I recently had a brand new Osburn wood burning fireplace insert installed by Ryan with a 6"…read morestainless steel liner and enormous 5' x 2' x 14" stainless steel chimney cap. It was a difficult 6-hour job the day before Thanksgiving. Ryan had previously made a site visit and provided me with a free quote including material and labor. He was a perfectionist and exceeded my expectations. A building permit was involved and passed upon the first inspection. We are verry happy with the project. Arthur Pawlowski Moosup

Mason and his workers did a great job on our 40+ year old chimney. They were professional,…read morepolite, on time and did the work exactly as they explained. Would absolutely recommend them! The Grangers

Had Mason come out, give us a quote his price is very fair and reasonable. We set a day and time…read morewhich Mason and his crew showed up on time and got to work on replacing our chimney, which was new bricks, new liner, new cap. It went beautifully. I can't say enough good things about this company. I would highly recommend them.

Nick the owner came out to give an estimate on sidewalk repair. Nick discussed several options, we…read moreagreed on one of the options. Nick was supposed to get the estimate back the foolowing day not only did he not do what he said he was going to do, he never answered the phone again. Never was any bad words spoken this came out if nowhere. Very unprofessional

Prompt, professional, courteous, personable and highly knowledgeable as to our fireplace issues…read more Cost of their services was below what I expected. Class people and operation that I highly recommend.

Hands down the best in quality, value and no nonsense service. Incredibly reasonable and reliable…read more I've had Pete do speciality work on fireplaces and wood-burning stoves and always been really happy withi his work.

Peter came to check and let us know the actual situation for our chimney. He arrived at the agreed…read moreupon time and told us the chimney was clean and in perfect condition to use. Charged very reasonable fee and told us to be careful about the scammers. Great experience for us! Let me share my tenants' report about the scammers. "At the request of the owner of the home we lease, I reached out to A1 Chimney to inspect and clean two fireplaces In our rental and one fireplace in the owners home in anticipation of the season. A1 had solid reviews from the BBB site and so I scheduled them to come for Friday the 14th. Sean arrived and suggested he would take interior pictures of the respective flus to inspect their fitness for fires. It took him less than 10 minutes to assess that neither flu was up to code and that without extensive work (some $5400) by their company, the chimneys could not be cleaned or used. Additionally, he suggested that the flu connected to the furnace was leaking carbon monoxide into the home at very small levels (he described it like a straw with holes in it) whenever we ran the furnace. He insisted for our safety we should turn the heat off (in November) and leave the home until the flu could be addressed with a new stainless steel liner at a cost of $4200. At one point his exact words were "You could die if you stay here and use that furnace." He provided three reports all of which suggested the flues were not at code and that until the owner scheduled the work, he could do nothing further. Two hours later, he called my phone to tell me that he had not meant to suggest we needed to leave the home and that we were not in immediate danger. However, by that time, we had alerted the landlord to the issue causing all kinds of commotion on a late Friday evening. We called an HVAC company recommended by Angies list who came over immediately to review his findings. Their assessment was that there was no need for the scare tactic and that we were not in imminent danger. He suggested we call our oil company to inspect the furnace to confirm his findings. There are five adults living in the house we are leasing and the stress and worry brought on by Seans analysis caused unnecessary f fear and panic. His suggestion, that we could die if we stayed in the home was a flat out lie as was confirmed as such by the additional HVAC company that came out that night and again by another chimeny inspection company that landlord hired to review A1's finding!"

do not hire!!!!! took money and started work and never came back! dishonest-erratic-reported to bbb…read moreand ri/ct contractors board.

My highest recommendation. My wife and I are restoring our…read more1920's mansion to its original glory. I have lived in and restored old homes for most of my years that I could swing a hammer. I am very particular about the quality that goes into our homes and very respectful of the design and craftsmanship that the original builders created 100 years ago. It is tough to pick a tradesman today. My rules are simple: Listen to me. Tell me what you are going to do. Do what you told me you were going to do. Work with me immediately on the inevitable surprises or if you are not sure. If you do that, we will get on fine no matter what surprises show up. These guys nailed it. Or mortered it. Or pointed it or whatever. The covered patio off our library and living room is really an extension of those rooms and and ties the interior of the home to the exterior. Its elegant stones were laid in an elevated concrete platform that had been giving up the spalling and shattered slate stones for decades. And our dramatic stone entry steps were a muddled confusion of random height wobbly steps, broken stones and four different kinds of mortar. My requirements were: Maintain the original look and design intent. Rebuild this from a solid base up. I don't want to touch this for another hundred years.. Use the original stone if possible (not to save money). Don't make it look new! Make it look like well maintained 100 year old stonework. They really hit it out of the park. The base prep (the difference between a 2 year job and a hundred year job) was immaculate. The stones, the layout, the surgical joints... The job site at the end of each day was organized, sterile clean, and strangely nice to look at. A million little details that you don't think about. Leveling the steps. Making them even. Drainage in a zillion different places. Base materials that stabilize and drain for the next 100 years. They had to ad a step and that meant they had to find a matcher somewhere. And they did it all. Wow. They completely captured the character of the house better than I had imagined. I will post pix in a few days. Your mason better be spending a lot of their time on the base. And have an encyclopedic knowledge stone dust, process gravel, morter, sand, etc. Boring but look around at all the heaved walkways out there. Anyway, these guys are pros. And the work their buts off. I have three more jobs for them on our house. And the job was super fast.. BTW , I did not get a break for this review. I am just SOOO freaking happy to finally find a master craftsman!!!!!

Our chimney needed to be repointed and Pat gave us a fast response and a great price. Would…read moredefinitely recommend this company, Pat came on time and completed the job to our satisfaction and cleaned up so you would never know he was even here. And we received a 10 year warranty.

Came to my house early completely professional very clean service. Friendly would recommendread more