GAFFNEY'S CLEANING & CHIMNEY CLEANING

Jim Gaffney showed up on time and gave me a detailed explanation of what he would do and the price for the service, which I thought was reasonable. When done, he pointed out issues that I should address and gave me a couple of referrals for me to follow up on. I was very happy.

He did a beautiful job and left everything extremely clean, which was very nice. He is superior. I would give him "A+ 1/2" He told me the cost in advance but if he ran into anything extra he would let me know. Nothing came up and price was $175.

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Excellent! Very prompt service, very knowledgable and quality workmanship.

It was great! I called on Thursday thinking I would need to wait a couple weeks but he had time on Monday morning. I mentioned I have to work and he said "no problem, I can be there at 7AM!" He was there right on time and immediately set to work. He explained everything he was doing and appeared knowledgeable and thorough even taking the time to have me run my dryer to make sure it was venting properly. I feared this extra inspection would result in an "oh dear, we have to do some extra costly work" but he said everything was ship shape and the cost was what he had quoted. Highly recommended!

I got the info on Gaffney's Chimney service from Angie's list.  Mr.Gaffney  showed up on time. Was very professiional, did a great job at a resonable price. What more can you say. I would absolutely recommend him, and use him again.

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It was a good experience and we learned alot about chimneys

Was happy with service.
Works solo, so some of the jobs I asked if he would look at aren't things he does (repointing mortar on old chimney on a tall old house) but recommended someone who could.  

came 2 hrs. early. didn't call first to say he was coming early.  doesn't like leaving messages on machines. couldn't reschedule later.  kept going in and out of the house -  said set-up was taking a while.  i didn't press for details. but since he fixed the flue door, it closes completely now. mortared the right and left sides.  and he did all the work in 1 hr. (he'd quoted 1 1/2 hrs.) charged only $200.  a straight shooter, a little rough around the edges but i can deal with someone  like that who does good work.

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Mr. Gaffney came on a Saturday morning to look at our furnaces, water heaters, and the chimney in the cellar.  After looking things over, he explained the folly of fixing the chimney as it is old and the  mortar is weak. He said with new systems, we could bypass the chimney, (which he estimates to be 60 ft high and very expensive to fix) and both conserve on fuel as well as increase the value of the property. I was very impressed with his knowledge and thoroughness, and would highly recommend him to anyone who needs this kind of service.

Mr. Gaffney called me back soon after I left a message for him.  We agreed on a time for him to come out to the house, and he showed up early and was able to do the job right then and there.
Mr. Gaffney was very knowledgable about his work and had a good sense of humor.
He cleaned out all of the junk that had accumulated at the bottom of the un-capped chimney over the course of about 80 years.  He then removed a large squirrel's nest which was sitting on top of all the dirt and debris that had blown into the chimney.
He then attached a new clean-out valve to the chimney.
He did all of this in about 1 hour and for a VERY reasonable price.  I would absolutely call him again.

He called when he said he would call and showed up when he said he would show up.
The work was done in a timely fashion and was well done.
Excellent work.

Mr. Gaffney is amazing. Our carbon monoxide detected alerted us to the fact that our chimney was blocked. We hadn't had it cleaned out in years. The oil burner service company recommended Mr. Gaffney. He arrived promptly and after determining the problem, he spent a lot of time with us explaining the issues with our chimney. He then cleaned it, installed a new door on the side to replace the old broken one, and installed a nice cap at the top. We were extremely impressed with his professionalism. He takes great pride in the quality of his work. He was a pleasure to deal with, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Mr. Gaffney to anyone needing these services.

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We enjoyed having Mr. Gaffney come to our house.  He was personable, very knowledgeable, and very efficient.  It's not every day you have a John Wayne look-alike come to sweep your chimney!  He noticed an issue with our basement flue that he was able to fix - making our family safer.  We would definitely recommend.

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Quick response to initial call, able to arrange an early morning visit.
Took a good look around fireplace, furnace, boiler, dryer vents and flues. Offered good advice but was in no way pushy or attempting to find additional work.
Cleaned fireplace flue quickly with minimal disruption and no mess.
2 days later came and fitted chimney cap.
Gaffney's deserves it's high rating on Angie's List - friendly and professional service.

What can I say? Life saver. Our heating system shut down. It's going to take a while before it's fixed. We have a little wood stove in the basement that we never used. Wanted to have some one come and look at it, give it a cleaning before we fired it up. Called Jim and that day he came, within an hour! Swept the chimney, cleaned out the stove, did some repairs on the liner of the stove and even took the time to teach me how to use the stove correctly. Extremely reasonable price. Before calling him I contacted another chimney sweep on Angie's. They couldn't come out until January! And wanted to charge us over three hundred dollars for the same work!

I needed to get the chimney in a condo swept very quickly as the condo was being sold and the work had to be done very quickly.  Jim was very responsive, calling me back within a few hours.  He initially agreed to come over the weekend to do the work but because of a cancellation he was able to fit me in during the week.
Jim arrived on time, completed the job very quickly and was very good about making sure the new floors in the condo remained in pristine condition.

We love this guy! We don't know much about chimneys, but he's very informative and has provided great tips.  Last year was our first year in our house, and he did a full inspection and installed a cap.  He's definitely punctual (usually early, actually), and does a great job.