Al's Chimney Sweep

The chimney sweep came on time even with bad weather. He was very professional and covered everything. He found no issues and swept the chimney in 40-45 minutes. They billed us, so payment was sent to the office rather than given to the sweep. We were able to have a fire that evening.

As usual Al is professional, courteous and trustworthy. He arrived when he said he would, did the work and gave us suggestions on what we should do to prevent further issues. We have used him in the past and he has never try to sell us anything that we did not need. I would never hire anyone else.

When he came, he inspected the chimney and determined that it didn't need to be swept and didn't charge us. He came back a bit later to install the chimney cap and did a fine job. Prompt and responsive.

We bought a 112 year old house that had a masonry fireplace that was converted to gas. We hired Al to come and clean/inspect everything before we used it. He recommended having the gas line moved back for safety reasons, in addition to modifying our set up and adding some glass doors. We ordered the doors online from Amazon, and had Al come back for the services he recommended (new insulation around the box, filling in where mortar was missing, new ambers and sand, etc). Everything looks great, and we were very pleased! He gave us a maintenance schedule and recommended having everything cleaned again in a few years. Will certainly have him back in the future.

Great! So glad to have the accomplished in a day!

Very well. Al was easy to work with and was very professional. We love our new fireplace.

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Did a really great job!

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Al was very responsive and knowledgeable. He quickly scheduled my work and was very professional upon arrival. I would highly recommend him for any chimney work.

Al was very responsive, he came by and look at the chimneys and said they don't need any maintenance. He also did not charge any fees for the inspection saying he lives very close by and it was no effort to look at them. Hats off to such an outstanding professional.

He was excellent.  He inspected everything.  He was very confident in what he did and was knowledgeable explained to me what he was doing.  The price was reasonable. He arrived as scheduled.  I feel safe using the gas fire place upstairs now.  I feel that the chimney will work very well.  He left me pleased in his work and confident in the use and cleaniness of the fireplaces.

He was really great.  Very professional and very friendly.

Al responded promptly (within 2 hours) of message left (after hours) to come and evaluate two chimneys in our newly purchased home in Fox Chapel.  According to prior homeowner neither fp had been used in 14 years - and reportedly both had been "sealed shut".  Al scheduled an appointment with us 2 days after our call/request.  He arrived on time, evaluated each of the fireplaces and offered his assessment of each.  We then asked for his opinion on re-connecting the fireplace that once had a gas line for use with as gas/wood burning fp vs installing gas logs vs. installing fireplace insert.  After much discussion, we made a trip to see the gas logs that he suggested.  Al was kind enough to speak with the salesperson at the fireplace show room to provide his assessment of the situation and explain what he recommended based on what we wanted.   We opted to go with the gas log set. 
Al then called the following Monday (4 days later) and completed the work that Thursday (one week start to finish).  
He and an assistant unsealed each of the rusted, closed chimneys, cleaned both, installed new damper in each of the chimneys, repaired mortar in each of fireplaces, and painted the gas log fireplace with black paint - vastly improving the looks and making each operational again.  He reconnected the gas line that had been dismantled (in the garage/basement), installed the gas log set that we discussed, demonstrated it's use, demonstrated how to use each damper, reviewed safety issues (a few times) including showing me three different places to turn off gas line, and brought Carbon Monoxide tester in throughout to ensure that no CO2 was escaping.  He then urged us to get a CO detector for safety precaution.  The other fireplace was cleaned, repaired and readied for wood burning.   He then showed me the dampers open vs closed from the outside view - and checked/showed me that the chimney was properly drafting.
The sealed fireplaces were much more difficult to unseal that he had expected - causing him a few additional hours of work. He also agreed to take off an old glass door from one of the fireplaces - despite each of these things requiring more time, the proposed amount did not change.  He stood by his proposal which was greatly appreciated.
Excellent work.  He and his assistant were knowledgeable, professional, timely and took great care to use covers for the floor, removing their shoes and using 409 to clean any remaining prints.  They were very respectful of our home.  I can't say enough about the care and service that Al provided.  I recommend him highly and without reservation.

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Came exactly as scheduled. Were careful to keep everything clean.

Went seamlessly, cleanly, timely.

I was able to get an appointment soon after I called to have my chimney cleaned.  The chimney sweeper arrived on time, introduced himself, and took his shoes off to proceed into the family room to look at the fireplace.  It was a very cold day (-9) so he made sure all his tools were by the front door so he could bring them all in at once to minimize the time the front door was open.  He placed a large drop cloth around the fireplace to protect the carpet.  As soon as he was finished he made sure everything was cleaned up before he left.