Excellent cleaning and took time to figure out why smoke was coming into the house whenever I started a fire, cleaned an air intake vent outside, explained what was needed, advised that I view his video about starting a fire. Really thorough and knowledgeable. Chose this service because Victor actually listened to what my problem was and didn't try to sell me anything, though given my lack of knowledge, he could have. Will definitely call them in the future, but given what Aaron told me about burning multiple cords of wood before needing cleaning, it won't be for several years for me. read more

Victor & Aaron were both outstanding. They were timely, professional and did a fantastic job on our two fireplaces and chimneys, but also provided some helpful tips on how to maintain our fireplaces and get the most value from them. Mary was incredibly gracious over the phone as well, answering my multiple questions. Thank you so much for such outstanding customer service. I highly recommend Copperfield Chimney Sweeps! read more

Called to get a quote to understand their chimney sweep pricing and was immediately asked if I was "price shopping". After saying I was calling around to get quotes, was told that they were not interested. Wouldn't tell me the price or help me understand why they might price more than others but might be worth it. Too bad I burn several cords of wood a year in my wood burning insert and would need a sweep every year. read more

I called to have our chimney looked at for tuck pointing and Victor was a jerk. He asked me to send a picture of the job and would let me know if he "wanted to do it" and was pretty clear without saying so that he wasn't interested in helping us. read more

They cleaned and inspected my filthy 1956 fireplace in less than 15 minutes (meaning, it did not get clean). Not a thorough job whatsoever, and they charged me an incredible $294 for about zero work. Not impressed at all. Would never use them again. Note they are not accredited a BBB accredited business, which I wish I would have seen before I hired them. They also left the flue open, which is just careless. read more

They were on time, did a great job of cleaning the chimney and reviewing the shape the chimney was in for the purpose of a home sale. After losing the receipt Mary and Victor quickly sent over a copy and then sent another more specific copy to assist with the sale of the home. I couldn't ask for more on all fronts. Thanks Guys! read more

Had these guys out last year for a sweep and they did fantastic job. Knowledgable, trustworthy and clean. Had them out this year to do a proper crown replacement as my current one was disintegrating and leaking water. New one is solid concrete with a drip edge and looks great. Very happy with all the work and will continue to have them out for periodic cleanings! Highly recommended. read more

Best chimney sweep biz in the twin cities. Highly recommended. I did my research and honestly, I will only use these guys going forward.

Just used this company again to do a cleaning and inspection of the wood burning fireplaces in two homes (the one we're selling and the one we're buying). I wouldn't use any other company! These guys know what they're talking about and don't try to upsell you on things you don't need. The pricing is fair, they are prompt and professional, and they keep everything clean. read more

They cleaned my chimney August 2019. Victor and his employee, were very knowledgeable about fireplaces, chimneys, how to keep them operating optimally. They recommended I take out the old fireplace insert because it wasn't efficient. They recommended I replace the chimney cap and put on a new custom-made cap guard that he has someone hand-make for his customers. They were very thorough and reasonable. Highly recommend. read more

My husband was home when Victor and his coworker (sorry, don't know his name) came to our house to replace our rain cover and inspect our chimney. My husband said he was just the nicest guy, and was an expert in his field. Showed up promptly at the appointment time, and within 45 minutes had gone up, replaced the rain cover, inspected everything (turns out our current chimney cover wasn't up to code), and even showed my husband pictures of what the chimney looked like when he was up there. Everything was done fast, efficiently, and expertly. I got home yesterday and was so impressed with how great our new chimney cover Would definitely recommend. Wish I could have met them myself! read more

Very professional, knowledgable, clean and assuring. We thought we had a chimney fire, but found out it was the boiler water liner that older homes used to have running alongside the chimney. I highly recommend Copperfield! read more

Responsive, thorough, and we're really excited to have a fireplace that draws perfectly again - they quickly fixed what a previous vendor had unfixed! They may not be the least expensive option, but if you're shopping on first cost alone, you're not thinking this through very carefully. read more

