Sweep & inspection
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Gas fireplace serviceLevel 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
Fast, Reliable Chimney Sweep Across Fort Worth
A chimney sweep in Fort Worth typically runs $189 – $349 for a standard cleaning of a masonry fireplace, and $169 – $289 for a factory-built metal chimney. Most jobs are done in 60 – 90 minutes, and we leave the firebox cleaner than we found it, with drop cloths down and a written price approved before any work starts. Our crews serve Fort Worth neighborhoods from Ryan Place to far north Fort Worth, including Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Hurst, and Crowley. If you live anywhere in the Fort Worth area and need a sweep, inspection, or repair, call (682) 255-2144 and a live person answers, no voicemail tree.
Why Flint Chimney Co Fort Worth Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Chimney Sweep Company
Fort Worth homeowners call us because we put the price in writing before a single tool comes off the truck. That applies to every sweep, every inspection, every repair. Hank Delano runs this location under the same Garrison Standard every Garrison Partners location follows, which means one thing for you: the number you approve is the number you pay. No moving the price at the door. No “while we’re here” add-ons that the chimney wasn’t on the quote.
We’ve been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2002. Every technician who walks through your Fort Worth door is background-checked and uniformed, so you know exactly who’s in your home. And every repair carries a 365-Day Done Right Promise, a written guarantee valid for one full year from the service date. If a covered repair fails during that year, we return to fix it at no charge, no argument. That’s the Garrison Code in practice.
Our Dallas-Fort Worth office dispatches crews across Fort Worth daily, so scheduling a sweep in Fairmount, Wedgwood, or far north Fort Worth doesn’t mean waiting a week. Call (682) 255-2144 for a free estimate. A person answers, day or night.
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Fireplace Cleaning in Fort Worth
Fireplace Cleaning in Fort Worth means removing creosote, soot, and the fine ash that builds up inside the firebox and flue after every burn season. For most Fort Worth homes we clean the firebox by hand, brush the flue to remove creosote, and vacuum out the smoke shelf and damper area. A standard fireplace cleaning in Fort Worth runs $189 – $349, depending on the flue height and how much creosote has accumulated. After a Fort Worth winter with regular fires, we usually see a layer of soot thick enough that a homeowner with a standard fireplace tool set won’t get it out, especially where the damper throat narrows.
What a Fort Worth Fireplace Sweep Includes
Our sweep covers the full path smoke travels: firebox, damper, smoke shelf, and flue. We run a brush sized to your flue, then vacuum from the firebox up. We close the damper check, too, and flag any rust on the damper plate. Homes near Camp Bowie Boulevard or Magnolia Avenue with older fireplaces often have damper frames installed in the 1950s and 1960s that are no longer seating flush, which lets conditioned air escape even when the damper is closed.
When Fort Worth Homeowners Need This
The best time to schedule a Fort Worth fireplace cleaning is late summer or early fall, before the first cold snap. But we see a second wave of calls in January, usually from homeowners who fired up the fireplace the week before Christmas and noticed smoke spilling into the room or a smell that stuck around for days. We handle both. If you haven’t burned a fire in over a year, a cleaning is still worth doing before you light the first one, and we explain why in the FAQ below.
Chimney Services in Fort Worth
Chimney Services in Fort Worth go beyond the sweep to cover the structural and safety work that keeps a chimney doing its actual job: channeling smoke and combustion gases out of the house. That includes inspections, chimney cap replacement, crown sealing, flashing repair, and flue liner work. Standard Fort Worth chimney service calls run $129 – $399 for inspection and small repairs, while crown sealing and cap replacement typically run $450 – $950 depending on access and material. We write every number down before we start.
Level 1 and Level 2 Inspections
A Level 1 inspection happens during a routine sweep. We check the readily accessible parts of the chimney interior and exterior with a flashlight and mirror. A Level 2 inspection goes further: after a Fort Worth hailstorm, after a chimney fire, or before you buy a house. We send a camera up the flue to document liner condition, from the firebox to the cap. You see the photos. We don’t recommend liner work on a hunch, and the camera footage is yours to keep.

Chimney Cap and Crown Work
Fort Worth hailstorms are hard on chimney caps. A dented cap looks like a minor cosmetic issue but can actually channel rain straight down the flue, where it rusts the damper and, in metal chimneys, corrodes the pipe from the inside. We install Copperfield and Famco caps, including storm-resistant models for Fort Worth weather. Crown sealing is separate, and it’s the fix for the hairline cracks that let water pool on top of the chimney and then freeze, which is the number one cause of brick spalling we see in Fairmount and Ryan Place.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Worth
Flint Chimney Co Fort Worth installs and works with professional-grade chimney products: Chimney Sweep work in Fort Worth is only as good as the parts that go back on the chimney, which is why we use Copperfield caps, DuraFlex relining systems, and HeatShield resurfacing products. We stock common cap sizes and flue parts locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, so replacing a rusted damper or a hail-dented cap on a Fort Worth home usually doesn’t require a special order and another week of waiting. If the job calls for a material we don’t stock, you’ll know that before we schedule the work, not after we’ve opened the chimney.
