Chimney Sweep Grapevine, TX

Grapevine has two kinds of chimney, and they fail in different ways. The houses around Historic Downtown and the older streets off Dove Road have masonry chimneys from the 1950s to the 1970s: brick flues with clay tile liners, often with no cap and a crown that was poured flush with the brick. The subdivisions built from the mid-1980s on, from Silver Lake and Western Oaks to Glade Crossing and the streets near Grapevine Lake, mostly have factory-built fireplaces: a metal flue inside a wood-framed chase with a brick or siding skin. A sweep with a photo report is the same price for both. What the technician looks for is not.

Chimney Sweep Service in Grapevine

Ember Chimney & Fireplace sweeps Grapevine fireplaces from our Colleyville office at 97 Village Ln, about 12 minutes from Main Street. The sweep clears creosote from the flue, smoke chamber and firebox with rotary rods and a HEPA vacuum, with the opening sealed and drop cloths from the door to the hearth. That is the Zero-Mess Guarantee on every chimney sweep.

The safety inspection and photo report are included. On a masonry chimney the technician photographs the crown, the mortar joints, the flashing, the cap and the flue. On a factory-built fireplace the photos cover the refractory panels, the damper, the chase cover and the termination cap. You see the photos before the technician leaves, and anything that needs work gets a free written estimate with the $149 credited toward it for 30 days.

Chimney Inspection in Grapevine

Buying one of Grapevine’s older homes? Get a Level 2 camera inspection before closing. The general home inspector will note that a fireplace exists; only a camera down the flue shows cracked tiles and missing mortar joints, and those are the repairs that cost real money. NFPA 211 calls for Level 2 at every sale. A chimney inspection is $69 on its own, and the camera inspection is quoted when you book. The post on why a Level 2 inspection matters before selling or buying explains what it finds.

Chimney Repair in Grapevine

On the older masonry chimneys the usual repairs are a new crown, repointed mortar joints, a cap where there never was one, and flashing resealed where it has lifted off the brick. On factory-built chimneys it is a new chase cover, replaced refractory panels, and now and then a full flue section. Both get a photo of the problem and a written price first. See chimney repair and masonry repair, and the cost guide on how much chimney repair costs for the ranges DFW homeowners see. Chimneys whose liner fails the camera inspection get a stainless steel liner through chimney relining.

Chimney Caps and Animals

Grapevine Lake and the creeks that feed it mean raccoons, squirrels and birds, and an uncapped flue is where they go in October. A chimney cap installation is the cheapest repair on the list and the one that prevents the most damage: it keeps animals, rain and embers where they belong. If something has already been living in the chimney, we remove the nest and sanitize the firebox before sweeping; the post on fireplace sanitization after an animal infestation covers what that involves.

Fireplace Repair and Gas Logs in Grapevine

We repair gas fireplaces and gas log sets (pilots, burners, valves, thermocouples, glass) and install new vented and vent-free gas log sets and inserts. See fireplace repair and fireplace installation. Wood-burning fireboxes with cracked firebrick are repaired as part of fireplace repair too.

Dryer Vent Cleaning in Grapevine

A dryer vent that runs through the attic to the roof is common in Grapevine’s two-story homes, and those long runs clog. Add a dryer vent cleaning to the sweep: from $79 for a basic cleaning and inspection on a run up to 5 feet, with a free estimate for longer runs.