We just moved into our new Maple Grove home in Dec 14' and have a beautiful fireplace in our living room that we've been using for the last month and decided we better have it checked out since we think we'll be using it quite a bit. Cooperfield came based on a reservation from my folks who have been having Vick work on their chimney for years. I thought twice because I was able to find $99 specials elsewhere but decided that you get what you pay for and went with Vick. Not expensive, but not $99. Vick and Aaron came, they saw, they cleaned, they got on the roof and took a closer look, they educated and advised. All the while you get the sense that these guys are just genuine great guys that are giving you the best advice they can. Vick mentioned a couple areas that the air flow might be able to improve but upon further inspection decided that it wouldn't be necessary. A slimy salesmen easily could have got an extra $100 or $200 out of me but not these guys! Don't hesitate to have Vick and Aaron come out and check out your fireplace. I highly recommend Cooperfield as a knowledgable, friendly, experienced, honest, and trustworthy business! Vick/Aaron, I'll see ya in a few years when I burn through a few cords of wood! Cheers! Nick read more

I don't have any basis for comparison, but I would imagine the service is 'as good as it gets'. The gentlemen who came to my house were on time, didn't leave a mess and did a thorough job. As someone who never used a fireplace, they explained to me everything I needed to know. read more

These guys are great! Victor & Aaron were out today to clean my chimneys and if I could give 10 stars I would. They really care about what they do and it shows. They cleaned both chimneys, installed new caps, removed an old insert and repaired an ash vent in the firebox. They explained venting for the fireplaces and showed me what to do and also showed me how to build a proper fire. I have confidence in them and have finally found a chimney sweep company that I can call on for years to come. Lori B. read more

The Copperfield team was super easy to work with, explained what they were doing and why. Capped it off with some extra nice brick work, and a random breadboard request. Would recommend them for any chimney job in the Cities. read more

Victor was friendly, informative, and honest. The price was fair, and the service was truly above and beyond what I expected. I'd highly recommend! read more

They are extremely professional and knowledgeable. Arrived at the scheduled time and were very careful to keep things tidy.

I wouldn't hesitate to call Victor Skelley when I need my fireplace cleaned again in the future. Victor and his assistant were on my doorstep promptly at 8am as planned, and ready to get to work. He explained the nuances of our fireplace, and recommended a replacement of the screen at the top of the chimney at a very reasonable price in addition to the cleaning. The cleaning was very professional with a large tarp placed on the floor while a shop vac ran the entire time to collect stray dust. Having Victor to my home reminded me of what I love about the small business owner. You get custom, friendly, personal service at a reasonable price. In addition to replacing the cap and cleaning the fireplace...he even re-pointed some bricks inside the fireplace, for no additional charge...and then proceeded to give me more knowledge about the timeframe (1920s) that my fireplace was built in than I thought was possible. If you need your fireplace cleaned...look no further than Copperfield to get the job done. read more

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Victor Skelley is an incredibly hardworking, honest, diligent and talented chimney sweep. He cleaned my chimney today. We had a bee infestation this Spring and he cleaned out dead bees and did an incredible job. He is very neat (lays out drop cloths and runs a shop vac to keep the dust from escaping). I have worked with his company for ten years. He has done all the little extras, eg., cleaned the facing of the brickwork with "Simple Green" and water; one year he spotted that I was missing a cover on a vent pipe and he made the repair as part of his chimney cleaning work. This is a great small family business. read more

Prompt, clean, honest - I cannot say enough great things about Victor and Aaron. Highly recommend!

