Level 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.
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A standard chimney sweep in Hurst typically runs $189 – $279 for a single flue on a one-story home, and a full sweep with a Level 2 camera inspection usually lands between $349 and $479. Most Hurst sweeps take 60 to 90 minutes from the first cover laid down to the final photo report. We know that because we work the 76053 and 76054 zip codes weekly, and we see the same 1960s – 1980s masonry fireplaces, clay-tile liners, and spalling crowns on nearly every block from Precinct Line Road over to Brown Trail.
Flint Chimney Sweep is part of the Garrison Partners family, founded in 2002, and we run every Hurst job under The Garrison Standard: a written price agreed before we book the appointment, background-checked and uniformed technicians on site, and a full-year guarantee on any repair work. Call us at (830) 251-4560 and a live person answers, any hour of any day. No voicemail tree, no callback form.
Why Flint Chimney Sweep Is Hurst’s Preferred Chimney Sweep Company
Most homeowners here have been through it. A chimney company books a date, shows late or not at all, names a price after the ladder goes up, and leaves fine soot on the hearth. We hear that story often enough in Hurst that we designed our process to make it impossible. The written price arrives before work starts. The invoice matches it. The technician is background-checked and in a Flint uniform. And if a repair fails inside one year, we come back and make it right, free, under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Hurst homeowners call us because the older housing stock here needs a level of scrutiny that a quick brush-and-go sweep never delivers. Homes off Harwood Road and in the neighborhoods around Tarrant County College Northeast were built before insulated factory chimneys became the standard. Their masonry flues need a camera, not just a brush. Our Chimney Sweep team brings a motorized inspection camera to every Level 2 job, and we hand over the photo report before we leave. You see what we saw. No mystery.
We also run on a simple no-callout-fee structure for Hurst: the price we quote on the phone for a standard sweep is the price you approve in writing before the appointment. If the camera reveals something the bare flue couldn’t show, you get the photos and a straight line-item quote. You decide what happens next. Hank Delano leads the team, and he’s built the company on one rule: we never recommend anything a photo can’t back up.
Chimney Services in Hurst
Chimney Services in Hurst cover three things a homeowner actually needs: a proper sweep to remove creosote and soot, a camera inspection that shows liner and crown condition, and Chimney Repair - Hurst work that gets quoted with a written guarantee and installed with professional-grade materials. Here’s what that means on the ground.
The Standard Sweep
A standard Hurst sweep runs $189 – $279 and takes about an hour on a single-flue ranch. We lay drop cloths, run a HEPA vacuum at the firebox, and sweep the full flue with rotary rods and brushes from the roof down or the firebox up, depending on access. What we’re removing is soot and first-degree creosote, the flaky brown stuff that builds up after a season of oak and mesquite fires. If you burn in Hurst every weekend from November through March, you’re producing it faster than you’d think.
Camera Inspection and Photo Report
For $349 – $479, we pair the sweep with a Level 2 camera inspection. The camera goes up into the flue, and we photograph the liner, the smoke shelf, and the damper from inside. In Hurst’s 1960s clay-tile chimneys, this is where the real findings come from. Hairline cracks, open mortar joints, and gaps in the tile in a chimney on say, the 600 block of Bedford Road, they don’t show up from a flashlight look. They show up on the photo report we send home with you.
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.
Chimney Sweep Certified in Hurst
Chimney Sweep Certified work in Hurst means the job follows a documented process, leaves evidence, and carries a written guarantee. Our sweeps are trained on masonry and factory chimney systems, and we’re certified to repair flue liners with HeatShield, the ceramic sealant we use on clay-tile liners with minor cracking and open mortar joints. For full relines, we specify DuraFlex stainless liners. No guesswork on which product fits the job.
Creosote Removal by Degree
Hurst homes burning unseasoned wood or running cool, smoldering fires develop second-degree glazed creosote in the smoke chamber, a hard, shiny tar that a standard brush won’t touch. Removing it means hand-scraping the glaze and treating the chamber with a creosote conditioner or mechanical rotary chains. It’s messy, it takes time, and it’s exactly the kind of work that separates a real sweep from a $99 flyer special. If you light a fire in a 1970s split-level off Shady Lane and the smoke hangs in the room, the smoke chamber is the first place we look.
Annual Sweeps and Follow-Up
The National Fire Protection Association’s standard is every year for wood-burning fireplaces, and that holds in Hurst. Our annual sweep program includes the sweep, a visual check of the crown and flashing, and a written note of anything we’d watch. You get the reminder, you get the same price year over year, and you never have to re-explain your chimney’s history because it’s in our records.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst
We work with the chimney trade’s standard materials, not whatever is cheapest at supply. HeatShield ceramic liner repair and DuraFlex stainless steel relines are our two most-specified products in Hurst, because they match the failures we actually find in the clay-tile flues of 1960s – 1980s homes here. We also specify and stock Copperfield caps, dampers, and chase covers for the factory-built chimneys we see in the newer sections around North Hurst. For you, what that means is we can often complete a repair faster because we’re not waiting on a week-long parts shipment. The local supply runs go out of our Dallas-Fort Worth area office, and the parts come straight to your Hurst job. If you’re replacing a cap or a damper, you’ll know the brand and the spec before we install it, and the repair carries our written one-year guarantee.
