Chimney Sweep & Chimney In Lincoln NH
Annual chimney sweeping and inspections at your Lincoln, New Hampshire, home are two of the best ways to keep your chimney system running right. Fire N’ Stone of nearby Tilton, NH, provides certified chimney sweeping and licensed inspections year-round. Here’s how we can help you.
Need a Chimney Sweep?
As the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) says, there’s no substitute for a trained chimney sweep technician and the industry-grade tools used for this work. Our CSIA-certified chimney sweep services are designed to accomplish two things for our Lincoln customers:
- Remove flammable creosote from the chimney flue
Most reported chimney fires in and around Lincoln, NH, each year are started by ignited creosote. This substance is not only flammable, but it’s also highly acidic and can damage a chimney liner the longer it stays in contact with it.
Chimney sweeping involves the use of specialized brushes, scrubbers, rods, solvents and commercial vacuums. We do the work right, and we do it all ourselves – no subcontractors.
- Remove debris
If your chimney has no chimney cap or flue cover, it’s an open invitation for the intrusion of leaves, twigs and falling fruit from nearby trees. Small animals can also get inside and build nests. Some of them die in there.
All this debris will narrow the flue passage and cause smoke and deadly carbon monoxide to back up into your Lincoln home. We’ll clean out the debris and install a new chimney cap or repair one that’s damaged.
All chimney sweeping jobs include a basic Level 1 chimney inspection (see below).
Chimney Inspections
Fire N’ Stone offers all three levels of professional chimney inspection as recognized by the CSIA. Many of our inspections include the use of video imaging technology.
When should you have your Lincoln, NH, chimney inspected? The five most important times include:
- When it’s been more than a year since the last inspection
- When you’re altering your chimney and flue system
- When you’re selling your home
- When a chimney fire or may have caused damage
- When major damage is known to exist in hard-to-access areas
A chimney inspection can cover the entire chimney system or just parts of it:
- Interior and exterior chimney bricks and mortar
- Chimney structure, including the chimney footing
- Chimney liner
- Chimney cap, chase top or flue cover
- Chimney crown
- Chimney flashing
- Fireplace damper
- Smoke chamber
- Firebox
We also perform chimney inspections when our Lincoln, NH, customers are facing problems such as a smelly chimney, stains on the masonry, chimney leaks, smoke backups, difficulty getting fires started and other issues.
Keep Your Lincoln Chimney Running at Its Best
Chimney sweeping and chimney inspections should both be scheduled once a year.
The certified technicians at Fire N’ Stone are ready to help with these important tasks as well as with a full menu of chimney repair, chimney rebuilding and firebox restoration services.
We proudly serve customers in the town of Lincoln,NH, with a service area extending into North Woodstock NH, Thornton NH, Benton NH, Warren NH, and other Grafton County, New Hampshire, communities.
Speak with a chimney sweep and chimney inspection expert today at (603) 293-4040, or get in touch with our contact form.