Allow me to echo the other reviews on Yelp. Victor is the man. I never had to call a chimney guy before and luckily, I won't ever have to find another one. Victor did such a great job on my chimney and took time to educate me!! I will absolutely be singing his praises to anyone that needs a chimney guy!!! read more

Professional and knowledgable, Victor made my experience very pleasant. I had some squirrels get into my house via the chimney and i called him to get some caps/ screens put on to eliminate another occurrence. He was thorough and I feel very confident my problem is fully solved. I would use him again for any of my chimney concerns! read more

I can't say enough about the quality work completed by Victor and the other half of his two-man team - Aaron. I logged on specifically to Yelp to scour through references on chimney sweeping and inspection. I was delighted to see so many positive reviews of this service - and, I must concur. Victor and Aaron were extremely efficient. They were knowledgeable about the few issues on which I needed consultation. They were able to clean and inspect 2 chimneys, do brick-and-mortar repair in one fireplace and install a new chimney cap - all within 1 hour. Although the cost was a little more than I expected it just proved the old adage; you get what you pay for. I couldn't be happier with the services of this company and hope to use them again for all my chimney and fireplace needs. read more

Victor and his right-hand man Aaron are polite, trustworthy, and know the fireplace/chimney business very well. Moved into a new home this winter and never had a previous opportunity to have a fireplace cleaning performed. Checked Yelp and Copperfield Chimney was the only company to consider after reading all the wonderful reviews. The two gentlemen came out to clean, fix, and do a thorough check of our fireplace in February and described everything I needed to know about burning a great fire. They needed to come back in warmer weather, at least 50 degrees, to replace a cracked crown chimney. All is now fixed, all at reasonable prices, and I feel confident with the work that was performed. read more

Checked several different companies and decided to use Copperfield because of their great pricing. Couldn't be happier. No surprise charges . They didn't leave any mess, and were very trust worthy and knowledgeable. Highly recommend. read more

Victor is fantastic. He is honest, hardworking, and really knows his stuff. He is my regular "go to" for our chimneys (there is one in the house and one in the mother in law cottage on our lot) for the past 17 years. read more

Victor and another employee (I'm forgetting his name) came over today to clean my chimney and take a look at my wood burning stove. They were fantastic. They were professional, friendly, knowledgable, and very helpful. They were even patient with my misbehaving cats and dog. I will definitely call them again next time I need this service. I highly recommend them!!! read more

Prompt. Courteous. Professional. I couldn't ask for anything more. They were amazing. I'll be recommending them to anyone I know with a fireplace. read more

Like other reviewers, this was the first time I had to call a chimney operator (first time home owner). After a winter of poor fire performance and with safety in mind, I looked online for someone with good reviews and seemingly would answer a lot of the "Dumb" questions I would have. Victor obviously has a loyal following, as when I called in early October, he was booked 3 weeks out. He came towards the end of October. The second Victor showed up, he told me due to my style of fireplace, a video inspection wasn't necessary - Saved me $50-100 off the bat. Victor performed an inspection of my lower basement where my furnace resides, providing me with the insight of the benefits that a cold air intake for my furnace would provide for my fireplace. No extra cost. I told Victor I wasn't impressed with how my fires burned in the prior year. He thought it was an air intake issue at the top of the chimney. He hops up there, takes the top off, and comes down and recommends a new cap for the chimney. He didn't have one available to purchase, but he suggested what to look for online. I told him I wasn't interested in getting on the roof myself to do it, so I'll just have to leave it. Instead, Victor got up there with the guy with him, and they individually turned each of the cap blades (probably 60?) to improve the air flow to see if that might fix it (he didn't guarantee it would, but he wanted to help me save some money and be safe about it). After about a half hour of up and down throughout the whole process, Victor was done. Fires burn strong and hot. No extra cost. I would highly recommend Victor. My fear with going with an offer on the coupon websites would be they're just trying to make a quick buck or are struggling, performing sub-par work or not helping me with questions. No way would I get the services above without paying more if I had done an online offer. Victor was a little bit more than those offers, but I would've paid $100 more for the service I got. read more

Victor is a confidence builder. Knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge and 30 plus years experience to put the homeowner at ease. Prompt. Old school. Aaron and Vick make a great team. They are the type of people that one expects when hiring a professionals. Rates are fair. One does get what you pay for. read more

