Chimney Cleaning Services for the Greater Sacramento Area
We are Your Neighborhood Chimney Sweep
Homeowners often overlook the need for a chimney sweep and let their chimney do all the work on its own. Cleaning your chimney is just as important as deep cleaning other areas of your home because smoke and soot can get trapped inside them. When your chimney is clogged or struggling to function, smoke can get back inside your home making it hard to breathe.
Sierra Vista Maintenance has an advanced process to help improve the function of your chimney. Whether you have a traditional fireplace or a more modern chimney, we bring all of our knowledge to protect your home.
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Protect Your Home From Damage
The goal of our chimney cleaning services is to protect the chimney itself and other surrounding areas of your home from damage. Professionals recommend that your chimney be swept at least twice a year. This proper cleaning helps your heating system work properly through the season.
Hiring a chimney sweep will help eliminate problems like odors, replace non working parts, and prevent critters from living in them. Cleaning chimneys lowers the risk of fires in your home. Unclean chimneys are the leading cause of fires in residential spaces so hiring our professionals will give you peace of mind about heating your home.
Our Chimney Sweep Process
When you hire our team as your chimney sweep, you will get a clean and efficient experience. Our team starts by putting down a protective tarp to protect your flooring from soot and ash that may come out during the cleaning process.
Our technicians will then tape off the opening of the chimney to prevent debris from coming out of the chimney during the cleaning process. While we clean, the chimney will be brushed to remove excess build-up.
We then clean the fireplace opening and vacuum up any debris that may be causing issues. Before we complete any job, we do a final check to ensure that we have done our job correctly. Sierra Vista Maintenance wants our skills to be reflected in each project we complete. Our chimney sweeps want your home to stay safe and properly heated.
Different Parts of Your Chimney
There are multiple components of your fireplace, chimney, and heating system.
Bricks and Chimney Base: The base of your chimney needs to be structurally sound or else you are running a safety risk. If bricks or the base is damaged, you can experience moisture in your home or broken pieces of brick in your home. Chimney sweeps can help detect potential mold growth and potential breaking points
Chimney Flue: The flue is often confused with the chimney liner, but the flue is the part that helps combustion materials to exit your home.
Chimney Liner: The liner is required by law to be in your home, in order to keep the fire contained. The liner needs to fit the appliance or you run the risk of indoor pollution. Liners need to be replaced as soon as they crack and avoid using your fireplace until it is replaced.
Chimney Cap: A chimney cap helps prevent the outside elements from getting into your home. The cap stops snow, rain, leaves, and even animals from getting inside your chimney.
Chimney Chase Covers: A chase cover comes on top of a factory-built chimney. It can be made from copper, aluminum, stainless steel, or galvanized steel.
Chimney Flashing: A flashing will be made of vinyl, aluminum, copper, or steel and is attached where the chimney meets your roof. This prevents moisture leaks around your chimney.
Chimney Crown: Usually a slab of cement that prevents water from entering the chimney.
Damper or Throat Damper: Also called the throat damper because it is located in the throat of the chimney above the firebox, the damper helps seal the heat in your home when the fireplace is not in use. When the fireplace is in use, the damper is open so the smoke can escape. If your damper is stuck in the open position, you may experience drafts.
Smoke Chamber: Located between the flue and the damper, the smoke chamber compresses the combustible products so they actually exit the chimney rather than go back into your home.
Hire Professional Chimney Cleaning Services Today!
Since 2010, Sierra Vista Maintenance has been proudly serving clients in Sacramento Valley and surrounding communities. Our friendly, trained experts are here to service your property fully and safely. We have the skills and tools to help you restore the exterior look of your home and property, protecting your roof, chimney, walls, driveways, and walkways from debris and costly water damage.
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Common Chimney Cleaning Services Questions & Answers
What all is involved in a chimney sweep service?
For the chimney, we brush the entire pipe, removing soot and creosote from top to bottom. We will also clean the chimney cap.
For the fireplace, we brush the entire inside area to remove soot and creosote, then vacuum out the fire box.
While we do not offer certified inspections, we will alert you if we notice any maintenance or structural issues.
How long does a chimney sweep service take?
Typically, it takes under an hour. Provided there are no major maintenance issues, our team has the skills and tools to do the job in a timely manner.
Can you clean all types of fireplaces, wood stoves, and chimneys?
We clean all wood-burning or gas-wood combination fireplaces. In short, if your fireplace burns wood at all (even with gas ignition), we can clean it.
For pot-bellied wood stoves, we may be able to clean them. This depends on how many bends you have in your stove piping. If you’re interested in a wood stove cleaning service, feel free to send us pictures of the piping, and we will tell you whether or not we can service it.
We don’t clean gas inserts or gas-only fireplaces and chimneys, with a few exceptions. It must be wood burning in order to merit chimney cleaning.
Are you insured and bonded?
Yes, we are a licensed contractor in the state of California, bonded and fully insured.
Do you have insurance that covers cleaning on commercial properties?
Yes, we are a licensed contractor in the state of California, bonded and fully insured. This allows us to operate on commercial properties.
Do you guarantee your own work?
Absolutely. If there is ever any problem with our work, we will work with you to fix it as quickly as possible.
Is chimney cleaning and chimney sweep the same thing?
Yes, for all intents and purposes, we at Sierra Vista Maintenance view these two services as the same.
Is it safe to clean my own fireplace and chimney?
If you have the right tools, cleaning your own chimney and fireplaces is doable. If you lack those tools, we strongly recommend hiring a professional to do the job. We also strongly caution you against working on your roof, as it is very easy to injure yourself fatally.
At Sierra Vista Maintenance, we use high-end ash vacuums and brushes, and we’re also trained and licensed to work on your roof safely. We do this for a living – while also being licensed and bonded – so that you don’t have to risk injury for yourself or your home.
How often should a Sacramento-area resident get their chimney and fireplace cleaned?
This depends on how much wood you burn. If you burn wood every season, an annual cleaning is strongly recommended.
Does the age of my chimney impact how often it should be cleaned?
Not really. That said, the older your roof is, the greater likelihood of your chimney needing ongoing maintenance to remain sound and safe. Cleaning it regularly reduces the amount of maintenance required.
Do chimneys attract pests in the off season?
If the chimney cap is damaged or missing, yes, pests can roam freely inside your chimney or nest there. Annual cleanings ensure that everything is in order, clean and clear.
Does my gas-only fireplace need to be cleaned?
As long as your fireplace or stove does NOT burn wood, chimney cleanings are not necessary. However, you should have your gas fireplace inspected from time to time by someone certified to do so to ensure your gas fireplace is safe and working properly.
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We provide top-notch chimney cleaning services in the following areas of Northern California
Sacramento
Elk Grove
Roseville
Arden-Arcade
Citrus Heights
Folsom
Carmichael
Rancho Cordova
Rocklin
North Highlands
Antelope
Lincoln
El Dorado Hills
Franciscan Village
Vineyard
Orangevale
Fair Oaks
Rosemont
Granite Bay
White Rock
Cameron Park
Rio Linda
Auburn
Diamond Springs
Placerville
Land Park
Gold River
Loomis
Rancho Murieta
Mather
Shingle Springs
Rescue
Newcastle
Penryn