Common Chimney Sweep Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Glazed creosote hiding in the smoke chamber. Hurst homeowners often mistake the light first-degree creosote in the lower flue for a clean chimney, skip the annual sweep, and the deposits bake into second-degree glaze where a standard brush can’t reach. That’s the exact failure mode we see in 40-plus-year-old masonry fireplaces here.
- Cracked clay-tile liners from thermal cycling. The clay tiles in a 1960s chimney expand and contract with every fire, and after decades of Texas winters and hot summers, hairline cracks open. You won’t hear it or see it, but the crack’s there, and it’s a carbon monoxide pathway into the wall cavity. A camera inspection catches it before it becomes a headline.
- Spalling crowns and failed flashing misread as a draft problem. Rain-driven water gets through a deteriorated mortar crown or loosened flashing around the chimney stack, soaks into the masonry, and causes the fireplace to smoke or the room above the mantel to smell musty. The chimney isn’t dirty. The crown’s failing. A sweep won’t fix that; a crown repair or flashing replacement will. We say that out loud on the driveway before anyone quotes a sweep.
- The smoke-back into the room complaint. In Hurst’s split-levels, we often find a warped damper or an improperly sized firebox opening causing the draw to fail. Sometimes it’s glazed creosote restricting the flue, sometimes it’s a damper rusted in half-open position. The camera tells us which.
Pricing for Chimney Sweep in Hurst, TX
Here’s the honest number. A standard single-flue sweep in Hurst runs $189 – $279. Add a Level 2 camera inspection and you’re at $349 – $479. If the camera finds liner cracks, HeatShield ceramic repair is typically $90 – $150 per application area, and a full DuraFlex stainless reline in a Hurst home runs $3,800 – $5,600 depending on flue height and access. Crown sealing and flashing repair typically land between $400 and $900. Those are the ranges we quote on the phone. The exact number comes after the camera, because in a 1970s masonry chimney on Coventry Lane, the difference between a sweep and a reline isn’t visible until the camera goes up. You always get the written price before the work starts, and you never pay a separate trip charge for the estimate. Call (830) 251-4560.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Flint Chimney Sweep works across the Northeast Tarrant County corridor, including North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Haltom City. If you’re in Hurst or a neighboring community and want the full Chimney Sweep in Hurst treatment, we route a tech from the closest crew and keep the written-quote process identical no matter the address.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst 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 Hurst
Every year if you burn wood. In Hurst, the burn season runs roughly late October through March, and the volume of creosote that collects in a 40-year-old masonry flue over one season is enough to warrant the visit. Gas log fireplaces can go two years between inspections, but we still recommend an annual visual check because the crown and flashing age regardless of whether you light a fire. Call us at (830) 251-4560 and we’ll give you a real answer for your specific fireplace.
Both, on every full inspection job. The brush and rods remove the soot and first-degree creosote. The camera goes up afterward and photographs the liner, smoke chamber, and damper. In Hurst’s older clay-tile chimneys, the camera is where we find the hairline cracks and open mortar joints that a brush can’t see and a visual look from the roof won’t catch. You get the photo report before we recommend a single repair.
First-degree is flaky brown soot; it brushes off easily and it’s what a standard sweep removes. Third-degree is a hard, shiny, tar-like glaze that forms when first-degree deposits bake under repeated heat cycles. It ignites at a lower temperature and doesn’t respond to standard brushing, and we see it in the smoke chambers of Hurst fireplaces that have gone uncleaned for three or more seasons. Third-degree creosote removal is manual work: hand-scraping, rotary chains, and chemical treatment. It’s one of the most common “clean” chimneys we actually find in Hurst. Call (830) 251-4560 and we’ll explain what your flue actually holds.
It’s usually one of three things in Hurst. A restricted or partially blocked flue from creosote build-up, a damper that’s rusted or warped and bleeding the draft, or a firebox opening that was never sized right for the flue. Sometimes it’s a damper stuck half-open because the previous owners never had it replaced. We don’t guess. We schedule a sweep or inspection and let the camera and draft readings show us the cause. Call us at (830) 251-4560 for a flat-price quote before we schedule anything.
This depends on what we find, and we’ll tell you straight. First-degree creosote and a structurally sound liner can wait a month or two. A cracked clay-tile liner with gaps, third-degree glazed creosote, or a deteriorating crown that’s actively letting water into the masonry aren’t things to defer. In Hurst’s 1960s – 1980s stock, these are common, and they open a pathway for chimney fire and carbon monoxide into the house. If you’ve got any reason to doubt the liner’s condition, call (830) 251-4560. The estimate and the photo report are free; the decision on timing stays yours.
Your Hurst Chimney Sweep, Backed in Writing
A proper Hurst chimney sweep is a documented process, not a brush was waved around and a handshake at the door. We show up in uniform, lay the drop cloths, sweep the flue, run the camera, and hand you the photo report. The written price comes first. The written repair guarantee comes with any repair work. That’s The Garrison Standard, and it’s how Hank Delano and the Flint team have operated since day one. Call (830) 251-4560 for a free, no-pressure estimate, and you’ll know within a day what your chimney actually needs and what it costs.
Written by Hank Delano, Owner at Flint Chimney Sweep, serving Hurst, TX.