Need a reliable Chimney Sweep for my Wood Stove

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

Today I went to the showroom for my local fireplace store to schedule a chimney sweep (Buchanan Fireplace in Medford) and there was a sign on the door that they have closed permanently.  Calling their number confirmed this sad fact, and their website's gone.

Thus, I need a trustworthy chimney sweep.  I have a woodstove insert, and have never had it swept since I bought the insert, so I don't know what is involved.  All I know is that the woodstove flue is overdue for a cleaning.  Are there any local tradespeople recommended by this group?  I did a search, and the "home services" tag seems to be the most relevant, but I didn't find anything obvious about chimney sweeps.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Even as the tagmaster here, I'm not really sure what the difference is between home services and home repair. So I added the latter tag to your post. Earlier home repair posts include some that are about chimneys.

ETA: there's one recommendation here

[francescadavis.livejournal.com]

We have used and liked Billy Sweet Chimney Sweep (http://billysweetchimneysweep.com/). This is our only experience with a chimney sweep.

The process is exceptionally tidy. The actual sweep has always been really polite, knowledgeable and generally nice (not always the case with other home repair services). He shows you a video of your flue, etc. On the initial call to set up our very first appointment, they were recommending we clean twice a year for our level of burning (also a wood stove). When they saw the condition of our flue (high efficiency wood stove, metal chimney v. mortar), they dropped down to once a year. So honest folks - get my vote every time - and our business - we are on an annual schedule with them (but we do it in the off season to save alittle dough).

Good luck.

[laryu.livejournal.com]

Black Magic Chimney Sweep seem to be the go-to, for a lot of people I know.