Chimney Sweep Southlake, TX

Most of Southlake was built between the early 1990s and the late 2000s, and almost every one of those homes has at least one brick fireplace. Those chimneys are now 15 to 35 years old. That is the age when a crown that was poured a little thin starts to crack, when the flashing has been through enough freezes to pull away from the brick, and when a factory-built firebox from a 1998 build has reached the end of the life its manufacturer rated it for. None of that shows from the couch. A chimney sweep with a photo report is how you find out which of those applies to your house before the first cold front.

Chimney Sweep Service in Southlake

Ember Chimney & Fireplace sweeps Southlake fireplaces from our Colleyville office at 97 Village Ln, about 10 minutes from Southlake Town Square. 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 your front door to the hearth. That is the Zero-Mess Guarantee, and it applies the same in a Timarron golf-course home as it does in a 1990s house off Southlake Boulevard.

Every sweep includes a safety inspection and a photo report. The technician checks the firebox, damper, flue liner, smoke chamber, crown, flashing and cap, photographs each one, and goes over the photos with you before leaving. If nothing is wrong, the report says so. If something is, you get a free written estimate and 30 days to decide, with the $149 package price credited toward the repair.

Chimney Inspection Southlake Homeowners Ask For Most

Two Southlake situations call for a Level 2 camera inspection rather than the Level 1 visual check that comes with every sweep:

• Buying or selling a home. A general home inspector looks at the chimney from the hearth and the yard. A camera scan of the flue is the only way to see cracked clay tiles and missing mortar joints, which are the most expensive chimney repairs and the ones that start chimney fires. NFPA 211 calls for Level 2 at every change of ownership.
• After a chimney fire, a lightning strike or a roofer has been on the chimney. Any of these can crack flue tiles without a visible sign below.

A chimney inspection on its own is $69. The camera inspection is quoted when you book.

Chimney Repair in Southlake

The repairs we do most in Southlake are the ones that come from water: crown rebuilds, flashing resealed or replaced, chimney caps on flues that never had one, and repointing where mortar joints have washed out. Larger brick and stone work falls under masonry repair. Chimneys that fail the camera inspection get a stainless steel liner through our chimney relining service, sized to the fireplace or to a new insert.

Every repair starts with the photo of the problem and a written price. The price on the paper is the price you pay. Read our chimney repair page for how each repair is done, or the cost guide on how much chimney repair costs for the ranges homeowners in DFW see.

Fireplace Repair and Gas Logs in Southlake

A large share of Southlake fireplaces burn gas. We repair gas fireplaces and gas log sets (pilots that will not stay lit, burners that light unevenly, valves, thermocouples and glass), and we install new vented and vent-free gas log sets and inserts. See fireplace repair and fireplace installation. If the fireplace has not been lit since last winter, the post on why a gas fireplace will not light after sitting all summer covers the usual causes.

Dryer Vent Cleaning in Southlake

Larger Southlake homes often have the laundry room on an interior wall, which means a long dryer vent run with several bends. Those are the runs that clog. If clothes take two cycles to dry or the dryer top is hot, book a dryer vent cleaning with the sweep: from $79 for a basic cleaning and inspection on a run up to 5 feet, with a free estimate for longer runs.

Before the First Fire of the Season

Southlake’s first real cold front usually lands in late October or November, and that is when every chimney company’s calendar fills. Book the sweep in September or early October and you have your pick of appointment times. Our checklist for getting a fireplace ready for the first cold front covers what to look at yourself before we arrive. In a dry fall, check the post on burn bans in Tarrant County as well.