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Fast, Reliable Chimney Sweep Across Clovis

Most Clovis homes built in the 1990s and 2000s don’t have traditional brick chimneys. They have factory-built, zero-clearance metal fireplaces, and those units need inspections and cleanings just as much as a masonry stack does. Maybe more, given what tule fog does to metal components while your fireplace sits idle through the valley’s long no-burn stretches. Our Chimney Sweep team works on both prefab systems and the true masonry chimneys you’ll find near Old Town Clovis. Ruben Castellano leads crews that know the difference between a firebox that needs a simple sweep and a flue that needs camera work before we quote anything. Call (336) 863-3889 for a straight answer and a free estimate.

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Why Alcott Chimney Sweep Is Clovis’s Preferred Chimney Sweep Company

We’re built on a simple rule: you know exactly who’s walking through your door before the truck stops. Every Alcott technician passes a background check and identity verification through the Threshold Standard. That’s not an add-on. Before your appointment, you get the technician’s name and photo. At your door, they show a photo ID badge. No exceptions. That matters in Clovis, where a lot of our customers are home alone during the day or have young kids in the house.

Ruben Castellano has run Alcott as part of the Threshold Group family of home-service companies since 2002. The reputation in Clovis is built on showing work, not telling people to trust us. We hand every customer a written price before work starts. Every repair comes with a written guarantee, and if that repair fails within the coverage period, the second visit is free. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it applies to every completed job in Clovis.

Our dispatch coordinates from the Fresno, Central Valley office, which means response time to neighborhoods across Clovis is measured in a single short drive, not a multi-hour haul. Calls are answered by a live person around the clock. If you smell smoke at 11 p.m. in the Loma Vista area, you get a person, not voicemail.

Fireplace Cleaning in Clovis

Fireplace Cleaning in Clovis usually means more than brushing soot out of a firebox. For most homes here, the job involves removing accumulated creosote and debris from a prefab metal firebox, then pulling and inspecting the flue liner and damper plate, which are exactly the components that corrode fastest when winter fog sits in an unused chimney for weeks at a time. In Old Town Clovis and the surrounding older neighborhoods, the work shifts toward true masonry fireplaces and the heavier creosote deposits those systems hold. A standard fireplace cleaning in Clovis typically runs $150 to $250 before any repair work.

Prefab Firebox and Panel Inspection

Factory-built fireplaces have firebox panels and metal liners that degrade on their own schedule, independent of how often you burn. We remove the doors and grate, clean the full firebox, and inspect every accessible panel for hairline cracks or warping. If we see something that needs attention, we show you the camera footage before we ever quote a repair.

Creosote and Soot Removal

Creosote, the tar-like buildup that causes chimney fires, forms in stages. First-degree is flaky and brushable. Second-degree is shiny and hardened. Third-degree is a dense, fuel-rich glaze. In Clovis, we see a lot of stage-two formation because fireplaces sit dormant during no-burn alerts, then get used heavily on the few permitted days, trapping moisture under fresh deposits. We remove what’s there and tell you plainly what can wait.

Chimney Services in Clovis

Chimney Services in Clovis covers inspection, sweeping, and repair work, and the first step is almost always a camera. That’s especially true here. The city’s 1990s and 2000s tract homes were built with prefab systems, and the older homes near Old Town often have clay-tile flues that were never lined. You don’t guess at those. A Level 1 inspection in Clovis runs $99 to $175 as a standalone service, and a Level 2, which includes the full camera run, runs $250 to $400. A standard sweep runs $150 to $250.

Level 1 vs. Level 2 Inspection

Level 1 is a visual check of the accessible parts of the chimney, done during a standard sweep. Level 2 adds the camera. It’s what you need if you’ve changed fuels, had a chimney fire, are buying a home, or haven’t had the chimney looked at in years. In Clovis, where long curtailment-season dormancy accelerates corrosion on prefab liners, we recommend Level 2 far more often than in other markets. You watch the monitor with us.

Chimney Sweeping and Liner Assessment

We brush the full flue length, remove the debris, and then run the camera. On Clovis tract homes, we’re looking hard at the metal liner seams and the damper plate. On Old Town masonry stacks, we’re checking clay-tile joints, the smoke chamber, and the crown. If we find a problem, you see it. If we don’t, we tell you the chimney’s in good shape and leave it alone.

Trusted Brands We Service in Clovis

We stock and install professional trade materials, the same brands chimney professionals specify, not box-store substitutes. That means DuraFlex liner systems for Clovis masonry chimneys that need a reline, and HeatShield resurfacing for fireboxes and smoke chambers with surface damage. We also service existing Famco and Copperfield components on prefab fireplaces across Clovis. Because our crews carry these parts locally, turnaround on common repairs is fast, often completed in the same visit as the inspection. If your Clovis home has a specific brand installed, call us and we’ll tell you exactly what we can do with it.

Common Chimney Sweep Problems We See in Clovis Homes

• Corroded damper plates on prefab fireplaces. Tule fog infiltrates unused chimneys through the winter, and that moisture settles on the metal damper plate and flue liner in 1990s and 2000s tract homes. We replace these regularly for Clovis homeowners who’ve spent whole winters burning only on a handful of permitted days.
• Stage-two creosote buildup under moisture. Clovis’s burn cycle, long legal dormancy followed by intensive use on SJVAPCD-permitted days, is a recipe for creosote that hardens under trapped moisture. It’s more aggressive than what you’d see in a climate where fireplaces burn regularly all winter.
• Unlined clay-tile flues in Old Town homes. The older homes near Pollasky Avenue and the surrounding streets were built before modern lining standards. Spalling mortar joints and cracked tiles are common, and we only confirm them with a camera you can watch.
• Chimney crown cracks on masonry stacks. Freeze-thaw cycles and valley moisture open cracks in the crown and flashing on older Clovis chimneys. Water gets in, spalling worsens, and creosote turns harder to remove. Early camera work saves the rebuild.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Clovis

Our crews work across the Central Valley from the Fresno office, which puts Clovis homeowners in the middle of our coverage area. We regularly serve Clovis, plus Fresno, Sanger, Fowler, and Madera. If you’re outside Clovis proper, call us and we’ll confirm whether your home falls within our normal route.

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