Chimney Sweep in Kennett Square, PA
Two jobs, one visit. Kennett Square is where most of our customers book the chimney and the dryer vent together, and where the older borough housing makes the inspection worth as much as the sweep.
Serving the borough, Kennett Township, Unionville, Toughkenamon, New Garden and Hamorton.
One visit covers
- Full chimney sweep and safety check
- Dryer vent cleared end to end
- Cap, crown and flashing checked from the roof
- Damper operation and seal
- Findings and photos before we leave
Why we bundle these here
A chimney sweep and a dryer vent cleaning use different tools but the same visit. Both are annual jobs, both come down to clearing a duct that's filled up with something flammable, and both get put off for the same reason: nothing looks wrong from where you're standing.
The chimney
Creosote condenses out of wood smoke onto the flue wall, and it's fuel. Get enough of it and a hot fire can light it inside the chimney, where it cracks tile and reaches the framing. Annual sweeping is the whole prevention plan.
The dryer vent
Lint slips past the screen on every load and settles in the duct. As it closes up, the dryer runs longer and hotter, which is both why your clothes are still damp and why lint fires start.
Doing both in one visit costs less than two appointments, and it's one date in your calendar instead of two. Same crew, same trucks, so it isn't a subcontractor turning up. See dryer vent cleaning for the full detail.
For either system
Chimney
- Smoke rolling back into the room when you light it
- A sharp, tarry smell from the fireplace on damp days
- Black flakes on the damper or the smoke shelf
- A fire that's hard to start or never draws well
- Debris or nesting material dropping into the firebox
Dryer vent
- Clothes needing more than one cycle
- The dryer hot to the touch while it runs
- A burning smell during a cycle
- A warm or humid laundry room
- Lint collecting around the door seal
The full list
Chimney cleaning
Annual sweeping for open fireplaces, inserts and stoves.
Read moreDryer vent cleaning
Rotary brushed end to end, with airflow confirmed before we go.
Read moreChimney inspections
A camera scan of the flue, which matters on older borough stacks.
Read moreLiners and relining
Stainless relining for unlined and cracked flues.
Read moreMasonry and repointing
Matched mortar on older brick, plus crown rebuilds.
Read moreCaps, crowns and chase covers
Capping open flues, and stainless covers on framed chases.
Read moreLocal answers
Can you do the chimney and the dryer vent in one visit?
Yes, and it's what most of our Kennett Square customers do. One trip, one call, and it costs less than booking the two separately.
How do I know the dryer vent is the problem and not the dryer?
If clothes need a second cycle, the machine runs hot to the touch, or the laundry room gets humid, the vent is the first suspect. A newer machine with the same symptom points at the duct even harder.
Our house is in the borough and quite old. Does that change the sweep?
It changes what we check. Older borough houses often have unlined flues, several flues in one stack, and soft original mortar, so the inspection carries more weight than the sweep does.
Do you cover Unionville, Toughkenamon and New Garden?
Yes, along with Hamorton, Kennett Township and the Longwood area.
Book the chimney and the vent together
One visit, one call, both jobs done. Serving Kennett Square, Unionville and New Garden.