Boston winters don't care about a cracked flue or a soot-clogged liner — but we do. Sweep, inspect, repair, and rebuild, done by people who actually live around the corner from you.
Chimney Master started as a one-truck, one-ladder operation — a father, a son, and a beat-up shop vac. Two decades later we're still family-run, still answering our own phones, and still treating every Boston home like it's our grandmother's.
We've cleaned soot out of Beacon Hill brownstones older than the Constitution, rebuilt crowns on triple-deckers in Southie, and pulled some genuinely surprising things out of flues in Cambridge. (One raccoon. Several pigeons. A drone, once.)
If you call, you'll talk to one of us. If you book, one of us shows up. That's the whole pitch.
If something we fix breaks again — we come back. No charge, no argument. Forever.
From routine maintenance to full restoration — one team, every job.
Drop cloths down, HEPA vacuums running, soot gone. Your fireplace breathes easy again — and we leave the living room looking like we never came.
Book a sweep →Level 1, 2, and 3 — including video scanning of the entire flue. You get a photo report by email the same day, written in plain English.
Schedule an inspection →Crown rebuilds, brick replacement, mortar repointing, and waterproof seal. Done by our own crew — never a subcontractor we just met.
Get an estimate →Stainless steel chimney caps — built to last, sized to fit. Top-sealing dampers stop heat loss cold. (Squirrels not invited.)
Get an estimate →Stainless steel and cast-in-place liners that pass any inspection and stand up to anything a Boston winter throws at them. Lifetime warranty included.
Get an estimate →Nor'easter knocked your crown off? Critter stuck in the flue? Smoke backing into the house? Call us — we answer the phone, even at 2am.
Call us now →We're not a national franchise. We're a family-run team that has worked on every type of chimney in Greater Boston — from Beacon Hill brownstones to triple-deckers in Dorchester to colonials in Newton.
Call or use the form. Pick a time that fits your schedule.
Our tech inspects, photographs, and explains exactly what's needed.
You approve a fixed price before any work starts. No surprises.
Most jobs completed in one visit. Photo report emailed when we leave.
A few of our favorites. There are more on Google & Yelp if you're the type who reads them all (we are).
"Our 1894 row house had a chimney leak nobody could find for two winters. They pulled the cap, spotted a hairline crack in the crown, and had it sealed and waterproofed before lunch. First dry winter in years."
"Closing on our house was held up by the buyer's inspector. Called Chimney Master Tuesday morning — full Level 2 done that afternoon, certified report in my inbox by 6pm. Closed on time. Real pros."
"They were honest with me. Told me my old liner had one more season in it and I didn't need to replace it yet. Most companies would've sold me the $4k job on the spot. I'll never call anyone else."
If your home has a chimney and it's within 25 miles of downtown Boston — we'll be there.
Honest answer: once a year is plenty for most Boston households. NFPA says clean whenever there's 1/8" of creosote — and around here, if you burn wood through the winter, you'll hit that mark by next fall. We'll tell you straight if it can wait another season.
Free, written, flat-rate. We walk through what we found, show you the photos, and you decide. No "well, you also need…" surprises once we're on the roof — that's not how we do it.
Almost always yes — Massachusetts deals usually want a Level 2 inspection. We turn certified reports around the same day so you don't blow your closing date. Local realtors send us this kind of work all the time.
No. Drop cloths down, shoe covers on, HEPA vacuum running the whole time. If we leave a single black smudge, the visit is on us. We mean that.
Yep — wood, pellet, gas inserts, plus oil and gas furnace flues. All of us are trained on every kind. If it vents through your roof, we work on it.
In the off-season (April through August), usually same week — sometimes same day. Once the leaves drop, we book 1–2 weeks out. True emergencies (smoke in the house, storm damage, animal stuck in the flue): call now, we'll be there within hours.
Call now or request a free quote — most jobs are scheduled within 48 hours.
