Carmichael's Trusted Chimney Sweep & Repair Experts

NFPA 211 calls for an annual inspection of every chimney, with sweeping as needed based on what that inspection finds. If you burn about a cord of wood a year that works out to an annual sweep. Households running a stove for daily winter heat usually want a mid-season check as well, and gas appliances need the yearly inspection but no sweeping at all.

Yes. We answer the phone around the clock at (916) 269-0725. A flue fire, a blocked chimney backing smoke into the house, or a carbon monoxide alarm near a fuel-burning appliance does not keep business hours, and neither do we. Routine sweeps and inspections get the next convenient slot.

Everything within about thirty miles of our Carmichael shop on Fair Oaks Boulevard — Sacramento, Fair Oaks, Citrus Heights, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Gold River, Arden-Arcade, Antelope, North Highlands and Rio Linda, out to Folsom, Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Loomis, El Dorado Hills and Elk Grove. No travel surcharge anywhere in that radius.

No, and this is the part we are judged on most. Drop cloths go down over the hearth and the path to the door, the fireplace opening is sealed, and a HEPA vacuum holds the firebox under negative pressure for the whole sweep so soot goes into the vacuum instead of your room. The hearth is cleaner when we leave than when we arrived.

It depends on the system — an open masonry fireplace, a wood stove with offset connector pipe, and a factory-built unit are three different jobs. Rather than quote a number that turns out to be wrong when we arrive, we give you a firm price before any work starts, and the estimate itself is always free. The price we quote is the price you pay, even if the job runs long.

We have been sweeping chimneys in these neighbourhoods since 1985 — more than 3,500 of them. We are CSIA certified, bonded and insured, we answer the phone at any hour, and we photograph every job so you can see what we saw on your roof instead of taking our word for it.