Chimney Sweep in Douglasville, GA

Chimney Sweep for Douglasville Homeowners

Douglasville sits at the far western end of what we cover, and it splits cleanly in two. The subdivisions that spread west and south through the 1990s and 2000s are almost entirely prefabricated fireplaces — metal fireboxes, framed chases, chase covers that are now reaching the age where they rust through. The historic core near O'Neal Plaza is the opposite: older masonry, some of it substantial, which has had varying levels of care. Because it is at our edge, we tend to schedule Douglasville work in blocks, and that is worth knowing when you call — we will usually offer you a choice of specific days.

1990s-2000s prefabricated systems across the newer subdivisions, now at chase-cover replacement age; older masonry in the historic core.

Wood smoke cools as it climbs, and what condenses on the way out is creosote — a black, tarry residue that hardens into a fuel lining the inside of your flue. Past about an eighth of an inch it will carry a fire, and a flue fire moves through a chimney in seconds. Atlanta makes this worse in its own way: nobody here burns steadily for four months, we burn hard for a fortnight in January and then abandon the fireplace until Thanksgiving. Cold masonry, damp masonry, smouldering fires and unseasoned oak all lay creosote down faster than steady daily burning would. Sweeping is the one piece of maintenance that removes the fuel rather than managing it.