Chimney sweep in Murray Hill by local pros

Every flue in your Murray Hill chimney brushed, the smoke shelf cleared and the dust kept inside the firebox, with a free inspection on request.

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Chimney sweeping specialists who keep the room clean

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
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Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
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Soot leaves your Murray Hill home in tied bags along a covered path, and nothing is shaken out indoors.

No hidden feesThe sweep price for your Murray Hill fireplace is set before the brush goes in, and it stays that way.
Same-day service availableA 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.

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Sweeping an outside-wall chimney

A chimney built on an outside wall loses heat on three sides, so the smoke inside it cools faster than in a chimney that rises through the middle of the house. The deposit shows it: heavier toward the top, sometimes damp and sticky where condensation meets soot.

On the Murray Hill chimney, the sweep spends extra passes on the upper flue, and the top few tiles get a close look for the flaking that condensation and acid cause. If the flue is also oversized for the fireplace, the note says so, since the two together speed up buildup. Fireplace not drawing in Murray Hill? Call (904) 920-5495 and book a sweep.

The county for Murray Hill is Duval County. Murray Hill is inland, more than about six miles from the coast.

What's Included

Sweeping work we handle in Murray Hill

Flue checked for nesting animals before any brush goes in
Damper plate and frame cleaned until it seats
Cap screen brushed free of soot
Written record of what the brushes found in Murray Hill

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How It Works

From drop cloth to written record in Murray Hill

Room covered, opening sealed
Drop cloths go down, the fireplace opening is closed off and a filtered vacuum runs at it.
Flue brushed with a matched head
Rods carry a brush shaped and sized to your tile or liner up the full height, around any offset.
Damper and chamber walls scraped
The sloped walls, the smoke shelf and the damper plate are cleared by hand, with the shelf last.
Clean-up and a written note
Debris is bagged and carried out, and you get a note on the deposit and anything the brushes uncovered.

Local Conditions

How often Murray Hill chimneys need sweeping

From Murray Hill the coast is more than about six miles off, so the flue itself decides the schedule, and salt has little to do with it. NFPA 211 calls for a yearly inspection and a sweep when deposit builds up.

How much builds up depends on the wood you burn and how often. The record from each sweep tells you what to expect next year.

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One cap over several flues

Some chimneys carry a single wide cap spanning two or three flue openings. It has to come off to brush any of them, and while it is off, each flue tile is checked at the top for cracks and missing mortar.

The cap's legs or band are examined where they meet the crown, since fasteners rust and a loose cap can lift in wind. Going back, it sits square with its screen continuous on every side. A gap under one edge is an open door for birds and leaves, and it gets closed before the ladder comes down. Caps of this kind are sized to the crown, so the record gives the crown's outside measurements too.

What the deposit says about the wood

Wet wood cools the smoke, and cool smoke condenses on the flue walls. EPA Burn Wise advises dry, split wood seasoned for six months or more, checked on a fresh split face with a moisture meter.

When a sweep pulls out more flaky or tarry deposit than the number of fires would explain, wood moisture is the first suspect, then fires kept low and smoky with the air turned down. The record says which pattern the deposit fits, so the fix happens at the woodpile and not only in the flue. Wood that tests dry yet still leaves heavy deposit points back at the flue instead, perhaps its size or its exposure on an outside wall.

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.

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