Definitely stay away from Copperfield and in particular fron Victor Skelley, its owner. This company had been sweeping ther chimney of our house in Edina periodically for many years. Recently, we discovered a small leak and we called them to repair it. Victor came to see the situation, and submitted a bid to replace the crown, repair some brickwork, etc. The next day, my wife called to ask some small questions about details of the bid. He proceeded to quote then a price 12% lower (leading my wife to believe that the first bid was inflated). He refused to discuss things with her and asked that I call him instead. When I did, he said if he had to answer any questions, then he did not want the job at all, did not want to deal with us anymore. He was extremely rude, to the point that he acted in a bizarre way. I would not want to let this man in my house ever again read more

Victor and his associate came out to sweep the chimney in our new home this week. I have never had a wood-burning fireplace before, so I didn't know what to expect. He was very thorough, and took the time to explain what he was doing and why it needed to be done. Like the previous poster said, he set up a large sheet and shop vac, then put plastic around the chimney so that no dust would escape into the house. He then climbed up on the roof, inspected the chimney, and advised us to switch our low-lying rain cap to a critter cap instead, because smoke would start to back up into the chimney with such a low, solid cap. They even offered to remove the satellite dish from the chimney for me (which I was just complaining about because Directv installed it incorrectly and won't come take it down!). When he was finished, he took extra time to tell me about how a fireplace works, how to care for it, how to use it, etc. Overall, I was extremely happy with the service, and will definitely use Victor and his company again. read more

I've never hired a chimney sweep before since this is my first house with a fire place but I wentwith Copperfield Chimneys based on Yelp review. I can concur that they did a great job. Responsive, quick work, personable, honest helpful. They showed us how to use the fireplace and gavr ud information about how often it would need to be cleaned, etc (not every year!). I am impressed and continue to use their service. read more

First rate. Inspected, cleaned, fixed my downdraft smoke problem. Very responsible, straight-talking. I trusted Victor's assessment and I am glad I did. In and out quickly, worked clean. Pretty much everything I wanted in a chimney cleaning service. read more

We used Victor to clean and inspect our chimney when we moved into our new house a couple weeks ago. We know NOTHING about how to operate chimneys, never having one before. Victor took the time to not only do a great job cleaning it, but he taught us how to use and maintain it as well. His services are professional, clean, and quick! I also price shopped quite a bit, and he seems to have a pretty good price for what he offers. read more

I chose this company after hearing numerous neighbor recommendations and reading many positive reviews online. I called and scheduled an appointment with a woman (can't recall her name but later learned it is Victor's wife). She was very friendly and informative (as I know nothing about chimneys)! Victor and Aaron came out and were extremely knowledgable and got right to work. They were in and finished in about an hour. Our home inspector had recommended tuckpointing about 5 years ago when we bought the house so I shared this with Victor and Aaron. Victor said he'd take a look to see if it was actually needed. After looking everything over, he said a bit of tuckpointing was needed and we should probably replace the crown eventually. He said that even though these things were recommended they were not needed immediately. He left a bid for those things and we will add them to our list of home repairs for later on. They also helped teach us about the mechanics of our fireplace and how it all functions. Overall, we couldn't be happier with the service! We are excited to have our first fire! read more

So, so happy. Just as everyone else has said (which is why I called them to begin with), the estimate was spot on, the workers were early, courteous, informative, professional, and did a fantastic job. They even went above and beyond to make sure our chimney looked beautiful on our home and is code compliant. Corrected previous mistakes made by another company (see my other reviews) and kept us informed throughout. I know nothing about chimneys...correction, I knew nothing about chimneys...but Victor talked me through the process over the phone and reviewed a picture of my chimney over email to make sure he was giving me the correct information and estimate in advance. I would absolutely recommend Victor and his company. read more

Not sure whether i found them on BBB or if i just saw how great of ratings/comments they got on yelp, but we went with them to evaluate our fireplace in our new home and they provided great feedback throughout the evaluation. read more