Fire It Up Chimney Services is a company I refer to any one seeking chimney and tuck pointing…read more work done. The crew was thorough and professional. Tha l you for your services.

Tuck pointed our chimney quickly. All workers were helpful, professional, and more than capable.read more

Great experience from start to finish. The technician was prompt, professional, and extremely…read morethorough--not just with the cleaning itself, but with the full inspection of the chimney and fireplace. They took the time to explain what they were seeing, pointed out areas to keep an eye on, and made sure everything was safe and functioning properly before leaving. The cleaning was done carefully with no mess left behind, which I really appreciated. It's clear they take pride in their work. I feel much more confident heading into the season knowing everything has been properly checked and serviced. Highly recommend.

Corbin and Eric were great! Explained everything they were doing and answered any and all questions…read morethroughout the cleaning and repairs. Will definitely continue to use them for any future services!

Art was very professional, knowledgeable and respectful!…read more Great work and customer service. Will be calling Chimney Monkey back every year for a cleaning and inspection!

I found Chimney Monkey on Yelp. I reached out to 5 different companies for an estimate and was and…read morestill am very impressed with the Owner Art and his team. Art answered all my questions while keeping all answers short and simple with no gimmicks. Once I scheduled I received a follow up text to let me know Team Chimney Monkey was on their way. The team arrived 10 minutes early, introduced themselves (Alex and Vitaly), wore bootys to protect our wood floors and explained the process. Approximate time was given for maintenance and Vitaly was right on! Inspected the roof top chimney and offered his expertise. Our Gas fireplace looks brand new. I highly recommend Chimney Monkey. Honest, competitive and their customer service is beyond 5 stars! Thank you Chimney Monkey.

I learned a lot of things from my Dad-- How to be fair, how to work really hard and do more than is…read moreasked of you, how to be generous: I did not learn that if you have a fireplace and use it regularly, even if you always use hardwood, you will need to have it cleaned regularly. So after twenty years of making modest hardwood fires, I started to have a cough. My sister came to visit and even being in the living room (no fire) made her cough and gave her a runny nose. Thinking, okay, I'll have my chimney cleaned, I called Chicago Chimney. Toni was nice and said that Mario was really good at his work, and it would be $150. When he came, pleasant, personable, and clearly competent, I could see that being near my fireplace was making his nose run. I told him about my sister. Might need more that just a cleaning, he said. He shone his flashlight up a short ways into the fireplace. "I call that black glass", he said. What is it? I said. My English is not so good, he said, underestimating his excellent skills. Google clarified. I found out that bubbles of "black glass" represent the third stage of a serious creosote problem-- first soot, then tar that is runny, then the glass part, beautiful and perfectly ready for a chimney fire. One thing about my dad, he prepared me to know a good person when I saw him. Mario said that he was going to have to come back with material and brushes that could dissolve the creosote. The next day, when forty or fifty pounds of mortar on the chimney lining just fell off piece by piece once the creosote was not holding it all together, he explained that another day and another step would be involved, putting a mixture of protective covering over a now very porous surface, insulation, sealant. (As it happened, he did this himself by crawling up into the tight black space and painting it on. The dilemma of having a helper who was unwilling to do it was a problem he would deal with later. He took the guy off to another job and came back. It was this part, where he was a matter of fact about doing the exceptionally nasty work, and understanding about the kid's inability to do it-- he just said "last winter I was doing this every day." I want to put a sign up in my yard for him and his professional and humane work. He charged me $900 for the cleaning part and $1100 for the resealing part. Interestingly, this is less than $150/ year for 20 years, not even counting inflation; I recommend him wholeheartedly for yearly (or every-other-year sweeping) and for the whole cleaning and sealant job if you are someone who didn't know how bad it could get. He does tuckpointing too. The warmth and charm apparently come free.

couple of years after sweeping service and a new chimney cap I come to learn that they completely…read morebutchered my upper section of my chimney making it unserviceable. now I'm several thousands of dollars out of pocket to fix what they did. Cleaning was fine, but would not recommend for repairs.

Been using them for 10 yrs / they do my cleaning and inspection . Daniel is the best !! 10 stars :)read more

Honest and on time. Thoroughly explained what they did, what was needed and helped me understand…read morewhy. I will work with them again in the future.

Romen was great! communicative from the time I made the appointment to calling at our appointment…read moretime to update me on his ETA. He was thorough in his investigation of the problem and did his best to fix our chimney with the most economical and lasting quality solution. I highly recommend!

I'm very disappointed with my experience with this company. I felt like the salesman who came out…read morerecommended a significant amount of work that was unnecessary, and the repair they ultimately offered was extremely overpriced in my opinion. The price they quoted me was around $3,000, and I've included some pictures below. What concerns me most is the lack of trust I now have in their recommendations. I previously hired this company to do tuckpointing work for me. About three years later, I contacted them about touching up a few areas, and I was told the work was already in bad shape. When I reminded them that they were the ones who had performed the original work, the response was essentially, "Oh, we can just repair these couple of bricks. It's not a big deal." After that experience, and now being presented with what I believe is an unnecessarily expensive repair, I simply don't feel comfortable doing business with this company anymore. When you hire a company and spend good money on their work, you expect fair pricing, honest recommendations, and quality workmanship. Unfortunately, that's not the experience I had.

Dan is a no-nonsense businessman and technician who does the work needed and does not try to soak…read moreyou for unnecessary major rebuilds. Only Problem with No Mess is getting them out to do the work, they are so busy. I can see why. If your service tries to scare you into big-dollar chimney jobs, call someone else out, someone like No Mess, who will give you a 2nd opinion. It's worth the 2nd service call.

Repeat customer - and will continue to be…read more Dan is a great guy and did a fantastic job. Very conscientious about keeping everything clean with drop cloths and floor mats. He inspected everything to make sure we didn't need any repairs and gave our fireplace a clean bill of health. Note: I picked up a Groupon for "The Fireplace Dr." this past spring, hoping to save few bucks and take care of this well in advance. Instead, I got stood up 3 times, and eventually had to petition Groupon to get my money back. After dealing with this other outfit, we appreciate Dan and No-Mess even more.

I was hearing birds in my chimney so I decided to reach out to Top Hat. Seeing them rated 5/5 gave…read moreme a good feeling about them. Employees Dan and Lou came out and recommended a wire mesh be installed to cover the gaps on my chimney cap to prevent anymore intrusions. They weren't pushy like how some companies are and didn't offer any unnecessary work that wasn't needed. Very professional and friendly service. Highly recommend! Will be using them in the future for any services that I may need.

Did repairs on chimney. Have no idea as to what costs should be. Very expensive, which might be in…read moreline with others. Considering costs vs, and time spent doing repair ... Very friendly, explained all, took photos, to show what needed to be done. So perhaps very fair.