Chimney sweeping with a long metal-bristled chimney brush is done to clean out the inside of a chimney to remove anything which could cause a chimney fire (for example: any built-up creosote, soot or ash from the burning of wood in your fireplace.) As well as being flammable, creosote is toxic to … [Read more...]

Rain running down the inside of a chimney will eventually wash the cement out of the mortar, leaving only sand between the bricks. In drier climates, the chimney pot on top of the chimney vents out its' top, which is fine because there's not enough rain to do much damage - the rain simply runs down … [Read more...]

After several years of rain running along the mortar joints of a chimney, the lime will wash out of the mortar, which leaves only sand between the bricks. We can let you know if your chimney needs to be re-pointed – that is: the removal of the outer one-inch of mortar between bricks and its' … [Read more...]

Stains inside on the mortar, bricks or interior walls? We are expert detectives. we employ chimney sweeps and bricklayers, stonemasons and tuck-pointers, for cleaning rebuilding, flashing, repairing and re-pointing your chimney. … [Read more...]