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What do chimney sweep services include?

As a vital part of home maintenance, chimney sweep services include all the tasks necessary to clean out your chimney and ensure that it’s safe to use and remains efficient in warming your home. This is a complete chimney cleaning service provided by experts who can inspect, remove obstructions and clean out soot as well as potentially dangerous creosote from your chimney. 

Inspecting the chimney

Your hired chimney sweep begins the service with a thorough visual inspection. They can go up on your roof to check if the flue has any obstructions. Your chimney sweep can likewise check all the accessible nooks and crannies to see which areas need a good clearing up and cleaning. They can also take measurements of the flue to determine the width and length of the chimney brushes they must use. 

Preparing for cleaning

In preparation for cleaning, your hired chimney specialist can remove blockages in the flue or other vital and accessible parts of your chimney. They can remove twigs, dead leaves, birds’ nests or any other debris that may be obstructing the flue. Some chimney sweeps can deal with insect nests as long as they’re safe to remove. 

If your chimney sweep finds dangerous pests like wasps or snakes, we recommend you find a separate service to deal with the pests before proceeding with the chimney sweep and inspection. Depending on the size of your chimney and if your chimney sweep opts to clean the chimney from top to bottom, they may wrap the firebox and areas surrounding the fireplace in a protective plastic covering or a tarp.   

Cleaning the flue

Your chimney sweep can use brushes of the appropriate length and diameter to get into the flue and scrub loose all the soot and creosote. They do an upwards and downwards motion to loosen as much soot, creosote or other debris that has accumulated in the flue. The scrubbing continues until no more soot or creosote falls onto the chimney floor or hearth. Your specialist can then use an ash vacuum or a fireplace shovel and broom to scoop up all the soot, creosote and other debris. 

They may then remove any plastic covering on the firebox if this was used and dispose of all the collected soot, creosote and debris in the neighbourhood dumpster or skip. If your firebox has stubborn stains from smoke, some chimney sweeps may offer to clean these stains. 

Cleaning the chimney cap and stack

Your chimney sweep can go up on the roof to clean the chimney cap. They can partially disassemble, clean the chimney cap and its wire screen of accumulated soot and creosote. Afterwards, your Tasker puts the chimney cap back together. 

Recent Chimney Sweep tasks in Melbourne

Chimney sweep soot removed port Melbourne

$100

Port Melbourne VIC 3207, Australia

5th Sep 2023

I have a brick chimney with a sideways bend in it solid full of soot in one section near the top. Maybe can be vacuumed from the top outside. Bricks have been opened up to expose the blockage. Need it cleaned out so we can install a flue. - Due date: Flexible

Chimney sweep

$150

South Yarra VIC, Australia

1st Jun 2023

I had a gas log fire place and now back to wood fireplace. So I need the gas cal at the top removed and chimney inspected. - Due date: Flexible

Super efficient, completed with ease!

Chimney Sweep Fitzroy

$100

Fitzroy VIC, Australia

24th May 2023

Need a chimney/fireplace cleaned and advice on rain leaking Please quote price and availability. - Due date: Flexible

Chimney sweep and plastering.

$250

Brunswick VIC, Australia

13th Dec 2022

annual chimney sweep service of our nectar wood fire heater before next winter, and fixing of a two holes in plaster walls, one approximately grapefruit sized and one smaller.

Chimney sweep

$100

Brunswick East VIC 3057, Australia

29th Jul 2022

Our chimney needs sweeping! It's a combustion heater, hasn't been used for a couple of years but we think it just needs a good sweep out before we can get cracking on it again - Due date: Flexible

Chimney Sweeper

$200

Port Melbourne VIC, Australia

29th Jun 2022

Looking for a chimney sweeper to clean out existing cavity. Not sure last time it was used but wanting to be able to have an open fireplace again. Thanks in advance - Due date: Needs to be done on Thursday, June 30, 2022

Chimney sweep and flue capped

$250

Coburg VIC, Australia

19th May 2022

1) smoke is back-filling into the house and require a chimney sweep 2) chimney is leaking during heavy rain, either need a flue repair or replace the flue cap

Travis was very friendly and knowledgeable, helped fix our chimney and gave it a good clean. Appreciate it!

Chimney sweep

$150

Northcote VIC, Australia

10th Jun 2021

We have a fireplace we’d like cleared and cleaned. We are based in Northcote. We lit a fire and the room got a bit smoky but not completely so I am not sure it’s been blocked but it had a plaster cover on it so I don’t think it had been used for some time.