Local chimney sweep for Fleming Island homes
We brush, scrape and vacuum the whole smoke path in Fleming Island chimneys, then tell you what we saw. Inspections are free of charge.
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- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service
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Chimney sweeping specialists who keep the room clean
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
You get a written record of what the brushes turned up in your Fleming Island flue and what we saw at the top.
- No hidden feesThe sweep price for your Fleming Island fireplace is set before the brush goes in, and it stays that way.
- Same-day serviceA sweep can happen the same day you call, whenever the schedule has an opening.
- 100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the room is not left as clean as we found it, we come back and clean it.
What we ask before a sweep in Fleming Island
Very little. Let the last fire burn out a full day ahead so the ash is cold. Clear the mantel of anything you would hate to see knocked, and leave a clear path from the door to the hearth. Tell us if pets will be home, and put them in another room while the vacuum runs.
If there is an attic hatch, point it out. A quick look at the chimney where it passes through the attic takes a few minutes and can find what the roof and the firebox cannot show. Fireplace not drawing in Fleming Island? Call (904) 920-5495 and book a sweep.
Census takers counted 29,142 people in Fleming Island in 2020. Fleming Island sits away from the coastline.
Flue, shelf, damper and cap, swept
- Hearth covered and a path laid to the door
- Flue checked for nesting animals before any brush goes in
- Smoke chamber walls scraped by hand
- Damper plate and frame cleaned until it seats
From drop cloth to written record in Fleming Island
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Room covered, flue checked
The hearth is covered, the opening sealed around the vacuum, and the flue checked for nests or animals.
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Flue brushed to its shape
A head cut to your tile or liner is run the full height, and the smoke chamber is scraped by hand.
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Shelf, damper and cap cleaned
The smoke shelf is cleared, the damper made to seat, and the cap screen brushed from the roof.
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Bagged out and written up
Soot leaves in tied bags, and you get a record of what came out and anything we saw.
Nests in Fleming Island chimneys
An open flue is a nesting spot for birds and small animals. Chimney swifts nest in masonry flues and are protected while they do.
Before any brush goes into a flue in Fleming Island, we check for signs of life, and an active nest waits for its season to end.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
Smoky fire or a sooty smell? Save 10% on a sweep booked up to 72 hours after the inspection.
Corbeled smoke chambers and the ledges they hide
Some smoke chambers are built by stepping each brick course inward until the opening narrows to the size of the flue. Every step is a small upward-facing ledge, and each one holds soot and flakes that a brush from above slides straight past.
Those chambers are scraped course by course with a hand tool through the open damper, working from the top step down. The steps also trap heat and deposit unevenly, so the note records whether the chamber is stepped or parged smooth, because a stepped chamber explains why some fireplaces hold on to a smell after a sweep.
Taking down a stove connector pipe
The connector between a wood stove and the chimney collects deposit fast, because it is the first place the exhaust cools. It comes down in sections, each marked so it goes back in order, and is brushed over a drop cloth or outdoors.
Going back up, each joint is fastened, the crimped ends point toward the stove so condensate runs back into it, and the run keeps its rise toward the chimney. Loose or rusted sections, and any seam that has opened, are listed as replacements. A connector that sags or leaks smoke into the room is not put back.
Emptying the base of a lined flue
A flue that serves a stove or furnace may end below the connection in a clean-out door or a tee with a removable cap. Everything brushed down collects there. It is opened, emptied into a bag, and its seal checked before it closes again, since a clean-out that leaks lets room air into the flue and throws off the draft.
A base packed with old debris shows the flue has gone a while without a sweep, and the record notes how full it was. A door rusted shut is freed rather than forced, and a warped one goes on the repair list.
What the sweep record notes
- Stove connector taken down, brushed and refastened with the correct pitch
- Cap screen cleared of soot and the cap reset square on the flue
- Nesting material and leaves removed once the flue is confirmed empty
- Cloths, a sealed opening and a fine-dust vacuum for the whole visit
Sweep questions from Fleming Island
How long is the fireplace out of use after a sweep?
Only until we pack up. A small first fire that evening is fine unless the record says otherwise, for example when glaze or a cracked tile was found.
Will the sweep get rid of the smell?
It removes the deposit that causes a sooty smell. A musty or animal smell has other causes, and the record says which one it looks like.
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