Local chimney sweep for Middleburg homes
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Local sweep experts for Middleburg fireplaces
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
The smoke chamber and shelf are cleaned by hand, which is where much of the smell comes from.
- No hidden feesThe sweep price for your Middleburg 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.
Sweeping a wood stove flue
A stove's exhaust is smaller and cooler than an open fire's, so its deposit gathers in different places: above the baffle inside the stove, in the flue collar, and in the upper flue where the gases have cooled most. The sweep covers each one. The baffle is lowered or lifted out the way the stove's manual describes, the collar is scraped, and the flue is brushed through the tee or from the top. While the stove is disconnected, its label is read for the clearances it needs to the wall behind it, and a tape checks them on every Middleburg stove we sweep. Ready for a clean flue in Middleburg? Call (904) 920-5495 to book the sweep.
Middleburg is in Clay County. In the 2020 Census, Middleburg counted 12,881 residents.
Sweeping work we handle in Middleburg
- Brush head cut to the shape of your tile or liner
- Damper plate and frame cleaned until it seats
- Cap screen brushed free of soot
- Soot bagged and carried out of your Middleburg home
How your Middleburg sweep goes
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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 Middleburg 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 Middleburg, 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
Ask for the 10% off when you book the sweep.
Why a round brush fails in a square tile
Clay flue tile comes in square and rectangular shapes, and the corners are where deposit sits deepest, because smoke moves slowest there. A round brush in a square tile cleans a circle and leaves four stripes of creosote running the height of the flue.
The answer is a head cut to the tile's shape and size, with bristles long enough to reach into each corner under light pressure. For rectangular tile the head is matched to both dimensions, so it bears on the long walls as well as the short ones. Heads wear down, and a worn head stops reaching the corners, so each one is checked against the tile before the first pass.
Getting a brush around an offset
Some flues change direction partway up, sloping sideways around a floor beam or a second fireplace. Stiff rods cannot turn that corner, so flexible rods carry the brush through the bend, and a sharp offset is worked from both ends so the brush meets in the middle.
The bend deserves a close look, since deposit settles on the low side of a sloped section and tile joints at a bend can open. The code allows a clay flue no more than 30 degrees from vertical (FBC R1003.12), and a steeper run than that goes on the record. An offset also catches falling debris at its low corner, which is cleared by hand from the smoke chamber side.
Tile joints seen through a clean flue
A clean flue shows its joints. Where mortar has washed out between tiles, a dark line or a gap appears, and heat and gases reach the brick behind through it. A sweep cannot measure the whole run, but it sees the joints near the top and bottom and any the brush catches on.
Those are recorded with their rough location. An open tile joint does not mean relining by default. It means the flue needs a closer look, and the record says whether that look should come before the next fire. Joints near the smoke chamber and at the top of the flue take the most heat and weather, so those are checked first.
Checked during a sweep in Middleburg
- Cap screen cleared of soot and the cap reset square on the flue
- Second and third flues in the stack brushed and labeled by use
- Firebox emptied and the debris bagged and carried out of the house
- Factory-built chimney brushed with the tool its manual names
Before the brushes go in
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.
Is the sweep discounted?
It is, when the sweep in Middleburg is booked within 72 hours of your free inspection. Mention the 10% off when you call.
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