Chimney Cleanings, Sweeps & Inspections

Keep your home safe and your fireplace efficient with thorough chimney cleaning and inspection. Our CSIA-certified technicians check every component from flue to cap while removing creosote, soot, and debris to prevent hazards and maintain airflow. Serving Louisville and nearby communities throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana, we ensure your chimney performs reliably year-round.

Technicians working on a fireplace

Cleanings and inspections often surface repairs. When they do, our crews handle the work start to finish.

Where We Work

Ace runs crews across central Kentucky and southern Indiana. Find your area below or view the full service map.

What's Included in a Chimney Sweep or Inspection?
Here Are Some Answers to Common Questions.

  • What separates a Level 2 chimney inspection from a Level 1?

    A Level 1 covers the readily accessible parts of a chimney in continued service under the same conditions — flashlight, mirror, trained eye. Level 2 is required when something changes: a property sale, an appliance swap, a fuel change, a chimney fire, a lightning strike, or a significant weather event. It adds video scanning of the full flue and inspection of accessible attic, basement, and crawl-space sections. Same tools, deeper reach.

  • When does a Level 3 inspection come into play?

    Only when a Level 1 or Level 2 finds a hidden hazard that can't be confirmed any other way. Level 3 authorizes removal of building components — a chase panel, a section of wall, sometimes the crown itself — to reach the suspected problem. If someone recommends one out of the gate, get a second opinion.

  • What does a camera scope actually show during a chimney inspection?

    A closed-circuit video system runs the full length of the flue and records what it sees: cracked tiles, gaps in mortar joints, creosote glaze, offset liner sections, blockages, breaches into adjacent flues. It's the difference between guessing at flue condition from the top and bottom versus documenting every inch. Every Level 2 inspection includes one.

  • Why does CSIA certification matter?

    The Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) sets the technical standards the industry runs on — NFPA 211 compliance, inspection protocols, sweep procedures. A CSIA-certified technician has tested against those standards and carries continuing-education requirements to keep the credential. Plenty of companies send crews up a ladder with a brush. Fewer send crews trained to know what they're looking at.

    Not all chimney sweep & repair companies are CSIA certified. We are.

  • Do I need a Level 2 chimney inspection before buying a house?

    Yes. A real estate transfer is one of the specific triggers written into the standard. A general home inspection almost never includes a proper chimney evaluation. Inspectors look from the roof and the firebox, nothing between. A Level 2 with a camera scope tells you whether you're buying a working chimney or a five-figure repair.

  • What happens if the inspection turns up a problem?

    You get a written report with video documentation, a plain-language explanation of what was found, and a repair estimate. No pressure to book on the spot. Some findings are urgent — a cracked flue tile venting a wood-burning fireplace, for instance. Others can wait a season. The report tells you which is which.

    We never skip on the details.