the only one i will recommend,i can not speak highly enough about dave bancroft, first i will start with 10 years ago while my mom was still alive she said we should get our chimney checked out by a professional seeing my step dad had pass and he was the one who took care of everything. we called dave and he came out and clean everything ,fixed some bricks that had loosen ,then sealed everything and then we bought a cap which was / is still very nice. i watch as he pulled a few dead birds out and other crap,well this past winter the cap came off i think a combination hurricane winds and that 30 year bad ice built up ,that cap must of fallen a good 30 plus feet hitting all solid ice blocks and not a scratch on it ! i called dave that day and ask if he would mind looking at it once the ice melted from the roof and last week he put it back up and wouldn't take a penny ! he stood by his work 10 years prior and said that should of never came off and it must of been one hell of a wind ,i will also add the cap he sold me still look bran new like the day he took it out of the box 10 years ago
next i want to mention a recent job dave did for the lady 2 streets over from me that i called him on. she bakes cookies and other things for my special needs step brother and we all ways chat. several months back she mention oil burner furnace troubles ! her oil guy came out to service many times over the years well she still had troubles even after the furnace guy had just done a so called cleaning2 weeks ago,after talking to me many times about it she invited me to look at it,i know very little about this stuff but i wanted to see it any ways, first i was in shock there was a giant hole in the chimney from a prior furnace and some one put a metal dinner plate over it with twine but i guess it kept shifting every time the furnace kick on plus it was never enough to close and seal this hole ,i can't believe the fire dept. sign off on it or the furnace guy never said a thing about it ,he charged for a cleaning which he never did ! now i'm not the smartest man on the planet but i knew a giant hole in a chimney is not a good thing so i called dave for her ,he was out right away and showed us the furnace blockage was more then 80 percent choking the furnace not to mention the fire hazard and the health hazard ,black soot all threw the house and carbon and other crap the family had been breathing for years ! i could go on and on but i'm going to wrap it up now with the out standing patch job dave did to this chimney !!! not sure if this will let me post pics before and after of his work if not i will go and post to his web page if it lets me. dave will be sending one of his guys back to do a major cleaning and the lady is very impress ! dave has been doing this stuff sense high school, he is a very pleasant guy to talk to ,very honest and a hard worker very well train in your chimney sweep needs ....i'm hoping to buy a pellet stove soon and when i do i will hire dave to do the job..
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