Chimney Sweep Bedford, TX

Bedford is one of the closest cities to our Colleyville office, about 10 minutes door to door, and it has some of the oldest chimneys we work on. Most of the city was built between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s: brick ranch homes and two-stories in Bedford Meadows, Stonegate, Shady Brook, Bellvue and the streets off Harwood Road and Brown Trail, nearly all with a masonry chimney and a clay tile liner. A 45-year-old chimney that has never been looked at with a camera is the single most common thing we find in Bedford, and the sweep with a photo report is where every one of them should start.

Chimney Sweep Service in Bedford

Ember Chimney & Fireplace sweeps Bedford fireplaces from our Colleyville office at 97 Village Ln. The sweep clears the flue, the smoke chamber and the firebox with rotary rods and a HEPA vacuum. The fireplace opening is sealed and drop cloths run from the front door to the hearth, which matters in a 1970s house with original carpet. That is the Zero-Mess Guarantee on every chimney sweep.

The safety inspection and photo report are part of the price. The technician photographs the firebox, damper, the visible flue, the smoke chamber, crown, flashing and cap, and goes over the photos with you before leaving. In Bedford the photo that gets the most attention is usually the crown: the original crowns were poured thin and flush with the brick, and most have cracked. A cracked crown is why the post on why a cracked chimney crown needs action exists.

Chimney Inspection in Bedford

Older chimneys are where the Level 2 camera inspection earns its keep. Clay tile liners from the 1970s crack from heat, shift with foundation movement (Bedford’s clay soil moves every summer), and lose mortar at the joints. None of that is visible from the firebox. NFPA 211 calls for a Level 2 inspection when a home is sold, after a chimney fire, and when the fuel type changes, and we recommend one for any Bedford chimney that has never had one. A chimney inspection on its own is $69; the camera inspection is quoted when you book.

Chimney Repair in Bedford

The repairs we do most in Bedford are the water repairs on original masonry: a new crown, repointed mortar joints, flashing resealed or replaced, and a chimney cap on a flue that never had one. Spalled brick and loose stone are repaired under masonry repair; the cost guide on brick and stone masonry repair lists the ranges. Liners that fail the camera inspection get a stainless steel liner through chimney relining. Every repair starts with the photo of the problem and a written price, and the $149 package is credited toward it for 30 days. See chimney repair for how each repair is done.

A Bedford Chimney Cap Job

In October 2026 we replaced a small flue cap with a full-width black cap on a tall brick chimney in Bedford. The before-and-after photos are on the project page, linked in the Recent jobs section below, and show the kind of chimney most of Bedford has. A chimney cap installation is the cheapest repair on the list and the one that prevents the most water and animal damage; the cost guide on how much a chimney cap costs covers the ranges.

Fireplace Repair and Gas Logs in Bedford

Many Bedford fireplaces were converted to gas logs in the 1990s and 2000s. We repair gas log sets and gas fireplaces (pilots, burners, valves, thermocouples, glass) and install new vented and vent-free sets. See fireplace repair and fireplace installation. Wood-burning fireboxes with cracked firebrick are repaired under fireplace repair as well; the post on repairing cracked firebrick explains what is involved.

Dryer Vent Cleaning in Bedford

A dryer vent cleaning can be added to any Bedford sweep: from $79 for a basic cleaning and inspection on a run up to 5 feet, with a free estimate for longer runs. Older Bedford homes often have the original flexible foil vent behind the dryer, which should be replaced with rigid duct while we are there.