KENT IS THE REAL DEAL!!…read more Unfortunately, I'd called the FAKE Village Chimney Sweep I found by searching the internet, a company that hijacked Kent's information and his photos. Kent was who I expected to come to my house, but an Israeli man came from Camarillo. He walked outside, looked up at my chimney and told me it would cost $1,200 to fill the visible cracks in two bricks. He didn't even go up to look at the crown! I asked him what he was going to do to fix it and he said he would shoot glue in the cracks. He told me to give him a check for $1,200 and he would hold it for 3 days but I had to make a decision right away so he could do it immediately because he didn't know when he was going to be back in Santa Barbara County. I was so confused because Kent is local to Lompoc! He didn't even know who Kent was! Was very uncomfortable and sent him away. Then I checked the business license posted on the fake site and found that it doesn't exist. The man who was in my house made me very nervous and I'm glad because that caused me to refuse any service or negotiation from him. I had been lazy by not going to my fireplace to get Ken's magnetic business card that he gave me over 10 years ago after I bought this house. Kent uncapped and cleaned my chimney, added a gas pipe, a damper, and a fireplace screen. A few years later, I had him come out for a cleaning but he said that I didn't need it. Honestly, I had not been using my fireplace for a while. He didn't charge me for coming out. When the pull chain on my damper broke, he got a new unit and replaced it at no charge. After that fake guy left, I finally got smart and grabbed Kent's business card from my fireplace. I called him and told him what happened. He told me he had heard months before that someone was using his business name. To make a long story short, Kent came out and got on my roof to check out my chimney and the crown. Both needed repair and he came out a few days later, did a thorough repair, completely cleaned the area, and my charge was about half of what the crook wanted me to prepay. Kent is honest, clean, thorough, and absolutely the best and only local to Santa Barbara County chimney sweep that I would ever consider using. Thank you, Kent, for being readily available and for being the honest person that you are!!

From what I've learned, the legitimate company has a strong reputation. Unfortunately, there seems…read moreto be an impostor using the same name for air duct cleaning and fireplace services. Please be careful--any phone number starting with 866 does not belong to the real company. We had a very bad experience with the impostor service.

It's great having Ryan and Angie! They do a great job of scheduling and the work performed has…read morealways a plus!

Amazing service. We had the fireplace and the dryer vent service done. This was my last effort for…read morethe dryer as we inherited it with the home purchase and I thought it was a lost cause. Ryan made it practically new, it drys fast now too. A Quality company I would highly recommend.

I recently purchased parts to convert my fireplace pilot to electronic ignition. While everything…read morefit together, after some innovative mounting, I looked online and found that I had been seriously overcharged. For an $80 ignition module I was charged $200 and the $75 pilot assembly was $150. I wrote to the company and never heard back from them. BE CAREFUL when buying anything from this store and check around thoroughly for a comparative price.

Naughty or Nice? Santa would say Naughty! Roy, you spent 15-30seconds (literally) with your…read moreflashlight looking into firebox and up the flue. You noticed the damper was broke. Then you proceeded to tell me that my fireplace should not be used and it shouldn't be swept because it would open up cracks in the flu. Then you proceeded to tell me it's OK to use the fireplace very small fire on a special occasion?? Doesn't that super contradict itself being that it's a fireplace and the risk of burning down the house? You then proceeded to offer your assistance in installing a insert which would cost three to $5000and gave me a spiel about how much energy it would save etc. handed me some brochures collected your check and ran out the door. It was hard to believe that my fireplace was broke and could not be used again. So, I had another chimney sweep service come out to inspect it. They did so super Duper thoroughly, took there time, from the top of the chimney all the way down. They found absolutely nothing wrong with it. They swept it at a reasonable price. As you can see I'm burning a hot fire currently. Cheers Roy. Thanks for nothing

The most beautiful fire I've sat next to in my life!! We had a condemned gas fireplace and this was…read moredefinitely the way to go! Thank you. Will be recommending to everyone.

Nice, knowledgeable, and carried our products (refractory brick for a Lopi wood stove) in stock…read more In this regard, these guys could do what no other wood stove dealer could do on the central coast of CA. We dealt with Roy, the owner

We built a new home in 2020. We bought a gas insert fireplace that is beautiful to look at, but…read morealso heats a large part of the house. To keep it operating at top condition we have Forden's do a service every couple of years. They were on time, cleaned up and was a good value. Can't wait until it is Winter to turn it on. Good job Fordens!

We purchased the Xtrordinair 36 Elite NextGen Hybrid Wood Fireplace, and every part of the process…read morewas outstanding. From Ron in Templeton, to the installers Frank and Justin, to the woman in billing, and the owner Jason, every interaction was professional and positive. The entire project stayed on schedule from the tear-out of our old fireplace to the installation of the new unit, with no delays along the way. The quality of the product, along with the craftsmanship involved in installing the new chimney, was second to none. We are 100% satisfied and highly recommend the Forden's team.

We had a pre-sale home inspection that called out a couple of fireplace issues, a bit of rust, some…read moremortar needed adding, etc. Like all the prior reviews R Horne is fantastic. From the initial phone contact... and a person actually answers, is helpful and friendly, unique in the times we're in.... to the post repair clean up everything was 110%. Fair pricing too.

R.Horne is a pleasure to work with. Clean, respectful and don't try to sell you on repairs or…read moreupgrades you don't need. He's my go to fireplace guy!

If you need chimney/fireplace work/service, go to the Chimney Doctor. They are BEYOND professional…read moreand knowledgeable in their craft. We have a 26 year old gas insert that went out. We couldn't start it and had them come to our home to analyze the situation. They had to re-order a part, now mind you, this is a 26-year-old part!!! They were very upfront in letting us know that even with this new part, our fireplace may not work. Sam our technician was out at our house for over an hour, and he was trying everything he could to get this new part to work to light the pilot light. He had a candid conversation with us and said I will try one more solution, but I don't think it's going to work. The next thing we knew, he actually got the pilot light to light. Without his patience and sheer diligence, we would have paid for an almost $800 part that was worthless. he was so apologetic when he had to deliver the initial bad news, and we were all so happy when he actually made the fireplace work. Work with the ChimneyDoctor... They are a great company!! Thank you to the entire team!!

Professional and honest! Had Josh out today to clean my dryer vent. He was very honest on what was…read moreneeded and what wasn't. His service was 5 stars. I'd highly recommend them. Thanks again.