fall past an open cap during tear-off or when flashing is replaced. Roof crews do not always cover the flue while they work.
That debris lands on the smoke shelf or the damper, where it can jam the damper or block part of the passage. Nails and metal bits are picked out by hand, since dragging them with a brush could scratch a liner.
If your roof was recently redone, a sweep before the next fire clears it out. Our crew in Rock Lake also checks the cap and the flashing while on the roof and tells you if anything was disturbed by the roofing work, so you can raise it with the roofer while the job is fresh.
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Questions we hear about chimney cleaning
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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