My experience with Sweep-A-Chim was very positive. A recent roof inspection turned up problems with my chimney; the metal on the cap was detaching/curling and some mortar was missing. The first company I contacted spent a few minutes on the roof and then told me I needed a new liner, chimney cap, and pointing/tucking of the chimney to the tune of several thousands of dollars. They showed me one photo of the cap, which was similar to what the inspector had shown me. The rep from this company also claimed that I had a lot of standing water although nothing was visible in their photo.
Sweep-A-Chim was recommended to me by a co-worker who has a wood burning fireplace. My chimney is for the HVAC exhaust. When I called to make an appointment, they had workers in my area doing another job, and they sent their team over the same day to inspect the chimney when they were finished with that job.
Sweep-A-Chim's technician went on the roof but told me that they could not see the liner from the top. He (Kevin?) showed me a number of photos of the chimney. He said that it wasn't visible in the photo, but the cap was well sealed against water even if the edges were curling. He also showed that there was some mortar missing, but that somewhere in the recent past, that the chimney had been re-pointed/tucked because of the differences in the color of the mortar and the top cement piece - don't recall the term - was newer.
We then went to the basement where they removed the flue and ran their cameras/mirrors up into the chimney. They showed and told me that the liner was in good shape, and didn't need to be replaced at this time. Sweep-A-Chim's recommendation was to add some silicone to the cap to provide an additional seal, and use something similar for the missing grout - all of which was quoted as a few hundred dollars. I was comfortable with the quality and professionalism of the inspection to hire them.
A different team came out to do the work; I believe the owner was one of them. When he looked, he decided that it would be better to nail the curled edges of the cap back to the top, and he also did the mortar. I was shown numerous photos of the completed work from all angles, and I was satisfied that everything was completed as described. It's been several weeks, but so far everything is holding up from what I can see at ground level. I've already recommended Sweep-A-Chim to two other people and wanted to thank them for a positive experience by posting here. read more