Lou Curley's Chimney Service

Found Lou's service on Angie's List with great ratings and reviews and recognized his truck from around the area.
We recently moved in to a home that had been occupied by renters for 15+ years and weren't sure of the chimney condition and if it was safe to use. I called Lou late one evening and he called me back the next day to schedule an appointment. Lou was able to set up an appointment for within a few days (in what I assume must be a chimney sweep's busy season) and arrived right on time that day. He performed a level 1 inspection of both the fireplace chimney and furnace connection and recommended a sweep. I asked him to go ahead and do the sweep and he immediately set up in front of the fireplace, careful to avoid furniture and other objects, and swept the chimney quickly and cleanly. After he was finished he inspected again with his camera equipment and showed me that everything looked normal. Lou cleaned up everything perfectly leaving no dirt or soot anywhere. I asked him to also take a look at the chimney cap because every so often we get some water and he went up on the roof to check it out. Lou recommended we replace the cap and liner this coming spring and wrote an estimate for both services should we choose to have him do the work. The whole job took just over 1 hour.

Very efficient, punctual, and pleasant. Recommended!

Lou was responsive, on time, knowledgeable and very professional.  He provided us with a lot of information, including informational brochures, and let us know what future needs may be.  He patiently answered all of our questions.    He was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish and we will be using him in the future.  He is highly recommended.

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Very professional approach in every aspects of service provided. Carefully inspected and thoruoghly cleaned chimney with no mess in the house. Mr. Curley clearly explained his findings and provided practical recommendations for future maintenance. He also placed caulking between a few of the bricks in the back of the firebox at no additional cost. Would highly recommend to others.

They were very good and seemed trustworthy. I will use them again in the future.

Excellent. Lou is a pro's pro. He did an excellent job explaining everything in detail. As a new home-owner, I definitely appreciated that. I strongly recommend this company, and will definitely use them again in the future.

We've lived in our home for 6 years and have never used our fire places, though we had them inspected and cleaned once (by a chimney sweep we got from the yellow pages and who tried to tell us our entire chimney was collapsing inward, though we had just gone through a major home inspection only a few months prior!!!).  

Now that our kids are older, and after the last brutally cold winter, we thought it's about time to get the fireplace in order, clean the dryer vent and also get the oil boiler flew cleaned out (we have a contract with our oil company, but it's not in their interest to clean the flew -- if the boiler flew is dirty, you use more oil!).

Lou returned my call the same day and was able to schedule an appointment for the same week, despite it being his busiest time of year.  Lou told me upfront how much the initial inspection would be, plus what additional charges I could expect if he had to do work above and beyond the inspection.

Lou came on time and was very polite and professional.  He got right to work and took the time to walk me through everything he did and what recommendations he had for future work.  He did not try to give me a hard sell for any additional work and said that our fireplace was completely safe to be used.  

We will definitely have Lou back for further service and I would highly recommend him.

He was excellent.  He was efficient, he was professional, and he knew what he was talking about.  I would give him high marks and recommend him.

I contacted Lou via email and he gave me an estimate for a level 1 inspection of my chimney and basic cleaning.  He was on time, pleasant, neat, and very thorough!  Lou mentioned code issues about our fireplace surround/mantel that had never been noticed--EVER--by any of the 8 other sweeps we've had visit the house.  He also left notes for the roofer that's going to be coming in to ensure that we got a "cricket" behind the chimney to bring it up to code and avoid a possible water issue.  I wasn't sure that going up on the roof was part of the deal (it's not for every sweep!) but up he went and has helped us avoid another potential problem in the future.

Lou is professional, straight forward, and efficient.  I would highly recommend him!

My experience was great, and I was extremely satisfied.

He did a great job. I think he is a really good guy, and very professional. Also, he is timely, competitively priced, and cleans up his work areas very well.

On time, timely service, thorough cleaning, left the house very clean