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Looking for a chimney sweep in Richardson, TX? Collin Chimney Sweep & Repair is a local chimney sweep company that cleans, inspects and repairs chimneys and fireplaces from Canyon Creek to CityLine, on both the Dallas County and Collin County sides of town.
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Richardson has some of the oldest wood-burning fireplaces in North Texas. Most of the city was built between the 1950s and 1970s, so the masonry chimneys in Canyon Creek, Richardson Heights and Cottonwood Heights are 50 to 70 years old. The most common call we get from Richardson comes right after the first cold front in November. Someone lights the first fire of the year, smoke rolls back into the living room, and the house smells like a campfire the next morning. Nine times out of ten the cause is a rusted throat damper stuck half open, heavy creosote buildup in the flue, or a bird nest sitting on top of the clay tile liner. Older fireboxes on pier-and-beam and slab foundations also crack as the ground shifts, and a cracked firebox is a fire hazard because heat can reach the wood framing behind it. Creosote and other debris left in the flue for years are how most chimney fires start. We come out with a camera, clean the flue, and show you photos of what we found before we talk about any repair.
A thorough chimney cleaning with rotary brushes and a HEPA vacuum for the wood-burning fireplaces in Richardson homes. We remove soot, creosote and other debris from the flue, smoke chamber and firebox without leaving a mess in your living room.
A thorough chimney inspection with a camera shows the inside of the flue liner and the whole chimney system, which is hard to judge from the hearth. Richardson buyers and sellers use it for real estate closings, and every $99 sweep includes one.
Cracked crowns, loose mortar joints, spalling brick and broken clay tile liners are the big four calls for chimney repair in Richardson. We quote before work starts, and we do everything from a small masonry patch to a full chimney rebuild.
Many Richardson chimneys still have no chimney cap and an original rusted throat damper. A stainless steel chimney cap keeps rain and chimney swifts out, and a top-sealing damper stops the draft and lowers your energy bill.
Our Process
Professional chimney cleaning in Richardson takes about an hour for a single-story ranch home, and it is the same crew that does the chimney sweep work in Richardson and Allen. We lay drop cloths from the front door to the hearth and seal the fireplace opening so no soot gets into the house. From there we run rotary brushes up the flue, scrape the smoke shelf and smoke chamber, and vacuum the firebox with a HEPA filter. Then we inspect your chimney with a camera and record the flue tiles, damper and crown. If we see a cracked tile, a gap in the mortar or a water problem, you get the photos on your phone before we leave. There is no pressure. You decide what to fix and when.
Our service area covers Richardson and the surrounding cities. Collin Chimney Sweep & Repair serves all of Richardson, from the older homes west of US-75 in Richardson Heights and Northrich to the 1970s and 80s neighborhoods east of Richardson Road like Prairie Creek and Greenwood Hills, plus the townhomes near the CityLine DART station. We drive down from our Allen office at Watters Creek, which is about 10 miles north on Central Expressway, so a Richardson service call is a short trip for us. Homes near UT Dallas, Breckinridge Park and Huffhines Park are all in our normal route. We also cover Richardson, Murphy, Wylie and the other cities near Richardson, and we cross into the Dallas County side of Richardson without any extra charge. Regular chimney maintenance is easier when the chimney sweep company is 15 minutes away.
Our office sits in Allen, but most of our Richardson work is scheduled within the week. To find us from the Eisemann Center at Galatyn Park, get on US-75 (Central Expressway) northbound and drive about 10 miles to the Bethany Drive exit in Allen. Turn west on Bethany, go a few hundred feet, and turn into Watters Creek. We are at 825 Watters Creek Blvd, Bldg M, Suite 250. The drive takes about 15 to 20 minutes outside of rush hour. Call (972) 521-7225 or email ron@collinchimneysweeprepair.com to book.
Richardson’s housing stock is older than most of Collin County. The ranch-style homes in Canyon Creek, The Reservation and Richardson Heights were built with clay tile flue liners, and those tiles do not last forever. Decades of heating and cooling crack them, and a cracked tile lets hot gases reach the brick and the framing around the chimney. When we find that on the camera, the fix is usually a stainless steel chimney liner that runs the full height of the flue. The second big issue is the concrete crown on top of the chimney. Original crowns in Richardson were poured thin, and North Texas freeze-thaw cycles and hail split them open. Water then soaks the chimney exterior and washes out the mortar joints, and Richardson’s clay soil moves chimney bases enough to open more cracks. Crown repair or a new poured crown stops that before the chimney needs a rebuild. Inside the house, foundation movement on both slab and pier-and-beam homes cracks the firebox and the back wall. Firebox repair with refractory mortar and new firebrick keeps the fireplace safe to use and gives you peace of mind on a cold night. We quote before work starts, and we take photos of every step.
Water is the enemy of an old Richardson chimney. Wind-driven rain from spring storms gets in through a missing cap, a cracked crown and old roof flashing that has pulled away from the brick. If you see a brown stain on the ceiling next to the fireplace, that is usually chimney flashing, not the roof. A stainless cap with a mesh screen also keeps chimney swifts from nesting in the flue each spring, and a new damper stops the cold air that pours down an open flue in January. Collin Chimney Sweep & Repair is a local chimney and fireplace service in the same business community as the Richardson Chamber of Commerce, and our technicians know the neighborhoods around Eisemann Center and the Richardson ISD schools well. Book a chimney sweep before the November rush and you will have a well-maintained chimney ready for the first cold night. Chimney sweep logs do not replace a real sweep, so skip them and call us instead.
Right now Collin Chimney Sweep & Repair offers a $99 chimney sweep and inspection in Richardson as a limited time offer. That covers the cleaning of the flue, smoke chamber and firebox plus a camera look at the liner. If the camera finds a cracked tile, a bad crown or a rusted damper, we quote the repair before any work starts.
Once a year is the standard for any wood-burning fireplace, and Richardson’s older masonry chimneys should not skip it. Creosote builds up faster in a clay tile flue that has cracks and rough spots, and incomplete combustion from damp firewood makes it worse. If you burn more than a cord of wood a winter, or the fireplace smells during humid weather, schedule a chimney sweep Richardson TX homeowners can count on before the November cold fronts.
Many do. A 1960s or 1970s Richardson home usually has the original clay tile liner, and a camera inspection often finds cracked or missing tiles. A stainless steel liner fixes that without tearing out the brick. We show you the camera footage first so you can see the problem yourself before deciding.
Yes. We do chimney inspections for buyers, sellers and homeowners in Richardson, including Level 2 camera inspections for real estate closings. You get a written report with photos of the flue, crown, cap, damper and firebox. Most inspections are scheduled within the week.
We do. Richardson sits in both Dallas County and Collin County, and we cover the whole city, from the neighborhoods west of US-75 to CityLine and Breckinridge Park on the east side. Our office is in Allen, about 15 to 20 minutes up Central Expressway, and there is no extra travel charge anywhere in Richardson.
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