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AfterCommon Chimney Sweep Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Spalled brick and cracked crowns from freeze-thaw. Fort Worth winters dip below freezing just often enough that water seeps into a small crown crack, freezes at night, and pops the masonry face by spring. In Fairmount and Ryan Place, brick chimneys from the 1920s and 1930s show this every year.
- Hail-dented chimney caps. A Tarrant County supercell can dent a galvanized cap until it no longer sheds rain. The damage is invisible from the ground, so most homeowners only find out after a ceiling stain or a rusty flue appears. We check caps on every Fort Worth sweep.
- Rust in factory-built metal chimneys. Far north Fort Worth subdivisions built in the 1970s and 1980s used prefab metal flues, and North Texas humidity works on them for decades. By the time the rust shows on the outside, the inside may already be compromised.
- Creosote traps at the “witch’s crook.” Older Fort Worth chimneys often have a curved metal extension at the top, the local version of a rain guard. That crook works for rain, but it also collects creosote at the bend, which means a standard brush pass may not clear it. You need a sweep who knows the bend is there.
Pricing for Chimney Sweep in Fort Worth, TX
A standard chimney sweep in Fort Worth costs $189 – $349 for a masonry fireplace and $169 – $289 for a factory-built metal chimney. That price includes the flue brushing, firebox cleaning, and the Level 1 inspection. If we find a cracked crown or a damaged cap, a cap replacement with a Copperfield model runs $350 – $650 installed, and crown sealing runs $250 – $450. A full flue relining with DuraFlex runs $2,800 – $5,500 depending on flue height and access, but we don’t quote that on the phone because the only honest number comes from the camera. Call (682) 255-2144 for a free estimate. The written price is yours before any work starts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
Flint Chimney Co Fort Worth serves homeowners across Tarrant County, not just inside the 820 loop. Our crews regularly schedule sweeps in Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Hurst, and Crowley, and the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply to every job. If you’re outside Fort Worth proper but within a short drive, call us, and we’ll give you the same straight answer. Learn more about our Chimney Sweep in Fort Worth coverage area.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Chimney Sweep in Fort Worth
Yes, if only because your chimney has been through a Fort Worth hail season and at least one freeze-thaw cycle since you last looked at it. Water entry through a dented cap or cracked crown doesn’t care whether you used the fireplace. Your annual sweep includes a Level 1 inspection that flags that kind of damage before it becomes a liner replacement. Call (682) 255-2144 to schedule, and we’ll write the price before we start.
A sweep removes creosote and soot with brushes and vacuum. A Level 1 inspection is the visual check that happens during the sweep, using a flashlight and mirror on the accessible chimney parts. A Level 2 inspection sends a camera up the flue to document liner condition end-to-end, and we recommend it anytime a hailstorm has hit your Fort Worth neighborhood, because hail dents caps and cracks crowns invisibly from the ground. The camera footage is yours to keep, and you approve any repair before we quote it.
Rust on the outside of a factory-built metal chimney usually means moisture has been sitting inside the pipe for years, and the North Texas humidity accelerates it. The most common sources are a hail-dented cap, a failed chase cover, or an improperly terminated flue. We remove the first-degree creosote, run a camera through the pipe, and show you exactly where the water is getting in. Sometimes the fix is a new cap, not a whole chimney.
The witch’s crook on older Fort Worth chimneys is a local architectural quirk designed to keep rain out. It works for rain, but it also traps creosote at the bend, so a standard brush pass may leave the crook section still coated. A sweep who doesn’t know to work that bend will tell you the flue is clean when it isn’t. On chimneys with that crook, we inspect and clean the bend separately, by hand and with a brush sized to the crook radius.
Look for hairline cracks across the top of the chimney, signs of efflorescence (that white mineral bloom on the brick face), or spalled brick around the top course. Any water that gets into a crown crack will freeze during a Fort Worth cold spell and widen the split. If you can see cracks from the ground, call (682) 255-2144. A crown sealing runs $250 – $450, which is a fraction of what a spalled-capstone rebuild costs in the spring.
After a May hailstorm off Camp Bowie Boulevard, our crew pulled a dented Famco chimney cap from a 1920s brick bungalow in Ryan Place and found the terra-cotta flue liner spalling into the smoke chamber. We removed the first-degree creosote, replaced the cap with a Copperfield model, and sealed the crown before the first freeze-thaw cycle could widen the crack. That kind of call is what post-storm chimney work looks like in Fort Worth: the hail gets the cap, the water gets the liner, and the difference between a $400 repair and a $4,000 reline is whether someone looked before winter. That’s the work Flint Chimney Co Fort Worth does, with a written price and a one-year guarantee on every repair. Call (682) 255-2144 now, and a live person answers.
Written by Hank Delano, Owner at Flint Chimney Co Fort Worth, serving Fort Worth since 2002 as part of the Garrison Partners family.