For those of you that have a fireplace....

junebride04 Posted: May 15, 2004 08:39 AM

For those of you that have a fireplace....

About how much does it cost for a chimney sweeper to come and clean it?

AJsMommy122 Posted: May 15, 2004 09:01 AM

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I will ask my fmil tonight

junebride04 Posted: May 15, 2004 09:09 AM

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thank you!

Kathy116 Posted: May 15, 2004 09:35 AM

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I'll ask my DH today, but I don't remember it as being expensive...and our guy even had to repair some of the stones on the chimney.

Karen H Posted: May 15, 2004 10:21 AM

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I don't recall - I think for about $400 we had our chimney cleaned, and the bricks at the top needed the morter repointed, and we had chimney caps put on (a must-do - to keep out squirrels and critters).

The Original 2nd-time-around Posted: May 15, 2004 10:32 AM

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I may be wrong, but I think I only remember it being about $100...?

junebride04 Posted: May 15, 2004 10:35 AM

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thanks girls.

another question: how often do you need to do this? fh and i bought our home back in februray and we want to get it cleaned now that it's springtime and we won't be using it. i'm assuming i only need to do it once or twice a year?

Karen H Posted: May 15, 2004 06:39 PM

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I think once a year at most, and maybe every few years if you're not using it heavily.

cocoa Posted: May 16, 2004 11:25 AM

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my grandparents have one. they get it cleaned once a year and it runs them about $150. they had a chimney fire about 20 years ago which prompted the cleaning. it is a good idea to do!