Cost of a Chimney Cleaning
Cost of a Chimney Cleaning like any other service is made up of several factors with the largest costs being travel and labor.
Because of the heavy workload and demand for our sweepers Chimney Jim requires a deposit to cover the travel an initial inspection of your chimney. This deposit is made when an appointment is made and is only refundable up until 24 hours in advance of the scheduled service call. If you think about this it makes sense. We schedule our sweepers and they are in very high demand. If you don’t show up for an appointment or the door is not opened to allow us to do our job, then we have wasted our valuable time and costs associated with the call and also deprived another customer or our service.
The cost of a chimney cleaning is dependent of how long it takes to prepare the area the height of the chimney, and the labor involved.
We budget as a general rule that travel time, preparation and cleaning to take about one hour. If the travel time and cleaning runs longer than this, then the quote given would not be accurate and there would be an additional time charge. If your chimney has a high buildup of creosote because of infrequent chimney cleaning, then there will usually need a new service call to deal with the creosote. We do not expect to remove creosote on a standard chimney cleaning our intention on a standard chimney cleaning is to clean ash and soot from the chimney.
Preparation includes:
- The covering of the area around the firebox with coverings to reduce the risk of soot or ash getting on the surroundings.
- Transporting The equipment into the area of the chimney
- Equipment includes:
- Vacuum and hoses
- Chimney Snake
- Chimney Cleaning Brushes
- Tarps and covers
Travel
We schedule our chimney sweepers to work in as concentrated an area as possible thereby eliminating needless driving. If you live outside the cities we normally service then there may be an additional miles based travel charge.
How to Reduce Additional Charges
Make sure you are prepared for the visit!
Here is a article on cleaning the fireplace the same would also apply to a stove or any firebox
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Chimney Cleaning Price List
Prices for 2022-2023
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Service call and Inspection $99.99Deposit for $99.99 is taken for the service when making an appointment. The deposit is refundable if appointment is cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment. If it is cancelled within 24 hours of appointment then the deposit becomes non refundable.
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Typical Charge for up to a 1 hour Chimney Sweep $199.99
Not to exceed 30’ of chimney height, and not to exceed 1 hour total time.
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Additional Time billed to the nearest greater ½ hr $199.99
Within a 5 minute leeway; For example up to 35 minutes would be billed for ½ hour, 36 minutes would be billed for 1 hour, one hour and 5 minutes would be billed at 1 hour, one hour and six minutes would be billed for 1.5 hours.
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Firebox Cleaning $75.00
You can avoid this charge by having the firebox cleaned of all ash and dirt prior to the arrival of our chimney sweep.
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Creosote Cleaning By Bid
Only by bid after inspection.
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Masonry Repair N/A
We do not do any masonry repair we will refer you to a licensed mason.
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Travel Miles per mile charge 2.50
This charge is only applied if you are located further than 5 miles away from the areas we normally serve. If in doubt ask about this when making an appointment.
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Animal Removal N/A
We do not do any animal removal please contact you local authorities for contractors that perform this service.
Average charge for Chimney Sweep
A typical and most common cleaning will consist of an inspection and a chimney sweep and cost a total of $299.98 (assuming you have cleaned the firebox prior to our arrival). If you only wish an inspection, you may, but, if you decide to schedule a cleaning on a day after the inspection, then there will be an additional inspection charge because the chimney will need to be respected and you would end up paying at least the minimum of $299.98 anyway.
We recommend that you contact us only if you are ready for a chimney sweep not just a chimney inspection.