Edgewood is a small city whose median home was built in 1978, with 57% of homes predating 1980. That makes brick and early factory-built fireplaces the norm. That shapes what a sweep here involves.
What sweeping does for an Edgewood fireplace
Every wood fire sends smoke up the flue, and as it cools some of it condenses on the walls as soot and creosote. A sweep brushes that layer off from bottom to top. It keeps the smoke path open, lowers the fuel available to a chimney fire and leaves a clean surface where cracks and gaps can actually be seen.
The brush has to suit the liner: clay tile takes stiffer brushing, while metal pipe in factory-built fireplaces is swept with brushes its maker allows so sections aren’t scratched or pulled apart.
Sweeping Edgewood’s older fireplaces
A 1970s fireplace here may be site-built brick or an early factory-built unit, and the two are swept differently. Confirming which one you have is the first step of the visit.
How often Edgewood chimneys need sweeping
NFPA 211 calls for chimneys to be inspected every year and cleaned when deposits are found (NFPA 211). How often that means a sweep depends on use, not on the calendar. A fireplace lit most winter weekends usually needs one every year; one used a few times a season may go longer, as long as the yearly check says so.
- More than a year since the last sweep or check
- More fires than usual last winter
- Smoldering fires or damp wood, which leave more deposits
- A new home with no service record
Sweeping, cleaning and inspection
A sweep keeps a used fireplace in shape. When a chimney is heavily sooted, smells or has sat idle for years, a deeper chimney and flue cleaning goes further into the smoke chamber and damper. And because soot hides cracks, the most useful inspection is on a freshly swept flue; see an inspection of the swept flue.
Booking a sweep in Edgewood
We sweep throughout the city, from Lake Jessamine Estates and Granada Woods to its newest streets. Tell us whether the fireplace is brick or factory-built, roughly when it was last swept and how often you burn, and whether you’d like the flue inspected once it’s clean. For other work on the house, see the full list of Edgewood services. Nearby, we also cover chimney sweeping in Belle Isle, Orlando sweep visits and sweeping for Winter Park fireplaces.
More on the process: a step-by-step look at a sweep visit and the chimney sweep service in depth.
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