Louisville's Most Trusted Chimney Cleaning Company

If it’s been more than a year since your chimney was properly cleaned and inspected, now is the time to consider scheduling this important service.

American Chimney & Fireplace of Louisville, KY, has provided professional chimney cleaning for our customers since 2007. We’re family-owned and family-operated, employing technicians who carry the highest industry certifications. We do chimney cleaning right to improve both performance and safety.

Why Chimney Cleaning Is Necessary

If you use a wood fireplace, the smoke it produces condenses into creosote in the chimney flue. Creosote is highly flammable and is the cause of most reported chimney fires each year in the Louisville, KY region.

Creosote can be puffy, sticky or solid; all forms require industry-grade tools and equipment in their removal. Our chimney crews have the tools and experience to safely and effectively remove creosote from your chimney flue.

Chimney Fires 101

Chimney fires can be big and obvious; they can also be small and brief. But no matter the size, all of them can damage a chimney liner and other materials near the liner. Having creosote properly removed once a year is the best way to dramatically reduce the chances of a chimney fire.

Be aware of these chimney fire signs:

• Odd tapping or clicking noises
• Rumbling, like from a train
• Chunks of black sooty material dropping into the firebox
• Large amounts of dark smoke exiting the chimney or fireplace

Chimney Cleaning to Remove Flue Obstructions

Along with creosote, our chimney cleaning team removes leaves, twigs, falling fruit, the nesting material of small animals and the occasional dead animal. This debris can narrow the flue and impede drafting.

The result can be smoke backing up into your room and carrying with it carbon monoxide, which is invisible and odorless but can be fatal to humans and animals.

Chimney Inspections

All chimney cleaning projects include an inspection that checks your chimney and fireplace system from top to bottom. Performed to NFPA 211 standards, the inspection features a video scan of the system so we can spot problems that the naked eye could never see.