Chimney Repairs and Rebuilds

Sometimes appliances around the house require simple maintenance to keep them running properly. You change your furnace filter regularly or add rinse solution to the dishwasher every month to avoid water spots. Running your washing machine through with a packet of...

Schedule an Early Chimney Sweeping

Finishing things early is particularly satisfying. It feels great to finish your Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving, get the kids’ school supplies in June, and finish an important paper a week before the deadline. Check all these things off your list early so you can...

Chimney Swifts and Chimney Cleaning

Spring is a wonderful time to bird watch as birds start to come out. However, if you notice a gray smudge in the sky, looking a bit cigar-shaped. It’s very likely that it is a chimney swift. These little birds spend most of their lives in flight, and when they land,...

Repairing Your Chimney Flashing

If your chimney is leaking, there can be several reasons why. Your chimney cap could be missing or damaged, or the mortar could be weakening. These are things that all the sweeps at Chimney Sweep Plus are trained to look for and repair. \However, an often overlooked...

Chimney Cap Installation and Repair

We wear hats to keep the top of our heads warm. We cap a pipe to keep it from leaking. However, for your chimney, you need a chimney cap on top in order to prevent water and debris from entering your chimney and home. Although, this part of the fireplace’s...

Addressing Chimney Leaks

Leaking pipes, leaking tires, leaking balloons, internet leaks…all of these are things you want to avoid. In fact, it’s hard to think of any leak that is a welcome leak, and that includes chimney leaks. If you have a reason to think that your chimney is leaking,...

Tuckpointing and Masonry Repair

You may think that your chimney is pretty much indestructible, that nothing can damage it. However, there is something that can work to take it down, and it is precipitation, surprisingly. We usually welcome a warm spring rain without thinking of the damage it can...

Waterproofing Your Chimney

There’s something sweet about the soft patter of rain in the springtime that just feels like nothing else. It brings a clean, fresh scent to the air and washes away the dirt that’s left behind when the snow melts. The thing that many people don’t know is that this...

The Benefits of Chimney Inspections

There are many things you can do to take care of your chimney and fireplace system. You know that after you burn a fire, you should clean out your firebox, but don’t take all the ashes out.The ashes can actually help to snuggle the coals in and help your fire burn...